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Brisbane Rugby League 1937, Round One

Wests vs Norths
Monday, April 26, 1937
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
WestsNorths
2313
Tries:Tries:
N Gollan (3), B Wright,V Rudd, E Collins,
T PurtellB Shelton
Goals:Goals:
B Wright (4)B Shelton (2)
Teams*
Jack Brady1Col Webster
N Gollan2Jim Diversi
Billy Wright3Bob Shelton
James Purtell4Jack Reardon
Doug Currie5Ivor Uhlmann
Frank Lind6Charlie Ryan
Cec Chambers7Jack Stapleton
Gilbert Gray8Edward Collins
Bernie Kelly9Paddy Breen
J Butterworth10E Lawson
Henry Denny11Vic Rudd
Tom Purtell12Bill Norris
Charlie French13Eugene Robson
14Stan Anderson
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 27 April, page 9; Telegraph, 26 April, page 4.
A Norths player is hit by a Wests defender in round 1 at the Gabba.

Brothers vs Souths
Monday, April 26, 1937
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
BrothersSouths
279
Tries:Tries:
F Doyle (2), G Connell (2),H Ward, J Carcary,
P Hickey, L Wright,T Flannery
C Bradford
Goals:Goals:
L Gillespie (2), G ConnellNil
Teams*
Reg Stanton1Kev Kenny
Felix Doyle2S Gallagher
Tom Linnane3Cliff Coleman
Gordon Connell4Jim Wilkie
Len Wright5Stan Edmonds
R Barrett6Jock Carcary
Leo Dwyer7Hector Ward
R McKellar8Ted Flannery
Larry Gillespie9[X] O’Callaghan
Peter Hickey10A Emerson
Hugh Evans11Jack Maher
C Bradford12J Hayden
Bill Law13J George
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 27 April, page 9; Telegraph, 26 April, page 4.

Valleys vs Easts
Monday, April 26, 1937
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
ValleysEasts
320
Tries:Tries:
J Bates (2), W Burgess (2),
I Blow, B Dall, N Smith,
P Mitchell
Goals:Goals:
B Williamson (3), F Neumann
Teams*
Kevin Frawley1Norm Wright
Eric Nalder2Les Henderson
Fred Neumann3George Cornish
Len Walker4Don Elder
Jack Bates5Les Bishop
Ivan Blow6Vince Core
Bob Williamson7W McGuinness
Bill Dall8Jack Ryrie
Paddy Mitchell9Percy Skennar
Nev Smith10E Smith
Gordon Robson11Bill Malin
Jack Little12Jack Hannan
Bill Burgess13Eddie Verrenkamp
14Vern Downton
15Bill Stevenson
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 27 April, page 9; Telegraph, 26 April, page 4.

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Part of 1937 season