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Brisbane Rugby League 1953, Round Eighteen

Souths vs Brothers

This was also the 1953 Pike Cup Final.
Saturday, July 25, 1953
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: “pitifully small”
SouthsBrothers
1711
Tries:Tries:
D Baker (2), G Clarke,S Dick, K Slater,
E Collins, V FraserP La Caze
Goals:Goals:
R HogarthD Dall
Teams*
Roy Hogarth1Mick Shannon
Don Baker2Ken Slater
Col Senior3Ned Marshall
Eric Collins4Jim Gallagher
Norm Mundt5Don Alroe
Val Fraser6Steve Dick
Norm McLean7Bob Bax
Tom Tyquin8Paul La Caze
George Clarke9Ted Griffiths
Bruce Baker10Jack Fallon
Tom Pointing11Brian O’Connor
Kev Coleman12Terry Coman
Jack Veivers13F Goodwin
Ken Pickup14John Bruton
B McGhie15Bob McMaster
16Joe McDonald
17Dinny Dall
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Truth, 26 July, pages 15 & 30; Sunday Mail, 26 July, pages 24-25; Rugby League News, 25 July, page 7.

Easts vs Norths
Saturday, July 25, 1953
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: “pitifully small”
EastsNorths
155
Tries:Tries:
L Blaik, K Busteed,D Turner
M Morrison
Goals:Goals:
A Poole (2), K BusteedR Johnstone
Teams*
Allan Poole1Ray Johnstone
Mick Morrison2Reg Wakefield
Ken Busteed3Noel Warburton
Ken Booth4Barry McConaghy
Geoff McAllister5Jerry Tambling
Keith Brown6George Atherden
Ron Jones7Ron Greenwood
Alan Roseneder8John Goldsborough
Jack Warburton9Tom Rolls
Joe Baker10Dick Turner
Clarence Harkins11Don Davey
Charlie Martin12Bill Davies
Merv Polley13Stan Hassum
Len Blaik14Les Wilson
Owen Cavanagh15Keith Warren
Percy Melville16Thornton Jones
Jim Fitzgerald17
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Truth, 26 July, pages 15 & 30; Sunday Mail, 26 July, pages 24-25; Rugby League News, 25 July, pages 8-9.

Valleys vs Wests
Saturday, July 25, 1953
Venue: Davies Park, West End
Crowd: N/A
ValleysWests
1111
Tries:Tries:
G Barnett (2), G PearceT Rooney, E Bishop,
J Flynn
Goals:Goals:
N PopeM Milliner
Teams*
Norm Pope1T Rooney
Keith Weldon2M O’Farrell
John Mulgrew3Col Todd
George Bruce4Peter McIntosh
Garry Barnett5Les Duncan
George Pearce6Merv Long
Max Bradley7Mick Milliner
Norm McFadden8E Granata
Harry Melville9Felix Creedy
K McDougall10Eric Bishop
Brian Eldridge11Jim Jeffrey
Gerald Comadira12Johnny Flynn
Frank Kastrissios13Horace Robertson
Ray Edwards14Lionel Bacchi
Dud Dowling15
Bob Cairns16
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Truth, 26 July, pages 15 & 30; Sunday Mail, 26 July, pages 24-25; Rugby League News, 25 July, page 11.

South Coast vs Wynnum-Manly
Sunday, July 26, 1953
Venue: Owen Park, Southport
Crowd: N/A
South CoastWynnum-Manly
388
Tries:Tries:
N Lance (3), R McCartney (3),R Christensen, R Loder
N Hookway (2), B Golder,
J Menzies
Goals:Goals:
R Millard (2), B Hurley,J Glass
N Hookway
Players involved*
Norm HookwayRon Christensen
N LanceJim Glass
Morrie RobertsonR Loder
Ron McCartney
Bob Golder
J Menzies
R Millard
Brian Hurley
*Players involved are those confirmed as appearing through a scorers list or narrative report
Source: Courier Mail, 27 July, page 6.

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Part of 1953 season