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Brisbane Rugby League 1940, Round Seven

Norths vs Valleys
Saturday, July 06, 1940
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
NorthsValleys
1813
Tries:Tries:
T Toohey (2), V Rudd,G Kellaway, G Sokell,
A NilssonJ Ebbern
Goals:Goals:
J Stapleton (2), N WrightD O’Connor (2)
Teams*
Norm Wright1Danny O’Connor
George Cornish2Cec Hayes
Ron Hambleton3Fred Neumann
Hugh Melrose4G Sokell
Tom Toohey5Albert Horrigan
Charlie Ryan6George Kellaway
Jack Stapleton7Bob Williamson
Edward Collins8Bill Dall
Mick Power9Jack Ebbern
Roy Stewart10Dick Ebbern
Vic Rudd11Roy Westaway
Bill Norris12W Whyte
Alby Nilsson13Gordon Robson
Vern Beadle14
Col Webster15
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 6 July, page 22; Sunday Mail, 7 July, page 20; Truth, 7 July, page 8.

Wests vs Easts
Saturday, July 06, 1940
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
WestsEasts
397
Tries:Tries:
G Macrae (6), A Hunt,D McInnes
F Lind, N Paxton
Goals:Goals:
B Malin (6)G Pemberthy (2)
Teams*
Les Murphy1Gordon Pemberthy
George Twist2Doug Currie
Albert Hunt3R Lane
Gordon Macrae4T Smith
J McCoy5H White
Frank Lind6Don McInnes
Gilbert Gray7Don Elder
Norm Paxton8Bernie Donovan
Bill Malin9Bill Sims
T Dittman10Jim Lyons
Henry Denny11Bob Mercer
Billy Purtell12L Embrey
A Hutchinson13Sam Arcus
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 6 July, page 22; Sunday Mail, 7 July, page 20; Truth, 7 July, page 8.
Wests attacking against Easts.

Brothers vs Souths
Saturday, July 06, 1940
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
BrothersSouths
2920
Tries:Tries:
B Tyquin (3), R Stanton,B McKee, J West,
G Schlecht, J O’Malley,T Flannery, A Pegg
V Hogan
Goals:Goals:
V Hogan (2), L Gillespie (2)B McKee (3), H Thomas
Teams*
Reg Stanton1L O’Reilly
Len Dawson2Billy McKee
Dick Roser3Joey Houghton
L Russell4Jim West
George Schlecht5V Walker
Jack O’Malley6Alby Pegg
Gerry Halpin7Len Pegg
H Bowers8Ted Flannery
Jack Little9Noel McEwan
Vince Hogan10H Thomas
Jack Ryrie11H Taylor
Larry Gillespie12Bill Sommerville
Bill Tyquin13W Reid
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 6 July, page 22; Sunday Mail, 7 July, page 20; Truth, 7 July, page 8.

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