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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*
Kevin Frawley1E Glass
Eric Nalder2Len Wright
Fred Neumann3B Creedy
Len Walker4Leo Dwyer
Fred 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*
Ack Jones1E Trumann
N Gollan2George Cornish
Billy Wright3Norm Wright
Norm Hoare4Bill Thompson
Claude Hooper5Les Bishop
R Turner6Kev Warrener
Cec Chambers7W McGuinness
Roy Westaway8Jack Ryrie
Tom Purtell9E Smith
J Butterworth10Percy Skennar
Tom McManus11Jerry Seymour
Gilbert Gray12S Oswald
Robert Graham13Jack Hannan
14Henry Thomson
15Don Elder
16J Tappin
*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 Humphreys12Stan 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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