Brisbane Rugby League 1926, Semi-Finals

Coorparoo vs University

Saturday, September 04, 1926
Venue: Exhibition Ground No.2, Bowen Hills
Crowd: N/A
CoorparooUniversity
129
Tries:Tries:
G Crouch (2)R Hall
Goals:Goals:
W Thompson (2), G CrouchW McDougall (3)
Teams*
Mick Burton1J Lynam
W Connell2J Irwin
W Hoffman3G Bird
Graham Crouch4G Sturtridge
J Bryce5R Hall
W Thompson6A Young
J Carroll7J Hulbert
A Jeavons8P Fenwick
C Harris9P Neville
W Prickett10K Carmichael
M Kennedy11J Lavery
B Simpson12W McDougall
W Kennedy13J Gerrand
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Haddan, S (2016), ‘Our Game: The Celebration of Brisbane Rugby League 1909-1987’, Data#3, page 58; Brisbane Courier, 6 September page 15; Daily Mail, 5 September, page 4.
Coorparoo was into another final, though they’ done it without the great Harold Horder who’d been forced into retirement by a serious knee injury a few weeks earlier. Between North Sydney, South Sydney and Coorparoo, Horder scored 167 tries in 155 first-grade games.

Brothers vs Valleys

Saturday, September 04, 1926
Venue: Exhibition Ground No.2, Bowen Hills
Crowd: N/A
BrothersValleys
1711
Tries:Tries:
G Allman, J Woodward,T Boast, C Hess,
B CreedyW Peakes
Goals:Goals:
G Allman (4)H Edwards
Teams*
F Hogg1H Hebb
W Holohan2Tom Boast
Gerald Allman3Harry Edwards
Tom Gorman4H Anderson
G Draney5C Hess
Jack Woodward6H Bond
Basil Creedy7E Edwards
M Burke8P Hammond
Harold Hamalainen9Harry Jacques
E Goodwin10W Peakes
Eino Riipinen11T Rasey
M McAuliffe12K McCormack
V Callaghan13G Livermore
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Haddan, S (2016), ‘Our Game: The Celebration of Brisbane Rugby League 1909-1987’, Data#3, page 58; Brisbane Courier, 6 September page 15; Daily Mail, 5 September, page 4.
Brothers on their way to victory over Valleys in the semi-final.

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