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Brisbane Rugby League 1937, Round Nine

Valleys vs Brothers
Saturday, July 17, 1937
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
ValleysBrothers
55
Tries:Tries:
F GrimleyP Hickey
Goals:Goals:
B WilliamsonE Glass
Teams*
K Frawley1E Glass
Eric Nalder2Len Wright
Fred Neumann3B Creedy
Len Walker4Leo Dwyer
F Grimley5Felix Doyle
Ivan Blow6Reg Stanton
Bob Williamson7Phil Duffy
Dick Ebbern8R McKellar
Jack Little9Larry Gillespie
Paddy Mitchell10Peter Hickey
Gordon Robson11Bill Law
Nev Smith12Hugh Evans
Con Allen13Vince Hogan
George Kellaway14
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Sunday Mail, 18 July, page 17; Truth, 18 July, page 7; Telegraph, 17 July, page 4.

Wests vs Easts
Saturday, July 17, 1937
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
WestsEasts
82
Tries:Tries:
N Gollan (2)Nil
Goals:Goals:
C ChambersN Wright
Teams*
A Jones1E Trumann
N Gollan2George Cornish
Billy Wright3Norm Wright
Norm Hoare4W Thompson
Claude Hooper5Les Bishop
R Turner6Kev Warrener
C Chambers7W McGuinness
Roy Westaway8Jack Ryrie
Tom Purtell9E Smith
J Butterworth10Percy Skennar
T McManus11Jerry Seymour
Gilbert Gray12S Oswald
B Graham13Jack Hannan
14Henry Thomson
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Sunday Mail, 18 July, page 17; Truth, 18 July, page 7; Telegraph, 17 July, page 4.

Norths vs Souths

Norths broke their own record for biggest winning margin in BRL history, exceeding their 75-20 win over Varsity in ’33, though they actually scored more tries in that game (19).
Saturday, July 17, 1937
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
NorthsSouths
804
Tries:Tries:
R Cooper (6), J Diversi (3),
J Bayada (2), J Humphreys,
B Shelton, C Webster,
R Hambleton, J Stapleton,
P Breen, C Ryan
Goals:Goals:
B Shelton (7), C Ryan (2),S Edmonds (2)
J Diversi, E Lawson,
V Gohdes, E Robson
Teams*
Col Webster1Kev Kenny
Jim Diversi2G Dickerson
Charlie Ryan3M Harris
Ron Hambleton4W Parker
Ron Cooper5R Davis
Bob Shelton6Jock Carcary
Jack Stapleton7Hector Ward
E Lawson8Ted Flannery
Vic Gohdes9J Allen
Paddy Breen10Jack Maher
Jack Bayada11B Blight
J Humphreys12S Edmonds
Eugene Robson13H Horitz
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Sunday Mail, 18 July, page 17; Truth, 18 July, page 7; Telegraph, 17 July, page 4.

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