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Brisbane Rugby League 1949, Round Two

Souths vs Wests
Saturday, April 23, 1949
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
SouthsWests
4613
Tries:Tries:
R Lewis (3), A Thompson (3),B Reis, L Neale,
R Pegg (2), L Pegg,K Kennedy
R Neilsen
Goals:Goals:
I Jones (8)J White (2)
Teams*
Nev Lesina1Jack White
Reg Pegg2V Morley
Len Pegg3Kev Kennedy
Ray Lewis4Mick Irwin
Ray Neilsen5Bill Anthony
Ian Jones6Col McAllister
Bob White7Jim Thompson
Bill Tyquin8Lionel Bacchi
Harold Crocker9Cyril Couch
Arne Lewis10Bill Sims
Alan Thompson11George Day
Frank McLennan12Noel McEwan
L Thurlow13L Neale
14Bill Reis
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 23 April, page 3; Sunday Mail 24 April, page 15; Truth, 24 April, page 20; Courier Mail, 20 April, page 8.
Souths on their way to a big win over Wests in round 2.

Easts vs Brothers
Saturday, April 23, 1949
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
EastsBrothers
1810
Tries:Tries:
K Brown (2), B Callinan,N Hutchinson, S Dick
T Drysdale
Goals:Goals:
J O’Malley (3)B Bax (2)
Teams*
Jack O’Malley1Norm Ryan
Lionel Beckett2Brian Cotter
Keith Brown3Ned Marshall
Clive Morrison4Kev Schafer
Rob Kille5Noel Hutchinson
Bill Callinan6Steve Dick
Ron Stanton7Bob Bax
Ron McLennan8Alan Roseneder
Bruce Baker9Tom Maule
Tom Drysdale10Brian Davies
Ernie Bright11Jack Rooney
Charlie Martin12Keith Arnold
Alf Weise13Eddie Brosnan
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 23 April, page 3; Sunday Mail 24 April, page 15; Truth, 24 April, page 20; Courier Mail, 20 April, page 8 & 22 April, page 9.
Easts vs Brothers in round 2.

Valleys vs Norths
Saturday, April 23, 1949
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
ValleysNorths
1212
Tries:Tries:
K Blackford (2)H Platt, G Walker
Goals:Goals:
D O’Connor (3)R Johnstone (3)
Teams*
Danny O’Connor1Ray Johnstone
Dave Smythe2Jim Rolley
Harry Aldridge3Jack Jones
N Stokes4Jim Alexander
R Murphy5Harry Platt
R Lynagh6George Atherden
Jack Kellaway7Ron Miller
K Martin8Kev Nugent
Doug Anderson9R Atherden
Duncan Hall10Nev Tanner
J Westaway11Les Wilson
Ray Graham12Les Stokes
J Clarke13George Walker
Keith Blackford14
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 23 April, page 3; Sunday Mail 24 April, page 15; Truth, 24 April, page 20; Courier Mail, 20 April, page 8.

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Part of 1949 season