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Brisbane Rugby League 1956, Round Nineteen

Valleys vs Souths
Sunday, August 05, 1956
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
ValleysSouths
589
Tries:Tries:
K McCaffery (3), J Davies (3),B O’Sullivan, B Pryor,
N Pope (2), M Mulgrew (2),P Coleman
B Anderson (2), R Paulsen,
P Connolly
Goals:Goals:
N Pope (8)Nil
Teams*
Norm Pope1G Seccombe
John Davies2Barry Pryor
Tom Maccheroni3Ken Pryor
John Mulgrew4P Tanzer
Mick Mulgrew5Norm Allen
Ken McCaffery6Noel Smith
Ray Edwards7Des Halmarson
Ray Paulsen8Tom Tyquin
Norm McFadden9Paddy Coleman
Bill Anderson10Brian O’Sullivan
Rod Siebenhausen11Norm French
Bob Gehrke12Alan Hornery
Pat Riordan13Phil Carmody
P Connolly14
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Rugby League News, 4-5 August, page 12; Courier Mail, 6 August, page 10.

Brothers vs Wynnum-Manly
Sunday, August 05, 1956
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
BrothersWynnum-Manly
2915
Tries:Tries:
R O’Malley (2), F Mellit (2),B Cook (2), B Boardman
V Hore, S Tocchini,
J Duncan
Goals:Goals:
B Davies (4)B Greenhill (3)
Teams*
Mick Shannon1B Partridge
Frank Mellit2Bob Boardman
Terry Duffy3Bob Greenhill
Sam Tocchini4Keith Brown
Noel Garvey5Brian Rolley
Vince Hore6Bob Cook
Mick McNamara7Noel Johnson
Barry O’Connor8Jim Walker
Tom Hickey9Vince Long
Jim Duncan10Jim Thompson
Brian Davies11Glen Crouch
Phil Coman12Don Townsend
Eddie Otago13Les Greenhill
Ron O’Malley14John Platt
15R Lester
16N Crouch
17Wal Graham
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Rugby League News, 4-5 August, page 12; Courier Mail, 6 August, page 10.

Easts vs Norths
Sunday, August 05, 1956
Venue: Davies Park, West End
Crowd: N/A
EastsNorths
1615
Tries:Tries:
C McCartney, J Baker,D Collins (2), G Wilkinson
R Rogers, B May
Goals:Goals:
N Marshall (2)J Nugent (3)
Teams*
Ned Marshall1Jim Nugent
Des Fitzgerald2Des Collins
Barry McColl3Bill Willett
Jack Coogan4Charlie Gould
Paul Pyers5Ivan Reed
Col McCartney6Sid Norris
Vern Palm7Jim McDonald
Joe Baker8Lyle McKay
Jack Warburton9Albert Riccardi
Les Nelson10Dick Turner
Elton Williamson11Doug Welford
Kev Gill12Stan Holdsworth
Dave Powell13Stan Hassum
Ron Rogers14Tom Rolls
Bill May15Pat Goddarrd
16Leo Senior
17Graham Wilkinson
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Rugby League News, 4-5 August, page 12; Courier Mail, 6 August, page 10.

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