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Brisbane Rugby League 1941, Round Two

Brothers vs Norths
Saturday, May 17, 1941
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
BrothersNorths
1916
Tries:Tries:
P Angus (2), B ScraggsT Roberts (2), T Toohey,
M Power
Goals:Goals:
G Halpin (5)J Stapleton (2)
Teams*
Gerry Halpin1George Cornish
Peter Angus2Bill Anthony
Jack Reardon3Hugh Melrose
J Vinson4Ron Hambleton
Basil McLeod5Tom Toohey
Jack O’Malley6Tom Roberts
Ernie Weaver7Jack Stapleton
A Miller8Mick Power
Jack Ryrie9Alby Nilsson
Bert Scraggs10Roy Stewart
Jack Curran11Vic Rudd
Bill Law12Bill Norris
Vince Hogan13H Bowers
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 17 May, page 14; Truth, 18 May, page 7; Sunday Mail, 18 May, page 15.

Valleys vs Souths
Saturday, May 17, 1941
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
ValleysSouths
2620
Tries:Tries:
N Ryrie (2), J Bates (2),J West (2), B McKee,
A Horrigan, W GillW Reid
Goals:Goals:
D O’Connor (4)A Pegg (3), B McKee
Teams*
Danny O’Connor1Jack Lyons
Jack Bates2George Mann
Fred Neumann3Len Pegg
Ken Seto4Alby Pegg
Albert Horrigan5Billy McKee
George Kellaway6Ivan Blow
Bob Williamson7W Lazarus
Roy Westaway8Cyril Zeith
Nev Ryrie9Noel McEwan
W Gill10J Blacklaw
S Edmonds11O Harris
J Barnes12W Reid
Dave Jones13Jim West
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 17 May, page 14; Truth, 18 May, page 7.

Wests vs Easts

This was the first top-grade game played at Lang Park. Eric ‘the Ghost’ Harris of Wests scored the first try, perhaps fitting given it is located on top of an old cemetery.
Saturday, May 17, 1941
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
WestsEasts
3913
Tries:Tries:
G Macrae (4), E Harris (2),R Ward, C Bloomer,
J Houghton (2), N HoareR Watkins
Goals:Goals:
J Thompson (5), G MacraeW Theaker (2)
Teams*
Les Murphy1R Watkins
George Twist2Roy Ward
Gordon Macrae3Don McInnes
Norm Hoare4Eddie Herlihy
Eric Harris5Harold Lynch
Joey Houghton6Michael Rooney
Jim Thompson7Wally Theaker
W Ross8Mick Harris
Tom Purtell9Jack McCaffery
Charlie Roff10Bob Hannan
Norm Paxton11Ron Martin
A Bradshaw12Bob Mercer
H Thompson13Colin Bloomer
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 17 May, page 14; Truth, 18 May, page 7.

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