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Brisbane Rugby League 1940, Round Two

Valleys vs Easts
Monday, May 06, 1940
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
ValleysEasts
455
Tries:Tries:
A Horrigan (3), V Salmon (2),L Yuke
R Westaway (2), D Ebbern,
B Williamson, G Sokell,
D O’Connor
Goals:Goals:
D O’Connor (6)G Pemberthy
Teams*
Danny O’Connor1Gordon Pemberthy
G Sokell2Les Yuke
Fred Neumann3Arthur Currie
Len Walker4Don Elder
Albert Horrigan5Doug Currie
George Kellaway6Bob Shelton
Bob Williamson7C Thomas
V Salmon8Bernie Donovan
Dick Ebbern9Bing Doyle
Jack Ebbern10Bob Mercer
Roy Westaway11Colin Bloomer
W Whyte12Jerry Seymour
Gordon Robson13L Power
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 6 May, page 10; Courier Mail, 7 May, pages 8-9.

Brothers vs Wests
Monday, May 06, 1940
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
BrothersWests
1911
Tries:Tries:
L Dawson, J O’Malley,G Gray
J Mahoney
Goals:Goals:
J Mahoney (3),F Casey (4)
J Doonar (2 FGs)
Teams*
Jim Doonar1Les Murphy
Len Dawson2George Twist
Dick Roser3Frank Casey
Jack O’Malley4Gordon Macrae
J Walsh5Eric Harris
Gerry Halpin6[X] Brickwood
Jack Mahoney7C Chambers
Bill Law8Norm Paxton
Jack Little9A Hutchinson
Vince Hogan10Bill Malin
Jack Ryrie11Henry Denny
Larry Gillespie12Jim Thompson
Bill Tyquin13Gilbert Gray
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 6 May, page 10; Courier Mail, 7 May, pages 8-9.

Norths vs Souths
Monday, May 06, 1940
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
NorthsSouths
1610
Tries:Tries:
E Collins (3), M PowerB McKee, W Collins
Goals:Goals:
J Stapleton, N WrightR Dauth (2)
Teams*
Norm Wright1L O’Reilly
George Cornish2Bernie Johnson
Hugh Melrose3Roy Irwin
Ron Hambleton4W Collins
Basil McLeod5Billy McKee
Charlie Ryan6Joey Houghton
Jack Stapleton7Roy Hocking
Edward Collins8Ron Dauth
Mick Power9R Higginson
Roy Stewart10A Davis
Vic Rudd11Les Clarke
Jack Curran12Jim West
Alby Nilsson13Bill Sommerville
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 6 May, page 10; Courier Mail, 7 May, pages 8-9.

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