Brisbane Rugby League 1943, Round Two

Norths vs Brothers

Saturday, May 08, 1943
Venue: Exhibition Ground No.2, Bowen Hills
Crowd: N/A
NorthsBrothers
1916
Tries:Tries:
J Otago (2), H SwainL Heidke (2), J O’Malley,
G O’Dwyer
Goals:Goals:
C Ryan (5)L Ridgewell (2)
Teams*
M Crank1J Wallace
Henry Swain2G O’Dwyer
Hugh Melrose3Jack Reardon
Kevin Schreck4Jack O’Malley
Jack Otago5Doug McLean
Charlie Ryan6Lisle Creedy
Jack Stapleton7Les Ridgewell
Col Thornton8Bill Law
Roy Stewart9Keith Arnold
J Wallwork10Dick Nugent
J Maguire11Eddie Brosnan
Cyril Zeith12Les Heidke
Reg Tynan13M Callaghan
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 8 May, page 2; Truth, 9 May, page 7; Sunday Mail, 9 May, page 11.

Souths vs Easts

Saturday, May 08, 1943
Venue: Exhibition Ground No.2, Bowen Hills
Crowd: N/A
SouthsEasts
305
Tries:Tries:
D Johnson (3), R Pegg,G Furnance
H Grant, J Vinson,
E Bright, J Duncan
Goals:Goals:
H Bath (2), H GrantG Furnance
Teams*
R Warnock1R Cowles
Bill Sommerville2Colin Bloomer
Reg Pegg3M Wise
J Vinson4N Turner
H Grant5Grant Furnance
C Ferguson6Red Anderson
Dave Johnson7Eric Sherwood
Ernie Bright8N Sherwood
Harry Bath9Vince Bynon
J Duncan10
Nev Brough11
W Worrad12
13
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 8 May, page 2; Truth, 9 May, page 7; Sunday Mail, 9 May, page 11.
Notes: You could say this was Easts’ nadir (nine men!), but really, how do you pick?

Valleys vs Wests

Saturday, May 08, 1943
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
ValleysWests
345
Tries:Tries:
J Bell (3), J Thomas (2),W Wood
J Grice, B Scraggs,
K Baillie
Goals:Goals:
P Gaylor (5)J O’Neill
Teams*
P Gaylor1J O’Neill
Jack Thomas2G Pickett
Fred Neumann3A Michel
T McDonald4S Feeney
F Grimley5A Hutchinson
Jack Bell6J Finch
John Grice7H Gregg
Henry Porter8W Mitchell
Bert Scraggs9H Freeman
W Walmsley10S Bradd
K Baillie11Cliff Green
Nev Ryrie12W Wood
W Gill13P Samford
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 8 May, page 2; Truth, 9 May, page 7; Sunday Mail, 9 May, page 11.

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