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Brisbane Rugby League 1940, Round Five

Valleys vs Brothers
Monday, June 17, 1940
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
ValleysBrothers
289
Tries:Tries:
J Ebbern (2), A Horrigan (2),D Roser, J O’Malley,
F Neumann, L Walker,L Gillespie
B Williamson, D Ebbern
Goals:Goals:
B Williamson, I BlowNil
Teams*
Ivan Blow1P Nugent
Cec Hayes2George Schlecht
Fred Neumann3Dick Roser
Len Walker4Jack O’Malley
Albert Horrigan5L Russell
George Kellaway6Gerry Halpin
Bob Williamson7Jack Mahoney
Bill Dall8Bill Law
Jack Ebbern9J Walsh
Dick Ebbern10S Nicholls
G Pointon11Larry Gillespie
W Whyte12[X] O’Callaghan
Gordon Robson13Bill Tyquin
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 17 June, page 10; Courier Mail, 18 June, page 14.

Norths vs Easts
Monday, June 17, 1940
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
NorthsEasts
446
Tries:Tries:
G Cornish (2), J Hutchinson (2),D Currie, B Donovan
C Hooper, M Power, V Rudd,
B Norris, A Nilsson, C Lister
Goals:Goals:
C Webster (4), H Melrose (2),Nil
C Ryan
Teams*
Col Webster1Gordon Pemberthy
George Cornish2Doug Currie
Hugh Melrose3H White
Tom Toohey4Don Elder
Claude Hooper5Colin Bloomer
Jim Hutchinson6R Lane
Charlie Ryan7Bernie Donovan
Ron Hambleton8Mick Harris
Mick Power9T Smith
Roy Stewart10R Lane
Vic Rudd11Percy Marsh
Bill Norris12M Lowry
Alby Nilsson13
Col Lister14
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 17 June, page 10; Courier Mail, 18 June, page 14.
Notes: Easts were again short-handed.
Hugh Melrose of Norths

Wests vs Souths
Monday, June 17, 1940
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
WestsSouths
2116
Tries:Tries:
F Casey, G Macrae,B McKee (2), J Houghton,
A Hunt, B Malin,V Walker
G Twist
Goals:Goals:
B Malin (2), F CaseyA Pegg, R Dauth
Teams*
Les Murphy1Bernie Johnson
George Twist2Billy McKee
Albert Hunt3L O’Reilly
Gordon Macrae4Joey Houghton
Frank Lind5V Walker
Billy Wright6Alby Pegg
Frank Casey7Len Pegg
Norm Paxton8Ron Dauth
Bill Malin9Noel McEwan
A Hutchinson10Bill Sommerville
Henry Denny11H McKinnon
Tom Purtell12Kev Kenny
Charlie Roff13Jim West
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 17 June, page 10; Courier Mail, 18 June, page 14.

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