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Brisbane Rugby League 1941, Round Five

Norths vs Wests
Saturday, June 14, 1941
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
NorthsWests
33
Tries:Tries:
V RuddG Gray
Goals:Goals:
NilNil
Teams*
Col Webster1Jim Murphy
Leo Donovan2George Twist
George Cornish3C Lennard
R Bertwhistle4James Purtell
Claude Hooper5Norm Hoare
Tom Roberts6Joey Houghton
Charlie Ryan7Jim Thompson
Ron Hambleton8H Thompson
Roy Stewart9Gilbert Gray
Mick Power10A Bradshaw
Vic Rudd11W Ross
Jack Martin12Tom Purtell
Paddy Breen13E McCabe
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 14 June, page 10; Sunday Mail, 15 June, page 14; Truth 15 June, page 7.
Jack Stapleton sets off against Wests at the Gabba.

Easts vs Souths
Saturday, June 14, 1941
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
EastsSouths
118
Tries:Tries:
R Ward, B Mercer,A Gilmore, N McEwan
W Theaker
Goals:Goals:
W TheakerB McKee
Teams*
Michael Rooney1Alby Pegg
Roy Ward2Jim West
Harold Lynch3Len Pegg
A Barlow4Doug Currie
W McGuinness5George Mann
C Corley6D Enoch
Wally Theaker7Frank Casey
Colin Bloomer8Billy McKee
Ron Martin9J Allen
Bob Mercer10A Hardy
R Lane11A Gilmore
Bill Sims12Noel McEwan
Bob Hannan13Alby Nilsson
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 14 June, page 10; Sunday Mail, 15 June, page 14; Truth 15 June, page 7.

Valleys vs Brothers
Saturday, June 14, 1941
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
ValleysBrothers
325
Tries:Tries:
L Walker (2), J Atkin (2),J Butterworth
F Neumann, N Ryrie,
D Jones, J Barnes
Goals:Goals:
D O’Connor (4)G Halpin
Teams*
Danny O’Connor1Gerry Halpin
Jack Atkin2Peter Angus
Len Walker3Reg Stanton
Fred Neumann4J Walsh
Jack Kellaway5Basil McLeod
George Kellaway6Jack O’Malley
Ken Seto7Ernie Weaver
Bill Dall8J Butterworth
Nev Ryrie9Bert Scraggs
W Gill10A Miller
Lew Brohman11Bill Law
J Barnes12Jack Curran
Dave Jones13P Nugent
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 14 June, page 10; Sunday Mail, 15 June, page 14; Truth 15 June, page 7.

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