Brisbane Rugby League 1953, Preliminary Final

Souths vs Valleys

Saturday, September 05, 1953
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: 7000
SouthsValleys
3514
Tries:Tries:
J Veivers (2), D Baker (2),G Barnett, W McDonald
N Mundt, K Pickup,
T Tyquin
Goals:Goals:
R Hogarth (6),N Pope (4)
V Fraser (FG)
Teams*
Roy Hogarth1Jack White
Don Baker2Garry Barnett
Col Senior3Wally McDonald
Norm Mundt4Norm Pope
Ken Pickup5Peter Meredith
Val Fraser6John Mulgrew
Norm McLean7Ray Edwards
Harold Crocker8Norm McFadden
Tom Tyquin9K McDougall
Fred Harris10Frank Kastrissios
Tom Pointing11Harry Melville
Alan Hornery12Bob Cairns
Jack Veivers13Bill Sims
*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 150; Truth, 6 September, page 15.
Souths on their way to a big win over Valleys in the preliminary final.

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