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Brisbane Rugby League 1939, Round Two

Valleys vs Souths
Monday, May 01, 1939
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
ValleysSouths
312
Tries:Tries:
C Hayes (2), P Mitchell (2),Nil
B Williamson, P Hickey,
A Horrigan
Goals:Goals:
B Williamson (5)B McKee
Teams*
Danny O’Connor1Alby Pegg
Albert Horrigan2Billy McKee
Fred Neumann3Les Clarke
Cec Hayes4Jim West
Eddie Herlihy5Kev Kenny
Len Walker6Joey Houghton
Bob Williamson7Hector Ward
Peter Hickey8H Taylor
Paddy Mitchell9R Smith
Jack Ebbern10Ted Flannery
Dick Ebbern11Vern Downton
Alec Roberts12D Christenson
Roy Westaway13A Davis
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 1 May, page 4; Courier Mail, 2 May, page 13.

Brothers vs Easts
Monday, May 01, 1939
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
BrothersEasts
492
Tries:Tries:
J Ryrie (3), B Law (2),Nil
L Gillespie (2), M Hines (2),
L Dawson (2), J Mahoney,
V Hogan
Goals:Goals:
J Little (2), V Hogan (2),N Wright
G Halpin
Teams*
Reg Stanton1Norm Wright
Len Dawson2George Cornish
Dick Roser3Joe Saich
J Walsh4A Furlough
Mick Hines5Roy Ward
Jack Mahoney6Don Elder
Gerry Halpin7Henry Thomson
Bill Dall8Jerry Seymour
Larry Gillespie9W Byrne
Jack Ryrie10W Bodley
Vince Hogan11Ted Dempsey
Jack Little12Bernie Donovan
Bill Law13R Hyde
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 1 May, page 4; Courier Mail, 2 May, page 13.
Les Dawson of Brothers.

Norths vs Wests
Monday, May 01, 1939
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
NorthsWests
2010
Tries:Tries:
E Collins (3), T TooheyT Rowe, K Williams
Goals:Goals:
D Brazil (4)B Malin (2)
Teams*
Darcy Brazil1K Frawley
Ron Cooper2Tom Rowe
Hugh Melrose3James Purtell
Charlie Cross4K Williams
Tom Toohey5Norm Hoare
Charlie Ryan6Frank Lind
Jack Stapleton7C McNamara
Edward Collins8Bob Campbell
Paddy Breen9Tom Purtell
Mick Power10T Dittman
H McDonald11Bernie Kelly
Bill Norris12Bill Malin
Alby Nilsson13Gilbert Gray
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 1 May, page 4; Courier Mail, 2 May, page 13.

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