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Brisbane Rugby League 1945, Round Six

Balmain’s Pat Devery made quite an impression on his BRL debut against Wests.

Valleys vs Wests
Saturday, June 30, 1945
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: >3000
ValleysWests
337
Tries:Tries:
P Devery (2), L Kenny,M Callaghan
L Walker, J Kellaway,
R Smith, S Buffet
Goals:Goals:
D O’Connor (6)J White (2)
Teams*
Danny O’Connor1Jack White
Len Kenny2Jack Otago
Len Walker3R Euler
Jack Kellaway4N Gibbons
Robin Smith5D Mullens
Pat Devery6J Murphy
Sid Buffet7Bill Reis
Henry Porter8Cliff Green
Dave Tynan9George Day
Roy Westaway10M Callaghan
Dave Jones11Bob Shelton
Bert Scraggs12P Henderson
Jack Fallon13L Burgess
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 30 June, page 4; Sunday Mail, 1 July, page 7; Truth, 1 July, page 5.

Norths vs Easts
Saturday, June 30, 1945
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: >3000
NorthsEasts
348
Tries:Tries:
H Melrose (2), H Swain (2),Nil
J Bates, M Power,
N Paxton, B Higgins
Goals:Goals:
J Stapleton (3), N Paxton (2)N Wright (3), B Riley
Teams*
Jack Melrose1Norm Wright
Henry Swain2Mick Heenan
Tom O’Brien3Bill Stanley
Hugh Melrose4Bill Dickson
Jack Bates5G Pickett
Jack Stapleton6Jim Doonar
Nelson Sue See7Bill Riley
Mick Power8J Fisher
Lawrie Petersen9Jack Hannan
Norm Paxton10Don McInnes
Roy Stewart11W Barrett
Paddy Breen12Neville Adamson
Bernie Higgins13H Myers
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 30 June, page 4; Sunday Mail, 1 July, page 7; Truth, 1 July, page 5.

Brothers vs Souths
Saturday, June 30, 1945
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
BrothersSouths
1716
Tries:Tries:
J Nelson, J Sheehan,L Pegg (2), C Martin,
L RidgewellB Tyquin
Goals:Goals:
L Ridgewell (4)L Murphy, A Thompson
Teams*
J Fitzpatrick1Les Murphy
J Sheehan2Reg Pegg
Gerry Halpin3Len Pegg
J Dore4Les Yuke
M Pascoe5Jack Atkin
J Nelson6Nev Brough
Les Ridgewell7Dave Johnson
J Ryan8Charlie Martin
L Cervetto9Alan Thompson
B Aberdeen10Harry Bath
J Reed11E Kealy
K Baillie12Bill Tyquin
K Finch13W Whitely
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 30 June, page 4; Sunday Mail, 1 July, page 7; Truth, 1 July, page 5.

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Part of 1945 season

Len Pegg of Souths.