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Brisbane Rugby League 1940, Round Ten

Valleys vs Brothers
Saturday, August 10, 1940
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
ValleysBrothers
157
Tries:Tries:
A Horrigan, B Dall,L Dawson
J Ebbern
Goals:Goals:
D O’Connor (3)V Hogan (2)
Teams*
Danny O’Connor1Gerry Halpin
Albert Horrigan2Len Dawson
Fred Neumann3Dick Roser
Len Walker4J Walsh
F Grimley5George Schlecht
George Kellaway6Jack O’Malley
Bob Williamson7Ernie Weaver
Bill Dall8Bill Law
Dick Ebbern9Jack Little
Jack Ebbern10Vince Hogan
Roy Westaway11Jack Ryrie
W Whyte12Larry Gillespie
V Salmon13Bill Tyquin
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 10 August, page 14; Sunday Mail, 11 August, page 20; Truth, 11 August, page 7.

Wests vs Souths
Saturday, August 10, 1940
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
WestsSouths
2712
Tries:Tries:
J Kent (2), J Purtell,J Houghton, B McKee
F Lind, F Casey
Goals:Goals:
F Casey (6)B McKee (3)
Teams*
Les Murphy1L O’Reilly
Eric Harris2Billy McKee
James Purtell3Len Pegg
Albert Hunt4Alby Pegg
A Abdy5V Walker
Frank Lind6Joey Houghton
Frank Casey7Roy Hocking
Gilbert Gray8J Allen
J Kent9W Geike
Billy Wright10H Taylor
A Hutchinson11Ron Dauth
Billy Purtell12Bill Sommerville
Henry Denny13Kev Kenny
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 10 August, page 14; Sunday Mail, 11 August, page 20; Truth, 11 August, page 7.

Norths vs Easts

Norths broke their own record for biggest margin of victory in BRL history, and tied their own record (also equalled by Souths the previous round, also against Easts) for most tries in a game. Poor Easts!
Saturday, August 10, 1940
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
NorthsEasts
878
Tries:Tries:
E Collins (4), C Lister (3),A Stanley, L Embrey
J Stapleton (3), M Power (3),
H Melrose (2), C Ryan (2),
G Cornish, V Rudd
Goals:Goals:
J Stapleton (14), N WrightG Pemberthy
Teams*
Norm Wright1Gordon Pemberthy
George Cornish2Ron Martin
Hugh Melrose3N Sherwood
Ron Hambleton4George McGrath
Col Lister5C Corley
Charlie Ryan6Don Elder
Jack Stapleton7Colin Bloomer
Edward Collins8L Embrey
Mick Power9Jim Lyons
Roy Stewart10Bill Sims
Vic Rudd11A Morton
Bill Norris12A Stanley
Vern Beadle13L Smart
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 10 August, page 14; Sunday Mail, 11 August, page 20; Truth, 11 August, page 7.

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