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Brisbane Rugby League 1938, Round Three

Norths vs Wests
Saturday, May 07, 1938
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: 2500
NorthsWests
156
Tries:Tries:
J Reardon (3)Nil
Goals:Goals:
B Shelton (3)C Chambers (2), B Wright
Teams*
Col Webster1Jack Brady
Ron Cooper2Norm Hoare
Jack Reardon3J Neylan
Bob Shelton4James Purtell
Jim Diversi5Claude Hooper
Charlie Ryan6Billy Wright
Jack Stapleton7C Chambers
Ron Hambleton8B Graham
Paddy Breen9Bernie Kelly
Vic Gohdes10Gilbert Gray
Vic Rudd11Henry Denny
Alec Roberts12Tom Purtell
Eugene Robson13Charlie French
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Sunday Mail, 8 May, page 25; Truth, 8 May, page 7.
Looks like Jack Reardon, scorer of three tries against Wests in round three.

Souths vs Easts
Saturday, May 07, 1938
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: 2500
SouthsEasts
1411
Tries:Tries:
W Hartley, B EvansW Thompson, E Smith,
R Galloway
Goals:Goals:
B McKee (4)W Thompson
Teams*
Kev Kenny1Joe Saich
Jack Bates2George Cornish
Dick Ahern3W Thompson
Jack Coleman4W Seymour
Billy McKee5George Schlecht
J Ahern6W McGuinness
Hector Ward7Abe Thurlow
Ted Flannery8E Smith
W Hartley9Bernie Donovan
Bernie Evans10Vern Downton
Les Clarke11Jack Ryrie
H Kelly12Roly Galloway
Con Ahern13Aidan Buckley
14Jerry Seymour
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Sunday Mail, 8 May, page 25; Truth, 8 May, page 7.

Valleys vs Brothers
Saturday, May 07, 1938
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
ValleysBrothers
509
Tries:Tries:
N Smith (3), F Neumann (2),R Stanton, M Hines,
P Angus (2), B Dall (2), J Ebbern,J Mahoney
E Herlihy, P Mitchell
Goals:Goals:
B Williamson (7)Nil
Teams*
R McLarty1E Glass
Albert Horrigan2Jack Murphy
Fred Neumann3Mick Hines
Eddie Herlihy4M Kearney
Peter Angus5E Dwyer
Ivan Blow6Jack Mahoney
Bob Williamson7Reg Stanton
Dick Ebbern8J Slattery
W Whyte9Bill Law
Jack Ebbern10B Creedy
Nev Smith11Larry Gillespie
Paddy Mitchell12Bob Campbell
Bill Dall13Jack Twist
14George Twist
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Sunday Mail, 8 May, page 25; Truth, 8 May, page 7.

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Part of 1938 season