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Brisbane Rugby League 1949, Round Six

Valleys vs Brothers
Saturday, June 04, 1949
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: 3000
ValleysBrothers
2518
Tries:Tries:
D Hall (2), L DonovanT Maule (2), B Cotter,
B Bax
Goals:Goals:
D O’Connor (8)N Ryan (3)
Teams*
Danny O’Connor1Norm Ryan
Leo Donovan2Brian Cotter
Jack Kellaway3Kev Schafer
Harry Aldridge4Jack McMahon
Dave Smythe5Jack Coonan
R Lynagh6Steve Dick
Dud Dowling7Bob Bax
Doug Anderson8Alan Roseneder
Eddie Burley9Brian Davies
Duncan Hall10Tom Maule
Arch McSween11Eddie Brosnan
Ray Graham12Keith Arnold
K Martin13Jack Rooney
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 1 June, page 8; Sunday Mail, 5 June, page 15; Truth, 5 June, page 22.
Eddie Brosnan on the go against Valleys in round 6.

Souths vs Easts
Saturday, June 04, 1949
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: 3000
SouthsEasts
207
Tries:Tries:
R Lewis (2), R Pegg,T Dempsey
B White
Goals:Goals:
I Jones (4)J O’Malley (2)
Teams*
Nev Lesina1Jack O’Malley
Reg Pegg2Lionel Beckett
Len Pegg3Keith Brown
Ray Lewis4Len Blaik
Ray Neilsen5Rob Kille
Ian Jones6Nev Ryrie
Bob White7Ron Stanton
Harold Crocker8Ron McLennan
Tom Harris9Frank Zahner
Arne Lewis10Bruce Baker
Alan Thompson11Ted Dempsey
Frank McLennan12Charlie Martin
Jack Veivers13Alf Weise
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 2 June, page 7; Sunday Mail, 5 June, page 15; Telegraph, 4 June, page 13.
Easts and Souths at it again. The big blonde Souths player is Frank McLennan.

Norths vs Wests
Saturday, June 04, 1949
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
NorthsWests
1111
Tries:Tries:
G KiesekerC McAllister, G Day,
B Anthony
Goals:Goals:
J Alexander (3), B HurleyJ White
Teams*
Jim Alexander1Jack White
Tom Rolls2Hilary Ching
Jack Jones3Mick Irwin
Brian Hurley4Col McAllister
Harry Platt5Bill Anthony
George Atherden6N Blair
Ron Miller7Bill Reis
Kev Nugent8Lionel Bacchi
Nev Tanner9Bill Sims
R Atherden10L Neale
Les Wilson11Charlie Roff
Les Stokes12Reg Tynan
George Walker13George Day
George Kieseker14
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail. 1 June, page 8; Courier Mail, 2 June, page 7; Sunday Mail, 5 June, page 15.

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Part of 1949 season