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Brisbane Rugby League 1941, Round Three

Norths vs Valleys
Saturday, May 24, 1941
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
NorthsValleys
139
Tries:Tries:
C Hooper (2), L DonovanJ Bates
Goals:Goals:
T Roberts (2)D O’Connor (3)
Teams*
Col Webster1Danny O’Connor
Claude Hooper2Jack Bates
Hugh Melrose3Len Walker
George Cornish4Fred Neumann
Leo Donovan5Jack Atkin
Tom Roberts6George Kellaway
Jack Stapleton7Bob Williamson
Paddy Breen8Bill Dall
Roy Stewart9Nev Ryrie
Mick Power10W Gill
Vic Rudd11Roy Westaway
Bill Norris12J Barnes
Ron Hambleton13S Edmonds
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 24 May, page 10; Sunday Mail, 25 May, page 14; Truth, 25 May, page 7.
The Norths-Valleys clash in round 3 was quite, erm, willing.

Brothers vs Easts
Saturday, May 24, 1941
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
BrothersEasts
197
Tries:Tries:
P Angus (2), N Gollan (2),H Lynch
E Collins
Goals:Goals:
V Hogan, G HalpinW Theaker (2)
Teams*
Gerry Halpin1Michael Rooney
Peter Angus2Roy Ward
Jack Reardon3Bob Mercer
J Vinson4A Barlow
N Gollan5Harold Lynch
Jack O’Malley6H Day
Ernie Weaver7Wally Theaker
Jack Ryrie8Mick Harris
Bert Scraggs9J Horn
Edward Collins10Jack McCaffery
Jack Curran11Bob Hannan
Bill Law12Ron Martin
Vince Hogan13Colin Bloomer
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 24 May, page 10; Sunday Mail, 25 May, page 14; Truth, 25 May, page 7.

Wests vs Souths
Saturday, May 24, 1941
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
WestsSouths
138
Tries:Tries:
J Purtell (2), H ThompsonD Currie, I Blow
Goals:Goals:
J Thompson (2)A Pegg
Teams*
Les Murphy1Jack Lyons
Eric Harris2Billy McKee
James Purtell3Len Pegg
Gordon Macrae4Alby Pegg
George Twist5Doug Currie
Joey Houghton6Ivan Blow
Jim Thompson7W Lazarus
W Ross8Cyril Zeith
Tom Purtell9Noel McEwan
Norm Paxton10Alby Nilsson
A Bradshaw11O Harris
Bob Shelton12Kev Kenny
H Thompson13Jim West
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 24 May, page 10; Sunday Mail, 25 May, page 14; Truth, 25 May, page 7.

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