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Brisbane Rugby League 1955, Round Six

Valleys vs Norths
Monday, May 02, 1955
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: ~2000
ValleysNorths
382
Tries:Tries:
K McCaffery (3), J Davies (2),Nil
J Mulgrew, R Paulsen,
C Sherwood
Goals:Goals:
N Pope (7)R Waldon
Teams*
Norm Pope1Ivan Reed
John Davies2George Hayes
Ken McCaffery3Thornton Jones
John Mulgrew4Bill Hartley
Mick Mulgrew5Keith Weldon
Col Sherwood6Bill Penman
Ray Edwards7Merv Silver
Ray Paulsen8Noel Warburton
Rod Siebenhausen9Tom Rolls
Norm McFadden10Dick Turner
Athol Plater11Stan Hassum
Jack McLean12Bill Davies
Ben Fotheringham13Ray Waldon
14Bernie Weimers
15Graham Stanaway
16Laurie Sleep
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Rugby League News, 30 April/2 May, page 13; Courier Mail, 3 May, page 14; Telegraph, 2 May, page 23.
Ken McCaffery of Valleys, pictured here playing for Australia against France in ’55.

Brothers vs Souths
Monday, May 02, 1955
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: ~2000
BrothersSouths
3529
Tries:Tries:
F Mellit (3), D Alroe,M Halligan (2), C Fisher,
S Tocchini, M Shannon,B Pryor, B Sheehan,
B O’ConnorN McLean, T Tyquin
Goals:Goals:
D Alroe (4), B Davies (3)C Fisher (4)
Teams*
Sam Tocchini1Col Fisher
Don Alroe2Barry Pryor
Vince Hore3Val Fraser
Mick Shannon4B Sheehan
Jim Gallagher5Mick Halligan
Ron O’Malley6Alan Hungerford
Frank Mellit7Norm McLean
John Bruton8Tom Tyquin
Paul La Caze9Paddy Coleman
Terry Duffy10Bill Pearce
Brian O’Connor11Ted Beaumont
Phil Coman12Alan Hornery
Brian Davies13Phil Carmody
Bernie Pease14Norm Hookway
Brian Stirling15Fred Harris
Eddie Otago16
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Rugby League News, 30 April/2 May, page 13; Courier Mail, 3 May, page 14; Telegraph, 2 May, page 23.

Wests vs Easts
Monday, May 02, 1955
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
WestsEasts
4110
Tries:Tries:
P McIntosh (2), B Hannam (2),B Baker, J Fitzgerald
G Vautin (2), F Creedy (2),
J Jackson
Goals:Goals:
K McCrohon (5), P Wyvill,B Baker (2)
F Creedy
Teams*
Ron Jones1Ned Marshall
Bill Hannam2Des Fitzgerald
Alex Watson3Keith Jones
Geoff Little4Paul Pyers
Joe Jackson5Col McCartney
Peter McIntosh6Kev Gill
Ken McCrohon7Ken Booth
Pen Wyvill8Joe Baker
Don McAskill9Bruce Baker
Eric Bishop10Tony Zahner
Duncan Hall11Jack Fallon
Johnny Flynn12Roy Sahl
George Vautin13Jim Fitzgerald
Norm Reynolds14Bill Zillman
Norm Mundt15Alan Fletcher
Felix Creedy16
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Rugby League News, 30 April/2 May, page 13; Courier Mail, 3 May, page 14.

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