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Brisbane Rugby League 1938, Round Four

Souths vs Wests
Saturday, May 14, 1938
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
SouthsWests
82
Tries:Tries:
B McKee, B EvansNil
Goals:Goals:
W HartleyC Chambers
Teams*
Kev Kenny1Jack Brady
Des Simpson2Claude Hooper
Dick Ahern3Norm Hoare
J Ahern4J Neylan
Billy McKee5G Rasby
Norm Cooper6Frank Lind
Hector Ward7C Chambers
Ted Flannery8Henry Denny
W Hartley9Charlie French
Bernie Evans10Jim Thompson
Les Clarke11Gilbert Gray
H Kelly12J Butterworth
S Edmonds13Bernie Kelly
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Sunday Mail, 15 May, page 24; Truth, 15 May, page 7.

Valleys vs Easts
Saturday, May 14, 1938
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
ValleysEasts
92
Tries:Tries:
P Angus, A Horrigan,Nil
P Mitchell
Goals:Goals:
NilJ Saich
Teams*
G Roach1Joe Saich
Albert Horrigan2George Cornish
George Kellaway3George Schlecht
Eddie Herlihy4W Seymour
Peter Angus5Les Bishop
R McLarty6W McGuinness
Bob Williamson7Abe Thurlow
L Cook8E Smith
W Whyte9Jerry Seymour
Dick Ebbern10Gordon Robson
R Peet11Aidan Buckley
Jack Maher12Roly Galloway
Paddy Mitchell13Vern Downton
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Sunday Mail, 15 May, page 24; Truth, 15 May, page 7.

Norths vs Brothers
Saturday, May 14, 1938
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
NorthsBrothers
316
Tries:Tries:
B Shelton (2), H Richards (2),B Campbell, L Gillespie
H Melrose, C Ryan,
V Gohdes
Goals:Goals:
B Shelton (5)Nil
Teams*
Col Webster1E Glass
Jack Martin2Len Wright
Jim Hay3M Kearney
Hugh Melrose4Reg Stanton
Harry Richards5Jack Murphy
Charlie Ryan6Jack Mahoney
Bob Shelton7J Maughin
Ron Hambleton8Bill Law
Jack Curran9Bob Campbell
H Slattery10B Creedy
Eugene Robson11H Barclay
Alec Roberts12Hugh Evans
Vic Gohdes13Larry Gillespie
14E Dwyer
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Sunday Mail, 15 May, page 24; Truth, 15 May, page 7.
Col Webster of Norths.

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