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Brisbane Rugby League 1945, Round Eight

Souths vs Easts
Saturday, July 21, 1945
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: Between 0 and 30,000 (curtain-raiser to interstate game)
SouthsEasts
3210
Tries:Tries:
M Kingston (2), L Neale,F McNamara, W Barrett
A Thompson, E Kealy,
N Brough
Goals:Goals:
A Thompson (4), D Johnson (2),B Dickson (2)
L Murphy
Players involved*
Merv KingstonF McNamara
L NealeW Barrett
Alan ThompsonBill Dickson
E Kealy
Nev Brough
Dave Johnson
Les Murphy
*Players involved are those confirmed as appearing through a scorers list or narrative report
Source: Sunday Mail, 22 July, page 7.

Valleys vs Brothers
Saturday, July 28, 1945
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: >4000
ValleysBrothers
490
Tries:Tries:
L Kenny (5), Robin Smith (5),Nil
C Tye
Goals:Goals:
D O’Connor (8)Nil
Teams*
Danny O’Connor1Gerry Halpin
Len Kenny2J Sheehan
Len Walker3J Nelson
Jack Kellaway4G O’Dwyer
Robin Smith5M Pascoe
Pat Devery6J Dore
Sid Buffet7T Green
Henry Porter8J Ryan
Dave Tynan9B Aberdeen
Roy Westaway10J Reed
Bert Scraggs11L Cervetto
Jack Fallon12K Finch
C Tye13J Gorbutt
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 28 July, page 4; Sunday Mail, 29 July, page 7; Truth, 29 July, page 5.

Norths vs Wests
Saturday, July 28, 1945
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: >4000
NorthsWests
2721
Tries:Tries:
N Paxton, M Power,J Reeves (2), C Manning,
J Melrose, T O’Brien,R Miller, J Martin
H Melrose
Goals:Goals:
N Paxton (5),J White (3)
T O’Brien (FG)
Teams*
Frank Carr1Jack White
Jack Bates2D Mullens
Hugh Melrose3Jack Else
Tom O’Brien4Joe Crawford
Jack Melrose5J Reeves
Charlie Ryan6Bob Fisher
Nelson Sue See7C Manning
Norm Paxton8Cliff Green
Mick Power9D Marriott
Claude Hooper10P Henderson
Paddy Breen11George Day
Roy Stewart12R Miller
Bernie Higgins13J Martin
14J Byrnes
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 28 July, page 4; Sunday Mail, 29 July, page 7; Truth, 29 July, page 5.
Norths vs Wests.

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