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Brisbane Rugby League 1940, Round Nine

Norths vs Brothers
Saturday, August 03, 1940
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: 2000
NorthsBrothers
238
Tries:Tries:
R Hambleton, V Rudd,V Hogan (2)
H Melrose, E Collins,
R Bertwhistle
Goals:Goals:
N Wright (4)V Hogan
Teams*
Norm Wright1Mick Hines
George Cornish2R Hynes
Hugh Melrose3Dick Roser
Ron Hambleton4J Walsh
Claude Hooper5George Schlecht
Charlie Ryan6Jack O’Malley
Jack Stapleton7Ernie Weaver
Edward Collins8Vince Hogan
Vern Beadle9Jack Little
Roy Stewart10J Butterworth
Vic Rudd11Jack Ryrie
Bill Norris12Bill Tyquin
Alby Nilsson13S Nicholls
R Bertwhistle14
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 3 August, page 14; Sunday Mail, 4 August, page 16; Truth, 4 August, page 7.

Souths vs Easts

Easts played this game two short – they really were a mess. Souths tied Norths’ record of 19 tries in a game set back in 1933.
Saturday, August 03, 1940
Venue: Davies Park, West End
Crowd: N/A
SouthsEasts
795
Tries:Tries:
T Flannery (3), J West (3),C Bloomer
J Houghton (2), L O’Reilly (2),
V Walker (2), A Pegg (2),
K Kenny, L Pegg, W Reid,
B Sommerville, C Martin
Goals:Goals:
A Pegg (6), R Dauth (4),G Pemberthy
J Houghton
Teams*
Kev Kenny1Gordon Pemberthy
Jim West2T Smith
Joey Houghton3George McGrath
L O’Reilly4Colin Bloomer
V Walker5L Embrey
Len Pegg6Doug Currie
Alby Pegg7Don Elder
Bill Sommerville8Jim Lyons
H Taylor9Bill Sims
Ted Flannery10L Smart
W Reid11A Morton
Ron Dauth12
Charlie Martin13
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 3 August, page 14; Sunday Mail, 4 August, page 16; Truth, 4 August, page 7.

Valleys vs Wests
Saturday, August 03, 1940
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
ValleysWests
3210
Tries:Tries:
B Dall (3), A Horrigan (2),G Gray (2)
V Salmon, W Whyte,
R Westaway
Goals:Goals:
B Williamson (2), D O’Connor (2)L Murphy, G Gray
Teams*
Danny O’Connor1Les Murphy
F Grimley2Eric Harris
Albert Horrigan3Albert Hunt
Fred Neumann4James Purtell
Len Walker5A Abdy
George Kellaway6Gordon Macrae
Bob Williamson7Frank Casey
V Salmon8Norm Paxton
W Whyte9Gilbert Gray
Gordon Robson10Bill Malin
Bill Dall11A Hutchinson
Dick Ebbern12Billy Purtell
Roy Westaway13Henry Denny
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 3 August, page 14; Sunday Mail, 4 August, page 16; Truth, 4 August, page 7.
Eric Harris of Wests.

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