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Brisbane Rugby League 1944, Round Six

Round six was split, with the Souths-Easts game played as a curtain-raiser to the South Queensland vs Forces fundraiser game on 10 June, and the two remaining fixtures played the following weekend.

Souths vs Easts
Saturday, June 10, 1944
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: ≤ 8000 (curtain-raiser to Sth Qld vs Forces fundraiser game)
SouthsEasts
117
Tries:Tries:
N Ekelund (2), D JohnsonM Duggan
Goals:Goals:
B JohnsonD Crouch (2)
Teams*
Bernie Johnson1Norm Wright
W Collins2J Laws
J Vinson3F King
Nev Brough4Don McInnes
N Ekelund5Colin Clark
J Langton6Dick Crouch
Dave Johnson7Merv Duggan
Alby Nilsson8Ernie Irwin
Jack Jager9Ron Hesse
Merv Kingston10Colin Bloomer
Reg Narvo11Harold Lynch
E Kealy12Bob Mercer
A Howie13Jack McCaffery
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 10 June, page 4; Sunday Mail, 11 June, page 10.

Wests vs Brothers
Saturday, June 17, 1944
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
WestsBrothers
90
Tries:Tries:
J HoganNil
Goals:Goals:
B Reis (2), C LyeNil
Teams*
F Owens1Jack Lyons
F Casey2D Elliott
J Hogan3Lisle Creedy
G Pickett4J Nelson
D Groundwater5G O’Dwyer
Clarrie Lye6F Hess
Bill Reis7Jack Thomas
M Callaghan8H Mogg
Bob Shelton9Eddie Brosnan
P Henderson10Les Heidke
M Kerle11B Aberdeen
Cliff Green12K Finch
S Williams13B Goodman
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 17 June, page 4; Sunday Mail, 18 June, page 10; Truth, 18 June, page 5.

Valleys vs Norths
Saturday, June 17, 1944
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
ValleysNorths
30
Tries:Tries:
M HowardNil
Goals:Goals:
NilNil
Teams*
Danny O’Connor1Ron Bateman
Bob Jackson2Jack Otago
Jack Kellaway3Hugh Melrose
Len Walker4Jack Bates
Morry Howard5J Webster
George Kellaway6Jack Stapleton
John Grice7Charlie Jones
Fred Neumann8Mick Power
Jim Arundell9Col Thornton
Bill Summerell10Roy Stewart
Bert Scraggs11Vic Rudd
D Marriott12Noel McEwan
Roy Westaway13K Schmidt
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 17 June, page 4; Sunday Mail, 18 June, page 10; Truth, 18 June, page 5.
Danny O’Connor on the move in the game against Norths.

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Part of 1944 season