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One-Round Cup 1918, Round Three

Wests vs Coorparoo
Saturday, June 01, 1918
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: “the largest crowd that has attended a match this season”
WestsCoorparoo
190
Tries:Tries:
A Kelly (2), O Hardy,Nil
J O’Sullivan, J Newton
Goals:Goals:
J Newton, M ScottNil
Teams*
Tom Sweeney1Joseph Vinson
Ambrose Kelly2Royston Uhlmann
Jack Maguire3Harry Jacques
Jack Sweeney4Charles Sturgess
Ossie Hardy5Bill Ehlers
S Jackson6John Holborrow
Mick Scott7Charlie Thorogood
Bill Dunne8J Galvin
Norm Potter9William Schatz
William Cuthbertson10E Hampson
Charlie Meekin11G Bates
J O’Sullivan12J Nicholls
Jack Newton13F Joyce
Fred Cumberland14
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: The Sun, 2 June (SLQ MFS0332); Daily Standard, 3 June, page 3; Daily Mail, 3 June, page 2; Telegraph, 3 June, page 4

Merthyr vs Westerns
Saturday, June 01, 1918
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: “the largest crowd that has attended a match this season”
MerthyrWesterns
80
Tries:Tries:
G Green, S HamiltonNil
Goals:Goals:
T BathNil
Teams*
Cyril Grealy1Edward Steele
Joe Gough2Lou Meibusch
George Green3Jeff Daly
Jack Liddy4Bobby Graham
Charles Russell5Gordon Squire
Tom Bath6Bob Meibusch
Jimmy Flynn7William Smith
Vince Dore8William Brereton
Sim Kreutzer9J Hurst
Vince Kreutzer10Wilhelm Wacker
Sam Hamilton11Jim Bennett
Pat Murphy12Eric Sommerville
Steve Keogh13Donald Kruse
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: The Sun, 2 June (SLQ MFS0332); Daily Standard, 3 June, page 3; Daily Mail, 3 June, page 2; Telegraph, 3 June, page 4

Valleys vs Railways
Saturday, June 01, 1918
Venue: Exhibition Ground, Bowen Hills
Crowd: N/A
ValleysRailways
40
Tries:Tries:
NilNil
Goals:Goals:
S Hull, S Hull (FG)Nil
Players involved*
Sam HullNone listed
Sid Ashby
Barry Love
Richard Corney
Jim Tate
Patrick Gleeson
Ted McGrath
*Players involved are those confirmed as appearing through a scorers list or narrative report
Source: FVFC internal documentation; Daily Standard, 3 June, page 3; Daily Mail, 3 June, page 2; Telegraph, 3 June, page 4

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Part of 1918 season