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Brisbane Rugby League 1939, Round Eight

Norths vs Valleys
Saturday, July 08, 1939
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: 2500
NorthsValleys
1917
Tries:Tries:
H Melrose, V Rudd,J Ebbern, D Ebbern,
M PowerA Horrigan
Goals:Goals:
C Webster (4), C RyanB Williamson (4)
Teams*
Col Webster1Danny O’Connor
Tom Toohey2Albert Horrigan
Herbert Free3Fred Neumann
Hugh Melrose4George Kellaway
Jack Melrose5Cec Hayes
Charlie Ryan6R Richardson
Jack Stapleton7Bob Williamson
H McDonald8Peter Hickey
Ron Hambleton9Paddy Mitchell
Mick Power10Jack Ebbern
Vic Rudd11Dick Ebbern
Bill Norris12Alec Roberts
Alby Nilsson13Roy Westaway
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 8 July, page 4; Sunday Mail, 9 July, page 21; Truth, 9 July, page 7.

Souths vs Easts
Saturday, July 08, 1939
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: 2500
SouthsEasts
2013
Tries:Tries:
T Flannery (2), J McKee,H White (2), W McGuinness
R Irwin, B McKee,
R Smith
Goals:Goals:
B McKeeN Wright (2)
Teams*
Kev Kenny1Norm Wright
J McKee2H White
Jim West3George Cornish
Roy Irwin4Don Elder
Billy McKee5Roy Ward
Joey Houghton6Abe Thurlow
Hector Ward7W McGuinness
H Taylor8Jerry Seymour
R Smith9S Edmonds
Ted Flannery10W Bodley
Les Clarke11W Hallett
Vern Downton12Bernie Donovan
J Pashan13J Stafford
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 8 July, page 4; Sunday Mail, 9 July, page 21; Truth, 9 July, page 7.

Brothers vs Wests
Saturday, July 08, 1939
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
BrothersWests
263
Tries:Tries:
L Dawson (2), J Walsh,N Paxton
D Roser, J Mahoney,
J Ryrie
Goals:Goals:
G Halpin (2), L Dawson,Nil
L Gillespie
Teams*
Reg Stanton1A Bowling
Len Dawson2J Neylan
Dick Roser3Gordon Macrae
J Walsh4George Twist
Len Wright5Claude Hooper
Jack Mahoney6James Purtell
Gerry Halpin7Frank Casey
Bill Law8Gilbert Gray
Jack Little9Norm Paxton
Hugh Evans10Bill Malin
Jack Ryrie11Henry Denny
Larry Gillespie12Tom Purtell
Bill Dall13A Hutchinson
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 8 July, page 4; Sunday Mail, 9 July, page 21; Truth, 9 July, page 7.

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