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Brisbane Rugby League 1937, Round Four

Easts vs Souths
Saturday, May 29, 1937
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: “a small crowd”
EastsSouths
268
Tries:Tries:
E Smith, B Malin,W Gillan (2)
W McGuinness, L Bishop,
W Seymour, G Cornish
Goals:Goals:
B Malin (4)L Wex
Teams*
E Trumann1Kev Kenny
George Cornish2W Wilson
R Gray3Cliff Coleman
Don Elder4L Wex
Les Bishop5W Gillan
Abe Thurlow6Jock Carcary
W McGuinness7Hector Ward
Bill Malin8Bill Chandler
Percy Skennar9H Taylor
E Smith10A Emerson
Col Brandenberg11H Horitz
Jerry Seymour12S Gallagher
Jack Hannan13Stan Edmonds
W Seymour14
Vince Core15
Vern Downton16
Bernie Donovan17
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Sunday Mail, 30 May, page 17; Telegraph, 29 May, page 4.

Wests vs Valleys
Saturday, May 29, 1937
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: “a small crowd”
WestsValleys
2522
Tries:Tries:
N Gollan (5), F Lind,I Blow, H Connors,
C HooperH McDonald, C Allen
Goals:Goals:
B Wright (2)B Williamson (5)
Teams*
Jack Brady1Kevin Frawley
Claude Hooper2Eric Nalder
J Neylan3Bernie Flynn
Billy Wright4Harry Connors
N Gollan5Albert Horrigan
Frank Lind6Ivan Blow
Cec Chambers7Bob Williamson
J Butterworth8Tom McDonald
Tom McManus9Con Allen
Bernie Kelly10S Reeves
Charlie French11Mal Thompson
Tom Purtell12Paddy Mitchell
Henry Denny13Ernie Sutherland
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Sunday Mail, 30 May, page 17; Telegraph, 29 May, page 4.
Wests on their way to victory over Valleys in May.

Brothers vs Norths
Saturday, May 29, 1937
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: “record crowd”
BrothersNorths
95
Tries:Tries:
P Duffy (2), F DoyleJ Hay
Goals:Goals:
NilB Shelton
Teams*
G McEvoy1Col Webster
Felix Doyle2Paddy Breen
B Creedy3Jim Hay
Phil Duffy4Hugh Melrose
Mick Moloney5Stan Anderson
Reg Stanton6Bob Shelton
N Curran7Charlie Ryan
R McKellar8E Lawson
C Bradford9W McCook
M O’Connor10J Humphreys
Vince Hogan11Vic Gohdes
Hugh Evans12Ron Hambleton
Bill Law13Eugene Robson
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Sunday Mail, 30 May, page 17; Telegraph, 29 May, page 4.

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Part of 1937 season