Brisbane Rugby League 1948, Semi-Finals

Minor Semi-Final: Easts vs Brothers

Saturday, August 21, 1948
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
EastsBrothers
365
Tries:Tries:
T Drysdale (3), R Kille,K Porter
J Schatz, B Callinan,
R McLennan, A Weise
Goals:Goals:
L Beckett (6)K Godwin
Teams*
Arthur Russell1Kev Godwin
Rob Kille2Jack Ballinger
Clive Morrison3Jack Coonan
Lionel Beckett4Harry Rowden
Jack Schatz5Brian Cotter
Bert Kissick6Jack Keim
Bill Callinan7Eric Kelly
Ron McLennan8Jack Rooney
Jack Ryrie9Keith Arnold
Tom Drysdale10J Carroll
Jack Jager11Tom Maule
Cliff Green12Ken Arnold
Alf Weise13Jack Fallon
14K Porter
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Haddan, S (2016), ‘Our Game: The Celebration of Brisbane Rugby League 1909-1987’, Data#3, page 134; Sunday Mail, 22 August, page 8.
This was supposedly action from the Easts-Brothers semi-final, though it doesn’t look like Brothers.

Major Semi-Final: Wests vs Souths

Saturday, August 28, 1948
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
WestsSouths
229
Tries:Tries:
R Lyons, B Reis,N Ekelund
J Walker, B Sims
Goals:Goals:
J White (5)I Jones (3)
Teams*
Jack White1Les Murphy
Bernie Lenehan2Ian Jones
Hugh Melrose3Ray Neilsen
Mick Irwin4Reg Pegg
Col McAllister5Stan Pratley
Albert Hunt6Bob White
Bill Reis7Keith Haig
Roy Lyons8Nev Brough
Jim Walker9Jack Veivers
Bill Sims10Alan Thompson
Reg Kay11Harold Crocker
Reg Tynan12Frank Jarvis
L Neale13N Ekelund
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Haddan, S (2016), ‘Our Game: The Celebration of Brisbane Rugby League 1909-1987’, Data#3, page 134; Sunday Mail, 29 August, page 8.
A Souths player – Brough, possibly, moves ahead in the major semi-final against Wests.

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