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Brisbane Rugby League 1953, Round Twenty

Valleys vs Souths
Saturday, August 08, 1953
Venue: Davies Park, West End
Crowd: N/A
ValleysSouths
2820
Tries:Tries:
W McDonald (3), K WeldonV Fraser, R Hogarth,
G Clarke, K Pickup
Goals:Goals:
J White (8)R Hogarth (4)
Teams*
Jack White1Roy Hogarth
W Brown2Ken Pickup
Wally McDonald3Col Senior
John Mulgrew4K Pinchem
Keith Weldon5Norm Mundt
George Pearce6Eric Collins
Ray Edwards7Val Fraser
Norm McFadden8George Clarke
K McDougall9B McGhie
Frank Kastrissios10Paddy Coleman
Gerald Comadira11Tom Pointing
Bob Cairns12Kev Coleman
Brian Eldridge13K Garth
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Truth, 9 August, pages 22 & 36; Sunday Mail, 9 August, pages 28-29; Rugby League News, 8 August, page 11.
Val Fraser of Souths.

Brothers vs Wests
Saturday, August 08, 1953
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
BrothersWests
2510
Tries:Tries:
K Slater (3), D Alroe (2),M Milliner, E Granata
N Marshall, P La Caze
Goals:Goals:
M Shannon (2)M Milliner, F Creedy
Teams*
Mick Shannon1T Rooney
Don Alroe2M O’Farrell
Ken Slater3Col Todd
Jim Gallagher4Les Duncan
Ned Marshall5Lionel Bacchi
Bob Bax6Merv Long
Joe McDonald7Mick Milliner
Paul La Caze8E Granata
Jack Fallon9Felix Creedy
Ted Griffiths10J Gordon
Brian O’Connor11Jim Jeffrey
Terry Coman12Johnny Flynn
F Goodwin13Horace Robertson
Len Kenny14
John Hehir15
Bob McMaster16
John Bruton17
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Truth, 9 August, pages 22 & 36; Sunday Mail, 9 August, pages 28-29; Rugby League News, 8 August, pages 8-9.

Norths vs South Coast
Saturday, August 08, 1953
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
NorthsSouth Coast
428
Tries:Tries:
G Carcary (2), J Tambling (2),R Millard, R Dux
J Goldsborough (2), T Rolls,
B Davies, R Greenwood,
N Hamilton
Goals:Goals:
R Johnstone (6)B Hurley
Teams*
Ray Johnstone1Ron McCartney
Reg Wakefield2R Dux
Noel Warburton3Norm Hookway
Thornton Jones4A Millard
Jerry Tambling5N Lance
G Carcary6Brian Hurley
Ron Greenwood7Keith Hinde
John Goldsborough8J Menzies
Tom Rolls9R Millard
Arthur Hoffman10J Horner
Les Wilson11D Murray
Bill Davies12Lockie Smith
Stan Holdsworth13Bob Golder
Kev Nugent14
Tom Curran15
Norm Hamilton16
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Truth, 9 August, pages 22 & 36; Sunday Mail, 9 August, pages 28-29; Rugby League News, 8 August, page 7.

Easts vs Wynnum-Manly
Saturday, August 08, 1953
Venue: Davies Park, West End
Crowd: N/A
EastsWynnum-Manly
5913
Tries:Tries:
G McAllister (5), K Booth (2),B Rolley (2), A Birks
J Baker (2), D Fitzgerald (2),
K Busteed, J Fitzgerald,
A Poole, A Roseneder
Goals:Goals:
K Busteed (7)A Birks, J Glass
Teams*
Allan Poole1Alwyn Rundle
Mick Morrison2Henry Seaton
Len Blaik3Ron Christensen
Ken Busteed4K Hardy
Geoff McAllister5Brian Rolley
Keith Brown6L Johnson
Ken Booth7Jim Glass
Alan Roseneder8Alf Birks
Eric Cislowski9Lewis Clark
Joe Baker10Richard Lachlan
Jim Fitzgerald11R Loder
Charlie Martin12E Lewis
Percy Melville13R Robinson
Des Fitzgerald14C Prickett
Ron Thompson15L McDonald
Jim Nicol16
Alec McFarlane17
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Truth, 9 August, pages 22 & 36; Sunday Mail, 9 August, pages 28-29; Rugby League News, 8 August, page 10.

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