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Brisbane Rugby League 1937, Round Five

Wests vs Brothers
Saturday, June 05, 1937
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
WestsBrothers
218
Tries:Tries:
N Gollan (2), C Hooper,F Doyle, M Moloney
G Gray, R Graham
Goals:Goals:
B Wright (2), C ChambersM Moloney
Teams*
Jack Brady1E Glass
N Gollan2Felix Doyle
Billy Wright3Gordon Connell
James Purtell4B Creedy
Claude Hooper5Mick Moloney
Frank Lind6Reg Stanton
Cec Chambers7Phil Duffy
Robert Graham8R McKellar
Bernie Kelly9Larry Gillespie
Gilbert Gray10Hugh Evans
Henry Denny11Bill Law
Tom Purtell12C Bradford
J Butterworth13Vince Hogan
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Sunday Mail, 6 June, page 19; Truth, 6 June, page 7; Telegraph, 5 June, page 4.

Norths vs Easts
Saturday, June 05, 1937
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
NorthsEasts
186
Tries:Tries:
B Shelton, H Melrose,J Ryrie, E Smith
J Diversi, J Stapleton
Goals:Goals:
B Shelton (3)Nil
Teams*
Col Webster1Norm Wright
Jim Diversi2George Cornish
Charlie Ryan3R Gray
Hugh Melrose4Don Elder
Stan Anderson5Les Bishop
Bob Shelton6Abe Thurlow
Jack Stapleton7E Trumann
E Lawson8Jack Ryrie
Paddy Breen9E Smith
Vic Gohdes10Col Brandenberg
Jack Bayada11Jerry Seymour
Ron Hambleton12Percy Skennar
J Humphreys13Jack Hannan
14Vern Downton
15Bernie Donovan
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Sunday Mail, 6 June, page 19; Truth, 6 June, page 7; Telegraph, 5 June, page 4.

Valleys vs Souths
Saturday, June 05, 1937
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
ValleysSouths
495
Tries:Tries:
F Grimley (3), J Bates (3),S Edmonds
F Neumann (2), C Allen,
B Williamson, I Blow,
B Dall, P Mitchell
Goals:Goals:
B Williamson (3),S Edmonds
F Neumann, J Little
Teams*
Kevin Frawley1Kev Kenny
Jack Bates2W Wilson
Fred Neumann3Cliff Coleman
Harry Hunter4L Wex
Fred Grimley5Harry Adams
Ivan Blow6Jock Carcary
Bob Williamson7Hector Ward
Bill Dall8J George
Paddy Mitchell9H Taylor
Con Allen10Ted Flannery
Dick Ebbern11S Gallagher
Jack Little12Jack Maher
Nev Smith13Stan Edmonds
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Sunday Mail, 6 June, page 19; Truth, 6 June, page 7; Telegraph, 5 June, page 4.

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