Australia 1947


State Leagues 1947

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


New South Wales 1947

NB: see also New South Wales 1947

South State Premiership

Final Table:

 1. Leichhardt Annandale     18  14  2  2  92-33  30  State Premiership Final, Priest Cup
 2. Canterbury-Bankstown     18  12  4  2  68-34  28  Priest Cup
 3. Granville                17  11  3  3  54-35  25
 4. Corrimal Rangers         18   8  5  5  47-33  21
 5. Woonona-Bulli            18   8  5  5  58-45  21
 6. Metters                  18   8  2  8  49-46  18
 7. North Shore              17   4  4  9  29-40  12
 8. Drummoyne                18   3  5 10  41-73  11
 9. St.George                18   2  4 12  22-61   8
10. Pyrmont Balmain          18   1  2 15  13-73   4
NB: remaining match not played due to irrelevance

North State Premiership

Final Table:

 1. Lake Macquarie           18  12  4  2  58-31  28  State Premiership Final, Priest Cup
 2. Adamstown Rosebud        18  12  2  4  71-30  26  Priest Cup
 3. Wallsend                 18  11  3  4  50-25  25
 4. Lysaghts Orb             18   9  2  7  41-38  20
 5. West Wallsend            18   6  7  5  35-35  19
 6. Swansea-Belmont          18   7  4  7  45-49  18
 7. Cessnock                 18   6  4  8  48-57  16
 8. Dudley                   18   4  4 10  38-63  12
 9. Kurri Kurri              18   2  5 11  25-50   9
10. New Lambton              18   2  3 13  32-65   7

NB: Dudley withdrew after the season.

State Premiership Final [Sep 20]
Leichhardt-Annandale        2-4 Lake Macquarie

Priest Cup

Semifinals
Canterbury-Bankstown        3-5 Leichhardt Annandale
Lake Macquarie              4-9 Adamstown Rosebud    

Final
Adamstown Rosebud           2-2 Leichhardt Annandale  

Final Replay
Adamstown Rosebud           1-4 Leichhardt Annandale 

Queensland 1947

Brisbane Division One

Final Table:

 1. St.Helens                18  15  2  1  79-27  32  Champions
 2. YMCA                     18  12  2  4  52-26  26
 3. Corinthians              18  12  2  4  46-32  26  [*]
 4. Bundamba Rangers         18   8  4  6  57-39  20
 5. Thistle                  18   7  2  9  50-47  16
 6. Easts United             18   7  1 10  39-42  15
 7. Blackstone Rovers        18   6  3  9  32-36  15
 8. Latrobe                  18   7  0 11  36-46  14
 9. Oxley                    18   5  4  9  32-56  14
10. Shafston Rovers          18   1  0 17  28-100  2

[*] Corinthians absorbed Norman United.

Brisbane Division Two

Final Standings:

 1. Dinmore Bush Rats
 2. Caledonians
 3. Booval Stars
 4. Eastern Suburbs B
 5. Wynnum
 6. Merton Rovers
 7. Wattles#

Brisbane Division Three

Final Standings:

 1. Kookaburra
 2. YMCA B
 3. Junction Rangers
 4. Judeans
 5. Caledonians B
 6. Merton Rovers B

South Australia 1947

Division One

Final Table:

 1. Birkalla Rovers          21  13  2  6  81-51  28  Champions
 2. Sturt                    21  10  5  6  47-43  25
 3. Northumberland & Durham  21  10  4  7  62-48  24
 4. Kingswood                21   9  3  9  48-46  21
 5. Cumberland United        21   9  2 10  43-48  20
 6. West Torrens             21   8  3 10  50-48  19
 7. Port Adelaide            21   9  0 12  45-52  18
 8. Juventus                 21   5  3 13  30-70  13

Division Two

Final Table:

 1. South Adelaide           18  16  2  0 102-24  34
 2. Prospect United          18  14  1  3  85-20  29
 3. Westbourne Park          18  13  0  5  71-31  26
 4. Ascot Park               18  12  1  5  78-25  25
 5. South Australia Railways 18  11  0  7  65-37  22
 6. University               18   7  1 10  44-54  15
 7. Norwood                  18   5  0 13  39-89  10
 8. Perry Engineering Co     18   4  1 13  34-83   9
 9. British Tube Mills       18   3  0 15  31-109  6
10. Olympic                  18   2  0 16  10-87   4

Tasmania 1947

North Division One

Final Ranking:

 1. Invermay
 2. Patons and Baldwin
 3. South Launceston  

South Division One

Table:

 1. South Hobart             14  10  3  1  49-17  23
 2. Metro                    14   9  0  5  47-27  18
 3. Sandy Bay                14   6  2  6  31-31  14
 4. Hobart United            14   0  1 13  14-66   1

Championship Playoff
South Hobart        5-0 Invermay

Victoria 1947

NB: see also Victoria 1947

Division One

Section A

Table:

 1. Moreland                 16  14  1  1  71-20  29  Championship Playoff
 2. Park Rangers             17  14  0  3  78-17  28
 3. Brighton                 16  12  3  1  54-17  27
 4. Hakoah JRC               17   8  2  7  37-30  18
 5. South Melbourne United   17   7  2  8  49-37  16
 6. Western Suburbs          17   7  2  8  36-32  16
 7. RAF                      15   6  1  8  41-39  13
 8. Preston                  17   5  3  9  23-48  13
 9. Olympic                  17   1  0 16  17-80   2
10. Woodlands                15   1  0 14  11-97   2

Section B

Table:

 1. Sunshine United          17  16  0  1  95-14  32  Championship Playoff
 2. Prahran City             17  14  1  2 100-22  29
 3. Box Hill                 17  12  1  4  48-15  25
 4. Coburg                   17   9  2  6  66-45  20
 5. Bradford                 17   9  1  7  41-43  19
 6. South Yarra              16   7  0  9  60-38  14
 7. Northcote                16   5  0 11  46-71  10
 8. Yallourn                 17   4  1 12  37-66   9
 9. Ringwood                 17   4  0 13  30-81   8
10. Heidelberg               17   1  0 16  12-140  2

Championship Playoff
Moreland            2-6 Sunshine United 

Western Australia 1947

Division One

East

Final Table:

 1. Swan Athletic            14  10  1  3  39-15  21  Playoff
 2. Swan Valley              14   9  3  2  43-18  21  Playoff
 3. South Perth              14   8  2  4  40-16  18
 4. Queens Park              14   8  1  5  33-31  17
 5. Victoria Park            14   7  2  5  33-32  16
 6. Midland Wanderers        14   4  0 10  26-57   8
 7. Balmoral                 14   2  2 10  25-40   6
 8. South Belmont            14   2  1 11  11-41   5

East Playoff
Swan Athletic       0-1 Swan Valley 

NB: match annulled due to ineligible players Swan Valley;
    Swan Athletic declared champions.

West

Final Table:

 1. Caledonian               14   8  5  1  38-17  21  Playoff
 2. North Perth              14  10  1  3  40-15  21  Playoff
 3. Spearwood Rovers         14  10  1  3  51-25  21  Playoff
 4. Fremantle                14   6  1  7  31-43  13
 5. East Claremont           14   5  2  7  33-30  12
 6. Maccabeans               14   4  1  9  34-33   9
 7. Perth Corinthians        14   4  1  9  25-44   9
 8. Shenton Park             14   3  0 11  14-59   6

West Playoff
Caledonian          2-1 North Perth      
Caledonian          3-2 Spearwood Rovers  

Championship Playoff
Caledonian          3-0 Swan Athletic


1946.

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list of final tables.

list of regional champions.

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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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