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Brisbane Rugby League 1950, Round Five

Brothers vs Wests
Saturday, June 03, 1950
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
BrothersWests
1815
Tries:Tries:
G Holmes, S DickD Munro, C McAllister,
W Handover
Goals:Goals:
N Marshall (5), B BaxJ White (3)
Teams*
Ned Marshall1Jack White
Jack McMahon2Wally Handover
George Holmes3Mick Irwin
Des Crowe4Lionel Bacchi
Kev Kennedy5Col McAllister
Steve Dick6Merv Long
Bob Bax7Bert Kissick
Alan Roseneder8Roy Lyons
Tom Maule9Harry Symonds
Jack Fallon10Darby Munro
Eddie Brosnan11Ken Parry
Terry Coman12Johnny Flynn
J Taylor13George Day
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Sunday Mail, 4 June, page 19; Truth, 4 June, page 23; Telegraph, 3 June, page 3; Courier Mail, 31 May, page 9; Courier Mail, 2 June, page 9.
Wests vs Brothers in round five.

Norths vs Valleys
Saturday, June 03, 1950
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
NorthsValleys
2616
Tries:Tries:
B Platt, B Hurley,N Pope, D Smythe,
G Atherden, N TannerD Houston, K Martin
Goals:Goals:
R Johnstone (7)N Pope (2)
Teams*
Ray Johnstone1Norm Pope
Bill Platt2Leo Donovan
Jack Jones3Peter Ryan
Brian Hurley4Darcy Houston
Ray Ritchie5Dave Smythe
George Atherden6A Soorley
Ron Miller7Noel Johnson
Kev Nugent8Doug Anderson
Nev Tanner9Denys Thomas
Dave Adsett10K Martin
Les Wilson11Arch McSween
Stan Hassum12Ray Graham
George Walker13Phil Comadira
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Sunday Mail, 4 June, page 19; Truth, 4 June, page 23; Telegraph, 3 June, page 3; Courier Mail, 31 May, page 9; Courier Mail, 2 June, page 9.

Souths vs Easts
Saturday, June 03, 1950
Venue: Davies Park, West End
Crowd: N/A
SouthsEasts
5015
Tries:Tries:
V Fraser (3), A Hungerford (3),T Drysdale (2), B Baker
B White (2), S Pratley,
B Hookway
Goals:Goals:
I Jones (10)B Baker (2), R Stanton
Teams*
Nev Lesina1Jack O’Malley
Stan Pratley2Rob Kille
Alan Hungerford3Len Blaik
Ian Jones4Allan Stanton
Val Fraser5Frank Zahner
Bob White6Jim Doonar
J Cotterill7Ron Stanton
Tom Tyquin8Ken Schatz
Tom Harris9Charlie Martin
Jack Veivers10Ted Dempsey
Frank McLennan11Bruce Baker
D Cahill12John McPhail
Fred Harris13Tom Drysdale
Bill Hookway14
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Sunday Mail, 4 June, page 19; Truth, 4 June, page 23; Telegraph, 3 June, page 3; Courier Mail, 31 May, page 9; Courier Mail, 2 June, page 9.

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Part of 1950 season