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Brisbane Rugby League 1938, Round Two

Wests vs Brothers
Monday, May 02, 1938
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
WestsBrothers
238
Tries:Tries:
T Purtell (2), B Wright,J Mahoney, M Kearney
N Gollan, C Chambers
Goals:Goals:
C Chambers (3), B WrightJ Mahoney
Teams*
Jack Brady1Reg Stanton
Claude Hooper2Len Wright
J Neylan3Mick Hines
Billy Wright4M Kearney
N Gollan5E Dwyer
R Turner6Jack Mahoney
C Chambers7N Curran
Henry Denny8J Slattery
Tom Purtell9Bob Campbell
Jim Thompson10Larry Gillespie
Gilbert Gray11D McNeil
A Hutchinson12Felix Doyle
B Graham13Jack Twist
Norm Hoare14
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 3 May, page 10; Telegraph, 2 May, page 4.

Valleys vs Souths
Monday, May 02, 1938
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
ValleysSouths
399
Tries:Tries:
F Neumann (2), C Hayes (2),H Ward
B Dall (2), B Williamson,
N Smith, P Angus
Goals:Goals:
B Williamson (6)W Hartley (2), B McKee
Teams*
Eddie Herlihy1Kev Kenny
Albert Horrigan2Jack Bates
Fred Neumann3Les Clarke
Cec Hayes4J Ahern
Peter Angus5Billy McKee
Ivan Blow6Jock Carcary
Bob Williamson7Hector Ward
Bill Dall8Ted Flannery
Paddy Mitchell9W Hartley
Nev Smith10Bernie Evans
Jack Ebbern11Con Ahern
W Whyte12H Kelly
Dick Ebbern13J McCann
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 3 May, page 10; Telegraph, 2 May, page 4.

Norths vs Easts
Monday, May 02, 1938
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: “well above the average”
NorthsEasts
740
Tries:Tries:
R Cooper (4), R Hambleton (3),Nil
A Roberts (2), J Diversi (2),
J Stapleton (2), J Reardon (2),
B Shelton
Goals:Goals:
B Shelton (13)Nil
Teams*
Col Webster1Joe Saich
Ron Cooper2Jerry Seymour
Jack Reardon3Morton Dare
Hugh Melrose4C Bowman
Jim Diversi5George Cornish
Bob Shelton6Abe Thurlow
Jack Stapleton7W McGuinness
Eugene Robson8Bernie Donovan
Paddy Breen9E Smith
Vic Gohdes10Jack Ryrie
Ron Hambleton11Vern Downton
Alec Roberts12Roly Galloway
Vic Rudd13Percy Skennar
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 3 May, page 10; Telegraph, 2 May, page 4.

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