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Brisbane Rugby League 1940, Round Eight

Norths vs Wests
Saturday, July 13, 1940
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
NorthsWests
179
Tries:Tries:
H Melrose (2), J StapletonG Twist
Goals:Goals:
J Stapleton (2), C Webster (2)B Malin (3)
Teams*
Col Webster1Les Murphy
George Cornish2George Twist
Jack Reardon3Gordon Macrae
Hugh Melrose4James Purtell
Tom Toohey5Eric Harris
Charlie Ryan6Frank Lind
Jack Stapleton7Frank Casey
Vern Beadle8Norm Paxton
Mick Power9Bill Malin
Roy Stewart10Gilbert Gray
Vic Rudd11Henry Denny
Jack Curran12Billy Purtell
Alby Nilsson13A Hutchinson
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 13 July, page 14; Sunday Mail, 14 July, page 16; Truth, 14 July, page 7.

Brothers vs Easts
Saturday, July 13, 1940
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
BrothersEasts
7010
Tries:Tries:
L Dawson (4), J Mahoney (3),B Sims, W McGuinness
J Ryrie (2), E Weaver (2),
D Roser (2), G Schlecht (2),
J O’Malley
Goals:Goals:
J Mahoney (7), L Dawson (3),G Pemberthy (2)
V Hogan
Teams*
Reg Stanton1Gordon Pemberthy
George Schlecht2Don McInnes
Len Dawson3C Clarkson
Dick Roser4Bob Mercer
Jack O’Malley5T Smith
Ernie Weaver6Doug Currie
Jack Mahoney7Don Elder
H Bowers8Mick Harris
Jack Little9Bernie Donovan
Vince Hogan10Bill Sims
Larry Gillespie11L Embrey
Jack Ryrie12R Lane
Bill Tyquin13Jim Lyons
14W McGuinness
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 13 July, page 14; Sunday Mail, 14 July, page 16; Truth, 14 July, page 7.
Young halfback Weaver of Brothers.

Valleys vs Souths
Saturday, July 13, 1940
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
ValleysSouths
3513
Tries:Tries:
C Hayes (2), B Williamson (2),B McKee, L Pegg,
G Sokell, L Brown, V SalmonJ West (penalty try
Goals:Goals:
D O’Connor (7)B McKee (2)
Teams*
Danny O’Connor1L O’Reilly
Cec Hayes2Billy McKee
Fred Neumann3Joey Houghton
G Sokell4Jim West
Basil McLeod5V Walker
George Kellaway6Len Pegg
Bob Williamson7Alby Pegg
Bill Dall8Ted Flannery
Jack Ebbern9Noel McEwan
Roy Westaway10Ron Dauth
Leo Brown11H Taylor
W Whyte12H Thomas
V Salmon13Les Clarke
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 13 July, page 14; Sunday Mail, 14 July, page 16; Truth, 14 July, page 7.

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