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Brisbane Rugby League 1942, Round Six

Valleys vs Souths
Saturday, July 04, 1942
Venue: New Farm Park, New Farm
Crowd: N/A
ValleysSouths
145
Tries:Tries:
J Grice, V SalmonV Downton
Goals:Goals:
D O’Connor (3),D Johnson
C Nissen (FG)
Teams*
Danny O’Connor1J Davies
Jack Bates2Reg Pegg
Fred Neumann3V Lane
C Nissen4Gordon Macrae
Len Walker5Joey Houghton
George Kellaway6Len Pegg
John Grice7Dave Johnson
V Salmon8Alby Nilsson
J Clarke9H White
Dick Ebbern10Bill Sommerville
R Peet11Harry Bath
T McDonald12V Just
Nev Ryrie13Vern Downton
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 4 July, page 5; Truth, 5 July, page 7; Sunday Mail, 5 July, page 9.
Jack Bates on the move against Souths.

Brothers vs Wests

Both teams started short. Wests began the game with only 10. The ‘mud and bloods’ really were in dire straits and would forfeit their next game.
Saturday, July 04, 1942
Venue: New Farm Park, New Farm
Crowd: N/A
BrothersWests
416
Tries:Tries:
L Heidke (2), J O’Malley (2),H Power, E McCabe
G Halpin, P Angus, B Law,
D Nugent, J Kelly
Goals:Goals:
G Halpin (2), J Breen (2),Nil
L Ridgewell, B Law, D Nugent
Teams*
Gerry Halpin1N Broe
Keith Arnold2N Bennett
J Breen3Frank Lind
Jack O’Malley4K Baker
Peter Angus5G Pickett
Lisle Creedy6H Warnick
Les Ridgewell7H Power
Bill Law8J Kennedy
Dick Nugent9E McCabe
Eddie Brosnan10A Ruskey
Les Heidke11R Miller
J Kelly12J McManus
13
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 4 July, page 5; Truth, 5 July, page 7; Sunday Mail, 5 July, page 9.
Eddie ‘three-pigs’ Brosnan of Brothers.

Norths vs Easts
Saturday, July 04, 1942
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
NorthsEasts
185
Tries:Tries:
R Stewart (2), L Armstrong,R Ward
J Rasby
Goals:Goals:
J Stapleton (2), J RasbyW Theaker
Teams*
F Russell1Don Gray
J Rasby2J Barrett
Hugh Melrose3Bob Hannan
L Armstrong4T Smith
Jim Rolley5Roy Ward
Lindsay Delaforce6Michael Rooney
Jack Stapleton7Wally Theaker
Col Thornton8Bob Mercer
Roy Stewart9Ted Dempsey
A Abdy10C Smith
E McGreevey11Bill Sims
M Schilling12R Duffy
Vic Rudd13Ron McDonald
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 4 July, page 5; Truth, 5 July, page 7; Sunday Mail, 5 July, page 9.
A Norths player looks like he’s running through an Easts tackle, which wouldn’t be unusual.

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