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Brisbane Rugby League 1924, Round Two

Brothers vs Grammars
Saturday, May 03, 1924
Venue: Exhibition Ground, Bowen Hills
Crowd: ~6000
BrothersGrammars
115
Tries:Tries:
J Woodward, C Creedy,R Cameron
W Taylor
Goals:Goals:
G AllmanC Schaffer
Teams*
G Draney1D Currie
J Hourigan2H McGrory
L Casey3H Stewart
Gerald Allman4John Charity
W Holohan5C Ferguson
Jack Woodward6H Archdall
Basil Creedy7B McAllister
Eino Riipinen8C Schaffer
E Goodwin9E Thompson
Harold Hamalainen10W McCook
B Brooks11R Cameron
C Gornall12R Smith
D McCarthy13F Chadwick
W Taylor14
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Brisbane Courier, 5 May, pages 12-13; Daily Mail, 4 May, page 4; Telegraph, 5 May, page 5.

Valleys vs Carlton
Saturday, May 03, 1924
Venue: Exhibition Ground, Bowen Hills
Crowd: ~6000
ValleysCarlton
115
Tries:Tries:
J Haslet, A Edwards,P Hoare
T McGrath
Goals:Goals:
W CheyneM McAuliffe
Teams*
Wally Cheyne1Ernie Silverthau
Sid Ashby2P McCormack
T Bull3J Morahan
V Tynan4P Hoare
Joe Haslet5L Mauck
E Edwards6J Carroll
Arthur Edwards7Bob Atkins
T Rasey8T Morahan
K McCormack9M McAuliffe
N Sykes10J Cavanagh
H Reddington11L Cranston
E Stanley12Paddy Meaney
Ted McGrath13M Fallon
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Brisbane Courier, 5 May, pages 12-13; Daily Mail, 4 May, page 4; Telegraph, 5 May, page 5.
Notes: This was also the Old Buffers Cup Final

Wests vs University
Saturday, May 03, 1924
Venue: Exhibition Ground No. 2, Bowen Hills
Crowd: N/A
WestsUniversity
1610
Tries:Tries:
J Betts (2), [X] Howard,W McDougall, J Allman
L Milliner
Goals:Goals:
C Aynsley, F ProutenB Ahern (2)
Teams*
J Robertson1J Lynam
Cec Aynsley2J Risson
M Jolly3Jack Vidulich
R Graham4J Allman
[X] Howard5T O’Sullivan
L Milliner6Bill Ahern
C Leaver7J Davidson
N Johnson8W McDougall
E Bowden9A Corrigan
J Betts10F Patterson
J Jones11W Dower
J Saunders12L O’Mara
F Prouten13J Hendle
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Brisbane Courier, 5 May, pages 12-13; Daily Mail, 4 May, page 4; Telegraph, 5 May, page 5; Daily Standard, 5 May, page 6.

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Part of 1924 season

The Poms were coming, and so was trouble. The scheduling of this fixture at Davies Park in May was one of the first flashpoints in the BRL-QRL civil war.