Brisbane Rugby League 1956, Round Twenty

Wynnum-Manly vs Wests

Saturday, August 11, 1956
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
Wynnum-ManlyWests
3016
Tries:Tries:
D Townsend (2), K Brown (2),A Watson, R Atkins,
G Crouch, B Greenhill,N Reynolds, R Jones
K Vaughan, L Greenhill
Goals:Goals:
B Cook (3)A Watson, R Jones
Players involved*
Don TownsendDarcy Ryan
Glen CrouchAlex Watson
Keith BrownBob Doyle
Noel JohnsonRon Jones
Jim WalkerNorm Reynolds
K VaughanRon Atkins
Bob Greenhill
Les Greenhill
Bob Cook
*Players involved are those confirmed as appearing through a scorers list or narrative report
Source: Sunday Mail, 12 August, pages 34-35; Seagulls Forever website (2020), ‘1956: The Year that was’.

Souths vs Easts

Saturday, August 11, 1956
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
SouthsEasts
196
Tries:Tries:
N Allen (2), O Hardy,Paul Pyers, J Baker
P Carmody, B Pryor
Goals:Goals:
N Allen (2)Nil
Players involved*
Alan HorneryJoe Baker
Tom TyquinVern Palm
G SeccombeDes Fitzgerald
Ken PryorPaul Pyers
Noel SmithPat Pyers
Norm Allen
O Hardy
Barry Pryor
Phil Carmody
*Players involved are those confirmed as appearing through a scorers list or narrative report
Source: Sunday Mail, 12 August, pages 34-35.

Valleys vs Norths

Sunday, August 12, 1956
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
ValleysNorths
2312
Tries:Tries:
K McCaffery (2), R Paulsen,R Collins (2)
T Maccheroni, B Anderson
Goals:Goals:
N Pope (4)D Waldon (3)
Players involved*
Ken McCafferyIvan Reed
John MulgrewLyle McKay
Tom MaccheroniArthur Symes
Norm PopeAlbert Riccardi
Norm McFaddenStan Hassum
Bill AndersonDick Turner
Lockie SmithSid Norris
Ray PaulsenReg Collins
Doug Waldon
*Players involved are those confirmed as appearing through a scorers list or narrative report
Source: Courier Mail, 12 August, page 12.

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Part of 1956 season

So, things were going reasonably well.