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Brisbane Rugby League 1945, Round Two

Valleys vs Brothers
Saturday, May 05, 1945
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: >4000
ValleysBrothers
2717
Tries:Tries:
L Kenny (2), J Fallon,G O’Dwyer (2), K Baillie
B Scraggs, R Westaway,
H Porter, R Smith
Goals:Goals:
D O’Connor (3)C Cherry (4)
Teams*
Danny O’Connor1Clive Cherry
Len Kenny2R Fisher
Cec Hayes3J Sheehan
Len Walker4Gerry Halpin
Robin Smith5G O’Dwyer
Albert Hunt6J Dore
George Kellaway7Les Ridgewell
Henry Porter8J Ryan
Bert Scraggs9Eddie Brosnan
Roy Westaway10B Aberdeen
Jack Fallon11J Reed
C Tye12L Cervetto
K Hackett13K Baillie
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 5 May, page 5; Sunday Mail, 6 May, page 7; Truth 6 May, page 5.
Bert Scraggs of Valleys

Norths vs Wests
Saturday, May 05, 1945
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: >4000
NorthsWests
5713
Tries:Tries:
C Hooper (4), N McEwan (2),J Otago, W Johnson,
J Hedge, F Carr, I Duncan,B Reis
N Sue See, T O’Brien,
J Melrose, H Melrose
Goals:Goals:
P Breen (6), J Hedge,J White, B Reis
N McEwan, F Carr (FG)
Teams*
Frank Carr1Jack White
Jack Bates2P Glass
Tom O’Brien3G Pickett
Hugh Melrose4D Mullens
Ira Duncan5Jack Otago
Jack Melrose6C Lennard
Nelson Sue See7Bill Reis
J Hedge8J Cole
Claude Hooper9Bob Shelton
Doug Anderson10P Henderson
Paddy Breen11J Byrnes
Noel McEwan12George Day
Roy Stewart13W Johnson
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 5 May, page 5; Sunday Mail, 6 May, page 7; Truth 6 May, page 5.

Souths vs Easts
Saturday, May 05, 1945
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
SouthsEasts
240
Tries:Tries:
J Atkin (2), N Brough,Nil
R Pegg
Goals:Goals:
B Johnson (6)Nil
Players involved*
Bernie JohnsonColin Bloomer
Bill TyquinRon Hesse
Reg NarvoMichael Rooney
Harry BathCon Cowley
Jack AtkinBill Dickson
Len Pegg
Nev Brough
Reg Pegg
Dave Johnson
*Players involved are those confirmed as appearing through a scorers list or narrative report
Source: Telegraph, 5 May, page 5; Sunday Mail, 6 May, page 7; Truth 6 May, page 5.

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