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Brisbane Rugby League 1924, Round Fourteen

Coorparoo and Valleys played in a War Memorial Day Cup game at the Gabba on this weekend, which was not counted as a league fixture. Coorparoo won 5-2, though it was reportedly an understrength Valleys team.

Brothers vs University
Saturday, August 09, 1924
Venue: Davies Park, West End
Crowd: “very poor”
BrothersUniversity
195
Tries:Tries:
L McGuire (2), W Holohan,T O’Sullivan
E Riipinen, D McCarthy
Goals:Goals:
B Creedy (2)W McDougall
Teams*
G Draney1J Davidson
W Holohan2T O’Sullivan
C Creedy3Bill Ahern
L McGuire4J Risson
J Hourigan5J Biggs
H Murray6J Lynam
Basil Creedy7J Gibson
Eino Riipinen8W Bagley
W Taylor9W McDougall
M Burke10J Gerrand
C Gornall11W Dower
Harold Hamalainen12C Edwards
D McCarthy13L O’Mara
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Daily Mail, 10 August, page 4; Brisbane Courier, 11 August, page 17.

Grammars vs Wests
Saturday, August 09, 1924
Venue: Davies Park, West End
Crowd: “very poor”
GrammarsWests
383
Tries:Tries:
C Ferguson (4), A Brown (2),J Nelson
H McGrory, J Monteith,
R Cameron, F Chadwick
Goals:Goals:
C Ferguson (2), J Charity,Nil
C Schaffer
Teams*
H Archdall1J Robertson
H McGrory2W McVinish
John Charity3M Jolly
Alex Brown4R Graham
C Ferguson5J Riley
B McAllister6J Griffiths
J Monteith7C Leaver
W McCook8J Betts
R Smith9E Bowden
C Schaffer10V Christoffersen
E Thompson11J Vine
R Cameron12J Nelson
F Chadwick13J Jones
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Daily Mail, 10 August, page 4; Brisbane Courier, 11 August, page 17.

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Part of 1924 season

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