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Brisbane Rugby League 1942, Round Seven

Brothers vs Valleys
Saturday, July 11, 1942
Venue: New Farm Park, New Farm
Crowd: N/A
BrothersValleys
102
Tries:Tries:
J O’Malley, P AngusNil
Goals:Goals:
L Ridgewell (2)D O’Connor
Teams*
Gerry Halpin1Danny O’Connor
Peter Angus2C Nissen
Jack O’Malley3Fred Neumann
Jack Reardon4Jack Kellaway
G O’Dwyer5Jack Bates
Lisle Creedy6Albert Hunt
Les Ridgewell7John Grice
Keith Arnold8Dick Ebbern
Eddie Brosnan9J Clarke
Bill Law10V Salmon
Dick Nugent11R Peet
Les Heidke12Leo Brown
J Kelly13Nev Ryrie
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 11 July, page 5; Truth, 12 July, page 7; Sunday Mail, 12 July, page 11.
Brothers and Valleys tangling at New Farm.

Souths vs Easts
Saturday, July 11, 1942
Venue: New Farm Park, New Farm
Crowd: N/A
SouthsEasts
62
Tries:Tries:
L Pegg (2)Nil
Goals:Goals:
NilJ Barrett
Teams*
H Grant1R McIntosh
Reg Pegg2Ron McDonald
V Lane3C Smith
Gordon Macrae4R Duffy
N Nixon5R Collings
Joey Houghton6Don Gray
Dave Johnson7J Barrett
Len Pegg8Bill Sims
Alby Nilsson9J Wallwork
H White10Ted Dempsey
Harry Bath11Ernie Bright
V Just12
Vern Downton13
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 11 July, page 5; Truth, 12 July, page 7; Sunday Mail, 12 July, page 11.

Norths vs Wests
Saturday, July 11, 1942
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
NorthsWests
200
Forfeit
Automatic 20-0 win awarded against the forfeiter, per competition rules. Truth remarked that “the few dyed-in-the-wool enthusiasts were saved a sad afternoon, for Wests wiely forfeited to Norths… Wests are finding it hard these days to fill the footer ranks”.
Source: Truth, 12 July, page 7.

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Part of 1942 season