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Brisbane Rugby League 1941, Round Eight

Brothers vs Norths
Saturday, August 02, 1941
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
BrothersNorths
1413
Tries:Tries:
P Angus, N GollanL Donovan, T Roberts,
C Hooper
Goals:Goals:
G Halpin (3), V HoganJ Stapleton, P Breen
Teams*
Gerry Halpin1George Cornish
Peter Angus2Claude Hooper
Jack Reardon3Hugh Melrose
Jack O’Malley4Bill Anthony
N Gollan5Leo Donovan
Albert Hunt6Tom Roberts
J Vinson7Jack Stapleton
P Nugent8Ron Hambleton
Jack Ryrie9Roy Stewart
Larry Gillespie10Mick Power
Bill Law11Vic Rudd
Jack Curran12Bill Norris
Vince Hogan13Paddy Breen
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 2 August, page 8; Sunday Mail, 3 August, page 16; Truth, 3 August, page 8.
Claude Hooper of Norths.

Valleys vs Souths
Saturday, August 02, 1941
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
ValleysSouths
219
Tries:Tries:
G Kellaway, J Bates,B McKee
N Ryrie, S Edmonds,
R Westaway
Goals:Goals:
D O’Connor (3)B McKee (2), A Pegg
Teams*
Danny O’Connor1Jack Lyons
Jack Atkin2George Mann
Len Walker3Alby Pegg
Jack Bates4Dick Crouch
Geordie Hill5Jim West
Fred Neumann6Ivan Blow
George Kellaway7Len Pegg
Nev Ryrie8J Allen
W Gill9Noel McEwan
Roy Westaway10Alby Nilsson
J Barnes11K Griffiths
S Edmonds12Vern Downton
Bill Dall13Billy McKee
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 2 August, page 8; Sunday Mail, 3 August, page 16; Truth, 3 August, page 8.
Billy McKee of Souths in the game against Valleys.

Wests vs Easts
Saturday, August 02, 1941
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
WestsEasts
154
Tries:Tries:
C Lennard, J Houghton,Nil
N Paxton
Goals:Goals:
L Murphy (3)W Theaker (2)
Teams*
Les Murphy1Doug Theaker
George Twist2Don McInnes
Joey Houghton3Eddie Herlihy
Jim Murphy4Ron Martin
C Lennard5Roy Ward
Gordon Macrae6Michael Rooney
Harry Rowden7Wally Theaker
Norm Paxton8Colin Bloomer
Bob Shelton9J Horn
A Bradshaw10Bob Mercer
E McCabe11S Arcus
Tom Purtell12Bill Sims
C Donaldson13Bob Hannan
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 2 August, page 8; Sunday Mail, 3 August, page 16; Truth, 3 August, page 8.

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