The first and second place teams in the second half, South Framingham and Natick, were declared ineligible for the post-season because they had joined the league at midseason. In spite of this ruling, they played an “unofficial” post-season series. The sanctioned post-season series was played between Manchester and Lowell.
Unofficial PlayoffBest of 3 series | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Away | Score | Home | Series | |||||||||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | Natick (Mass.) | 19 - 38 | South Framingham (Mass.) | SFR 1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | South Framingham (Mass.) | 36 - 38 | Natick (Mass.) | Tied 1-1 | ||||||||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | Natick (Mass.) | 22 - 29 | South Framingham (Mass.) | SFR 2-1 | ||||||||||||||
NEL ChampionshipBest of 5 series | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Away | Score | Home | Series | |||||||||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | Lowell (Mass.) | 15 - 27 | Manchester (Burkes) | MAN 1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | Manchester (Burkes) | 21 - 24 | Lowell (Mass.) | Tied 1-1 | ||||||||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | Lowell (Mass.) | 25 - 47 | Manchester (Burkes) | MAN 2-1 | ||||||||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | Manchester (Burkes) | 18 - 23 | Lowell (Mass.) | Tied 2-2 | ||||||||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | Manchester (Burkes) | 20 - 17 | Lowell (Mass.) | MAN 3-2 | ||||||||||||||
Champions: Manchester (Burkes) | |||||||||||||||||||
what a year. the competitiveness of the ABL really brought the NBA out of its duldrums.