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Brisbane Rugby League 1938, Round Five

Valleys vs Norths
Saturday, May 21, 1938
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: ≥2500
ValleysNorths
410
Tries:Tries:
P Angus (2), I Blow (2),Nil
B Dall (2), N Smith (2),
B Williamson
Goals:Goals:
B Williamson (6),Nil
F Neumann
Teams*
Eddie Herlihy1Charlie Ryan
Albert Horrigan2Ron Cooper
Fred Neumann3Bob Shelton
Len Walker4Hugh Melrose
Peter Angus5Jim Diversi
Ivan Blow6Jack Reardon
Bob Williamson7Jack Stapleton
Bill Dall8Ron Hambleton
Con Allen9Eugene Robson
Nev Smith10Jack Curran
Dick Ebbern11Vic Gohdes
W Whyte12Alec Roberts
Jack Ebbern13Paddy Breen
14Jim Hay
15H Slattery
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Sunday Mail, 22 May, page 22; Truth, 22 May, page 7.

Easts vs Wests
Saturday, May 21, 1938
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: ≥2500
EastsWests
175
Tries:Tries:
W Thompson (2),B Wright
G Cornish
Goals:Goals:
W Thompson (2),B Wright
N Wright (2)
Teams*
Joe Saich1Jack Brady
George Cornish2Claude Hooper
Norm Wright3Norm Hoare
W Thompson4Billy Wright
W Seymour5J Neylan
Abe Thurlow6Frank Lind
W McGuinness7C Chambers
E Smith8Henry Denny
Bernie Donovan9Tom Purtell
Gordon Robson10Charlie French
Jack Ryrie11Gilbert Gray
Vern Downton12Bernie Kelly
Aidan Buckley13B Graham
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Sunday Mail, 22 May, page 22; Truth, 22 May, page 7.

Souths vs Brothers
Saturday, May 21, 1938
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
SouthsBrothers
88
Tries:Tries:
B Evans, L ClarkeB Law (2)
Goals:Goals:
W HartleyG Halpin
Teams*
Kev Kenny1P Cash
Billy McKee2E Dwyer
A Sherman3Jack Murphy
Dick Ahern4Mick Hines
Jack Bates5Len Wright
Norm Cooper6Reg Stanton
Hector Ward7Gerry Halpin
Ted Flannery8Bill Law
W Hartley9B Creedy
Bernie Evans10Bob Campbell
Les Clarke11Larry Gillespie
H Kelly12Hugh Evans
Con Ahern13Jack Twist
14P Nugent
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Sunday Mail, 22 May, page 22; Truth, 22 May, page 7.
Jack Bates of Souths.

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