League Standings - Round sf
Ladder
| Home | Away | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | P | W | L | D | F | A | PD | P | W | L | D | F | A | PD | P | W| L | D | F | A | Pts | PD | FPG | APG | | |
| 1. | North Sydney Bears (R) | 7 | 6 | - | 1 | 91 | 27 | 64 | 7 | 5 | 2 | - | 86 | 46 | 40 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 177 | 73 | 23 | +104 | 12.64 | 5.21 |
| 2. | St George Dragons (R) | 7 | 6 | 1 | - | 90 | 36 | 54 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 77 | 70 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 167 | 106 | 21 | +61 | 11.93 | 7.57 |
| 3. | Newtown Jets (R) | 7 | 4 | 3 | - | 66 | 69 | -3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | - | 67 | 57 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 5 | - | 133 | 126 | 18 | +7 | 9.50 | 9.00 |
| 4. | Canterbury Bankstown (R) | 7 | 4 | 3 | - | 61 | 77 | -16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 119 | 135 | 15 | -16 | 8.50 | 9.64 |
| 5. | Western Suburbs Magpies (R) | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 71 | 69 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | - | 64 | 75 | -11 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 135 | 144 | 13 | -9 | 9.64 | 10.29 |
| 6. | South Sydney Rabbitohs (R) | 7 | 3 | 4 | - | 84 | 65 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 5 | - | 59 | 67 | -8 | 14 | 5 | 9 | - | 143 | 132 | 10 | +11 | 10.21 | 9.43 |
| 7. | Balmain Tigers (R) | 7 | 2 | 5 | - | 42 | 70 | -28 | 7 | 1 | 6 | - | 36 | 103 | -67 | 14 | 3 | 11 | - | 78 | 173 | 6 | -95 | 5.57 | 12.36 |
| Eastern Suburbs (R) | 7 | 2 | 5 | - | 65 | 92 | -27 | 7 | 1 | 6 | - | 58 | 94 | -36 | 14 | 3 | 11 | - | 123 | 186 | 6 | -63 | 8.79 | 13.29 | |
Results
| Semi Final | ||||||||||||
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| Sat | Aug 17 | 1940 | Newtown Jets (R) | 13 | - | 3 | North Sydney Bears (R) | SCG | ||||
| Sat | 24 | 1940 | St George Dragons (R) | 14 | - | 12 | Canterbury Bankstown (R) | SCG | ||||