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Brisbane Rugby League 1940, Round Four

Valleys vs Wests
Saturday, June 15, 1940
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
ValleysWests
225
Tries:Tries:
B Dall (2), C Hayes (2),G Gray
G Kellaway, J Ebbern
Goals:Goals:
B Williamson (2)B Malin
Teams*
G Sokell1Les Murphy
Cec Hayes2George Twist
Fred Neumann3James Purtell
Len Walker4Gordon Macrae
Albert Horrigan5Billy Wright
George Kellaway6Albert Hunt
Bob Williamson7Frank Casey
Bill Dall8Norm Paxton
Jack Ebbern9Bill Malin
Dick Ebbern10A Hutchinson
G Pointon11Henry Denny
W Whyte12Tom Purtell
Gordon Robson13Gilbert Gray
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 15 June, page 14; Sunday Mail, 16 June, page 16; Truth, 16 June, page 7.

Souths vs Easts
Saturday, June 15, 1940
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
SouthsEasts
3712
Tries:Tries:
B McKee (4), A Pegg,B Donovan, C Bloomer
L Pegg, J West
Goals:Goals:
A Pegg (8)G Pemberthy (3)
Teams*
Kev Kenny1Gordon Pemberthy
Billy McKee2Doug Currie
Roy Irwin3C Clarkson
L O’Reilly4H White
S Maldron5Wally Theaker
Alby Pegg6Jack Cripps
Len Pegg7Don Elder
Bill Sommerville8Mick Harris
Noel McEwan9Bernie Donovan
J Pashan10M Lowry
Vern Downton11A Morton
Jim West12R Lane
13Colin Bloomer
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 15 June, page 14; Sunday Mail, 16 June, page 16; Truth, 16 June, page 7.
Notes: Both teams played short – Easts only fielded 11 in the first 30 minutes of the game before reinforcements arrived – but too late.

Norths vs Brothers
Saturday, June 15, 1940
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
NorthsBrothers
138
Tries:Tries:
G Cornish (3)L Gillespie, J O’Malley
Goals:Goals:
C Ryan (2)J Doonar
Teams*
Col Webster1Jim Doonar
George Cornish2George Schlecht
Hugh Melrose3Dick Roser
Tom Toohey4Jack O’Malley
Claude Hooper5J Walsh
Jim Hutchinson6Gerry Halpin
Charlie Ryan7Jack Mahoney
Ron Hambleton8Bill Law
Mick Power9Hugh Evans
Roy Stewart10S Nicholls
Vic Rudd11Larry Gillespie
Jack Curran12J Butterworth
Alby Nilsson13Bill Tyquin
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 15 June, page 14; Sunday Mail, 16 June, page 16; Truth, 16 June, page 7.

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