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Brisbane Rugby League 1939, Round Nine

Valleys vs Brothers
Saturday, August 05, 1939
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
ValleysBrothers
1411
Tries:Tries:
D Ebbern, C HayesN Gollan, M Hines,
L Gillespie
Goals:Goals:
B Williamson (4)V Hogan
Teams*
Ivan Blow1Reg Stanton
Cec Hayes2N Gollan
Len Walker3J Walsh
Fred Neumann4J Fitzpatrick
F Grimley5Len Wright
George Kellaway6Mick Hines
Bob Williamson7Jack Mahoney
Peter Hickey8Bill Dall
Paddy Mitchell9C Bradford
R Peet10Larry Gillespie
Dick Ebbern11Vince Hogan
Alec Roberts12Hugh Evans
Roy Westaway13Bill Law
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 5 August, page 4; Sunday Mail, 6 August, page 21; Truth, 6 August, page 7.

Wests vs Easts
Saturday, August 05, 1939
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
WestsEasts
2610
Tries:Tries:
N Paxton (2), G Gray,R Ward, S Oswald
J Purtell, G Macrae,
G Twist
Goals:Goals:
B Malin (4)N Wright (2)
Teams*
Billy Wright1Norm Wright
Tom Rowe2George Cornish
James Purtell3H White
Gordon Macrae4W Bodley
K Williams5Roy Ward
George Twist6Don Elder
Frank Casey7W McGuinness
Norm Paxton8Henry Thomson
Gilbert Gray9S Oswald
Bill Malin10J Clarke
Henry Denny11Ted Dempsey
Tom Purtell12Bernie Donovan
A Hutchinson13S Edmonds
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 5 August, page 4; Sunday Mail, 6 August, page 21; Truth, 6 August, page 7.

Norths vs Souths
Saturday, August 05, 1939
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
NorthsSouths
175
Tries:Tries:
H Melrose, P Breen,B McKee
J Melrose
Goals:Goals:
C Ryan (2), C Webster,B McKee
C Ryan (FG)
Teams*
Col Webster1Kev Kenny
Tom Toohey2J McKee
Charlie Cross3Bill Sommerville
Hugh Melrose4Hector Ward
Jack Melrose5Billy McKee
Herbert Free6Jim West
Charlie Ryan7Roy Hocking
Ron Hambleton8H Taylor
Paddy Breen9R Smith
L Deegan10Ted Flannery
Vic Rudd11Les Clarke
Bill Norris12D Christenson
J Humphreys13Vern Downton
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 5 August, page 4; Sunday Mail, 6 August, page 21; Truth, 6 August, page 7.
Norths vs Souths (actually from a game earlier in 1939).

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Part of 1939 season