Australia 1944

State Leagues 1944

New South Wales | Queensland | South Australia | Victoria

New South Wales 1944

NB: see also New South Wales 1944

State Premiership

NB: the State Premiership was disbanded after the season and split into two groups.

Final Table:

 1. Metters                  22  17  2  3  92-36  36  Champions, Priest Cup
 2. Wallsend                 22  16  1  5  81-35  33  Priest Cup
 3. Woonona-Bulli            22  13  4  5  98-41  30  Priest Cup
 4. Swansea-Belmont          22  11  6  5  58-38  28  Priest Cup
 5. Leichhardt Annandale     22  11  5  6  57-34  27
 6. Lake Macquarie           22   9  4  9  59-66  22
 7. Canterbury-Bankstown     22   8  3 11  51-50  19
 8. Granville                22   7  5 10  48-58  19
 9. West Wallsend            21   9  1 11  50-64  19
10. Adamstown Rosebud        21   6  3 12  50-72  15
11. Grace Brothers           22   2  2 18  46-118  6
12. North Shore              20   2  2 16  29-107  6
NB: remaining two matches not played due to irrelevance

Priest Cup

Semifinals
Wallsend                    5-4 Metters          
Woonona-Bulli               2-1 Swansea Belmont  

Final
Wallsend                    5-2 Woonona-Bulli

Division One North

Table:

 1. Dudley                   16  13  1  2  72-21  27  Final Series
 2. Merewether Advance       15  11  1  3  61-39  23  Final Series
 3. Cessnock                 16  10  2  4  57-29  22  Final Series
 4. Kurri Kurri              16   9  2  5  47-26  20  Final Series
 5. Lysaghts Orb             16   8  1  7  43-42  17
 6. Weston                   16   5  3  8  29-34  13
 7. Kearsley                 15   4  0 11  22-63   8
 8. Bellbird                 16   3  1 12  15-55   7
 9. Paxton                   16   2  1 13  13-50   5

Final Series
Dudley                      4-0 Cessnock  
Kurri Kurri                 2-1 Merewether Advance

Final
Dudley                      3-0 Kurri Kurri  

Division One South

Participants (7):
    Granville
    Auburn
    Corrimal
    Gladesville Ryde
    Drummoyne
    St.George
    Police Club

Queensland 1944

NB: see also Queensland 1944

Brisbane Division One

Final Table:

 1. St.Helens                10   8  0  2  56-24  16  Champions
 2. Blackstone Rovers        10   6  0  4  26-27  12
 3. Eastern Suburbs          10   5  1  4  22-20  11
 4. YMCA                     10   4  1  5  33-33   9
 5. Corinthians              10   2  3  5  22-30   7
 6. Bundamba Rangers         10   2  1  7  18-43   5

South Australia 1944

Division One

Final Table:

 1. Birkalla Rovers          14  12  1  1  67-15  25  Champions
 2. Northumberland & Durham  14  10  3  1  51-20  23
 3. Cumberland United        14   7  3  4  44-23  17
 4. South Australia Railways 14   7  2  5  36-21  16
 5. British Tube Mills       14   7  0  7  34-34  14
 6. Port Adelaide            14   5  3  6  38-32  13
 7. South Adelaide           14   1  0 13  12-74   2
 8. Perry Engineering Co     14   1  0 13  12-75   2

NB: British Tube Mills withdrew after the season.

Victoria 1944

NB: see also Victoria 1944

Division One

Table:

 1. Prahran City             14  12  1  1  65-13  25  Champions
 2. Brighton                 14   8  3  3  40-22  19
 3. Prahran City B           14   7  3  4  42-33  17
 4. Moreland-Hakoah          13   5  4  4  40-29  14
 5. RAAF Ascot Vale          14   4  5  5  39-30  13
 6. RAAF Laverton            14   5  3  6  32-34  13
 7. South Melbourne United   14   2  2 10  20-62   6
 8. South Yarra              13   1  1 11   6-61   3

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