Australia 1938


State Leagues 1938

New South Wales | Queensland | South Australia | Tasmania | Victoria


New South Wales 1938

NB: see also New South Wales 1938

State Premiership

Final Table:

 1. Goodyear                 22  16  2  4  78-40  34  Semifinals
 2. Metters                  22  14  3  5  95-55  31  Semifinals
 3. Wallsend                 22  13  4  5  72-47  30  Semifinals
 4. St.George                22  11  2  9  68-57  24  Fourth Place Playoff
 5. Adamstown Rosebud        22  10  4  8  64-50  24  Fourth Place Playoff
 6. Granville-Clyde          22  10  4  8  58-55  24  Fourth Place Playoff
 7. Gladesville-Ryde         22  10  2 10  63-62  22
 8. Weston                   22   8  4 10  61-63  20
 9. Woonona-Bulli            22   6  6 10  51-67  18
10. Cessnock Caledonians     22   5  3 14  47-75  13
11. Waratah-Mayfield         22   5  3 14  41-94  13
12. Leichhardt Annandale     22   4  3 15  31-64  11

Fourth Place Playoff
Adamstown Rosebud   4-2 Granville-Clyde    
St George           2-1 Adamstown Rosebud  
NB: St George to semifinals

Semifinals [Oct 1]
Goodyear            1-4 Wallsend
St George           4-1 Metters

Final [Mar 18, 1939]
Wallsend            7-2 St George

Queensland 1938

Brisbane Division One

Table:

 1. Bundamba Rangers         21  16  3  2  77-31  35  Playoff
 2. St.Helens                19  15  1  3  88-35  31  Playoff
 3. Booval Stars             20  13  4  3  82-35  30
 4. Oxley United             20  13  3  4  65-42  29
 5. Corinthians              20  10  3  7  61-50  23
 6. Shafston United          21   7  5  9  42-52  19  [*]
 7. Latrobe                  19   7  3  9  44-45  17
 8. Evans Deakin             18   7  1 10  30-46  15
 9. Blackstone Rovers        20   6  0 14  44-74  12
10. Milton                   20   4  3 13  18-43  11
11. Pineapple Rovers         19   4  2 13  27-81  10
12. Christian Brothers       19   1  2 16  15-59   4

[*] Shafston Rovers and United Rangers merged into Shafston United.

NB: results of remaining matches unknown (possibly not played);
    Oxley United, Shafston United and Evans Deakin withdrew after the season.

Championship Playoff
Bundamba Rangers    4-1 St.Helens 

Brisbane Division Two

NB: no results or table known.

Participants:

    Wynnum                    [winners]
    Alpha Pastime
    Christian Brothers B
    Rosewood Ramblers
    Sandgate Rovers
    Shafston Rovers B
    St.Lucia
    Toombul United
    Toombul United B

South Australia 1938

Division One

Final Table:

 1. Northumberland & Durham  18  14  2  2  54-22  30  Champions
 2. Birkalla Rovers          18  13  4  1  45-28  30
 3. West Torrens             18  11  3  4  59-27  25
 4. Port Thistle             18  10  3  5  47-36  23
 5. Kingswood                18   9  2  7  43-31  20
 6. Sturt                    18   8  2  8  57-49  18
 7. South Adelaide           18   6  3  9  40-50  15
 8. Otiose                   18   4  2 12  34-46  10
 9. Port Adelaide            18   2  4 12  23-47   8
10. University               18   0  1 17  19-85   1

Division Two

Table:

 1. Park Albion              16  13  1  2  60-14  27
 2. Kingswood Albion         18  13  1  4  68-29  27
 3. Tramways                 16   9  2  5  62-25  20
 4. Cheltenham               15   8  3  4  46-22  19
 5. Port Adelaide B          15   9  0  6  18-20  18
 6. Pennington Rovers        16   5  4  7  30-32  14
 7. Ascot Park               16   7  0  9  29-41  14
 8. Prospect United          17   6  1 10  27-34  13
 9. Norwood                  16   5  0 11  14-55   9  [-1]
10. South Australia Railways 17   0  0 17   4-86   0

NB: Tramways and Port Adelaide B withdrew after the season.

Tasmania 1938

North Division One

Table:

 1. Invermay United          11   6  2  3  29-30  14
 2. North Launceston         12   4  3  5  37-33  11
 3. Paton & Baldwin          11   4  1  6  27-30   9

South Division One

Table:

 1. Sandy Bay                11   9  2  0  53-21  20
 2. West End United          10   4  1  5  33-38   9
 3. South Hobart             11   1  1  9  29-56   3

Championship Playoff
South Hobart        9-4 Invermay United 

Victoria 1938

NB: see also Victoria 1938

Division One

Final Table:

 1. Hakoah                   14  11  2  1  46-19  24  Champions
 2. Nobles                   14   8  4  2  57-19  20
 3. South Yarra              14   8  2  4  38-27  18
 4. Moreland                 14   5  4  5  25-29  14
 5. Brighton                 14   5  4  5  27-36  14
 6. Prahran City             14   5  3  6  29-33  13
 7. Heidelberg               14   2  1 11  22-51   5
 8. South Melbourne          14   1  2 11  22-52   4

Division Two

Table:

 1. Collingwood              18  15  2  1  65-20  32
 2. Footscray Thistle        18  15  1  2  59-21  31
 3. Coburg                   18  12  1  5  49-35  25
 4. University HSOB          18   8  3  7  54-41  19
 5. South Melbourne United   15   8  2  5  44-16  18
 6. Sandringham              18   6  1 11  30-29  13
 7. Box Hill                 18   6  1 11  29-42  13
 8. St.Davids                17   4  1 12  30-66   9
 9. N. Melb'ne Presbyterians 18   3  2 13  27-50   8
10. Northcote HSOB           16   2  2 12  12-79   6


1937.

1939.

list of champions.

list of cup winners.

list of final tables.

list of regional champions.

list of regional cup winners.


About this document

Sources included: History of Soccer in New South Wales (http://melbournesoccer.blogspot.com/), https://www.elitetograssroots.net/qbst/

Prepared and maintained by Adri van Veen for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Adri van Veen
Last updated: 1 Apr 2025

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