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Brisbane Rugby League 1950, Round One

Norths vs Souths
Saturday, April 29, 1950
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: “poor”
NorthsSouths
147
Tries:Tries:
T Rolls, L WilsonT Harris
Goals:Goals:
R Johnstone (4)I Jones (2)
Teams*
Ray Johnstone1Nev Lesina
Tom Rolls2Stan Pratley
Jack Jones3Ray Lewis
Brian Hurley4Ian Jones
Bill Platt5Kev Panitz
George Atherden6J Cotterill
Ron Miller7Bob White
Kev Nugent8Harold Crocker
Dave Adsett9Arne Lewis
Don Davey10Jack Veivers
George Walker11Fred Harris
Stan Hassum12D Cahill
Les Wilson13Tom Harris
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Sunday Mail, 30 April, page 15; Truth, 30 April, page 20; Courier Mail, 26 April, page 12; Courier Mail, 28 April,page 11.
A Norths player looks to make ground against Souths in round one.

Easts vs Brothers
Saturday, April 29, 1950
Venue: Davies Park, West End
Crowd: N/A
EastsBrothers
157
Tries:Tries:
R Kille (2), L Blaik,P Fitzgerald
F Zahner, T Drysdale
Goals:Goals:
NilN Marshall (2)
Teams*
Jack O’Malley1Norm Ryan
Rob Kille2Paul Pitzgerald
Len Blaik3Kev Kennedy
Allan Stanton4Brian Davies
Frank Zahner5Ned Marshall
Keith Brown6Eric Kelly
Ron Stanton7Bob Bax
Jim Walker8Alan Roseneder
Bruce Baker9Tom Maule
Tom Drysdale10Jack Fallon
Ernie Bright11Jack Rooney
Charlie Martin12Terry Coman
Ted Dempsey13Eddie Brosnan
A Ward14
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Sunday Mail, 30 April, page 15; Truth, 30 April, page 20; Courier Mail, 26 April, page 12; Courier Mail, 28 April,page 11.

Wests vs Valleys
Saturday, April 29, 1950
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
WestsValleys
288
Tries:Tries:
H Symonds (2), M Long,D Smythe, A Soorley
W Handover, G Day,
R Lyons
Goals:Goals:
M Long (3), C McAllister (2)N Pope
Teams*
Kev O’Brien1Norm Pope
Bernie Lenehan2Dave Smythe
Mick Irwin3Peter Ryan
Alex Watson4Darcy Houston
Col McAllister5Leo Donovan
Merv Long6A Soorley
Bert Kissick7Dud Dowling
Roy Lyons8Doug Anderson
Harry Symonds9K Martin
Eric Bishop10Jack Purcell
George Day11Arch McSween
Johnny Flynn12Ray Graham
Ken Parry13Phil Comadira
Wally Handover14
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Sunday Mail, 30 April, page 15; Truth, 30 April, page 20; Courier Mail, 26 April, page 12; Courier Mail, 28 April,page 11.

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Part of 1950 season