Brisbane Rugby League 1945, Round Five

Souths vs Wests

Saturday, June 16, 1945
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
SouthsWests
1616
Tries:Tries:
L Yuke, A ThompsonJ Otago, B Shelton,
M Navin, D Mullens
Goals:Goals:
B Johnson (4), A ThompsonB Reis (2)
Teams*
Les Murphy1Joe Crawford
Nev Brough2Jack Otago
Jack Atkin3D Mullens
Les Yuke4M Navin
J Langton5R Euler
Dave Johnson6Jim Thompson
Bernie Johnson7Bill Reis
Merv Kingston8N Gibbons
Ben Sheppard9Bob Shelton
Alan Thompson10P Henderson
L Neale11M Callaghan
R Rogers12Cliff Green
E Kealy13George Day
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 16 June, page 4; Sunday Mail, 17 June, page 9; Truth, 17 June, page 6.

Norths vs Valleys

Saturday, June 16, 1945
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
NorthsValleys
2814
Tries:Tries:
R Stewart (2), M Power,S Buffet, L Kenny,
J Melrose, I Duncan,C Lye, J Fallon
T O’Brien
Goals:Goals:
P Breen (5)B Scraggs
Teams*
Frank Carr1Jack Kellaway
Jack Bates2Len Kenny
Tom O’Brien3Cec Hayes
Hugh Melrose4Len Walker
Ira Duncan5Robin Smith
Jack Melrose6Sid Buffet
Nelson Sue See7Clarrie Lye
Paddy Breen8Bert Scraggs
Mick Power9N Jones
Lawrie Petersen10Jack Fallon
Roy Stewart11E Johnson
Noel McEwan12W Peters
Vic Rudd13W Sweeney
Jack Stapleton14
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 16 June, page 4; Sunday Mail, 17 June, page 9; Truth, 17 June, page 6.
Hugh Melrose of Norths.

Brothers vs Easts

Saturday, June 16, 1945
Venue: Memorial Park, Bulimba
Crowd: N/A
BrothersEasts
1916
Tries:Tries:
G Halpin (2), J Sheehan (2),C Lennard, G Pickett
L Ridgewell
Goals:Goals:
J Ryan, L RidgewellB Dickson (4), M Heenan
Players involved*
Gerry HalpinC Lennard
J RyanG Pickett
J SheehanBill Dickson
Les RidgewellMick Heenan
*Players involved are those confirmed as appearing through a scorers list or narrative report
Source: Telegraph, 16 June, page 4; Sunday Mail, 17 June, page 9; Truth, 17 June, page 6.

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