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Barry Cup 1918, Round One

Merthyr vs Coorparoo
Saturday, June 29, 1918
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: “a splendid attendance” with bicycle and goat racing to watch as well
MerthyrCoorparoo
65
Tries:Tries:
S Kreutzer (2)H Jacques
Goals:Goals:
NilB Ehlers
Teams*
Cyril Grealy1Joseph Vinson
Joe Gough2Royston Uhlmann
George Green3Bill Ehlers
Jack Liddy4Charles Sturgess
Charles Russell5H Baker
Tom Bath6John Holborrow
Jimmy Flynn7Charlie Thorogood
[X] Love8J Galvin
Sim Kreutzer9William Schatz
Vince Kreutzer10E Hampson
Sam Hamilton11G Bates
Pat Murphy12J Nicholls
Steve Keogh13Harry Jacques
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: The Sun, 30 June (SLQ MFS0332); Telegraph, 1 July, page 9; Brisbane Courier, 1 July, page 3; Daily Mail, 1 July, page 4.

Wests vs Valleys
Saturday, June 29, 1918
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: “a splendid attendance” with bicycle and goat racing to watch as well
WestsValleys
252
Tries:Tries:
O Hardy (3), N Potter,Nil
A Gibb
Goals:Goals:
J Sweeney (2), A Gibb,J Shekelton
J Newton, C Meekin
Teams*
Tom Sweeney1Sam Hull
Ossie Hardy2Ted Stanley
Jeremiah Desmond3Barry Love
Jack Maguire4Sid Ashby
Cyril Casey5Jonas Shekelton
Alexander Gibb6Richard Corney
Jack Sweeney7Jim Tate
A Oxenham8Ray Jeffcoat
Norm Potter9Ted McGrath
Bill Dunne10Henry Stevens
William Cuthbertson11Patrick Gleeson
Charlie Meekin12Charlie Fredericks
J O’Sullivan13James Jackson
Jack Newton14
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 28 June, page 3; Telegraph, 1 July, page 9; Brisbane Courier, 1 July, page 3; Daily Mail, 1 July, page 4.

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