Brisbane Rugby League 1956, Semi-Finals

Major Semi-Final: Brothers vs Wests

Saturday, August 25, 1956
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: 5000
BrothersWests
168
Tries:Tries:
P Coman, F MellitN Reynolds, J Jackson
Goals:Goals:
B Davies (5)P Leal
Teams*
Mick Shannon1Ken McCrohon
Frank Mellit2Bill Monkland
Morrie Lyons3Norm Reynolds
Sam Tocchini4Alex Watson
Ron O’Malley5Ron Jones
Vince Hore6Ron McKenzie
Mick McNamara7Darcy Ryan
Barry O’Connor8Joe Jackson
Tom Hickey9Duncan Hall
Jim Duncan10Horace Robertson
Brian Davies11Pat Leal
Phil Coman12Jack McLean
Eddie Otago13Alan McMillan
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Haddan, S (2016), ‘Our Game: The Celebration of Brisbane Rugby League 1909-1987’, Data#3, page 163.

Minor Semi-Final: Valleys vs Wynnum-Manly

Sunday, August 26, 1956
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
ValleysWynnum-Manly
4013
Tries:Tries:
M Mulgrew (2), N Pope,B Cook (2), B Greenhill
K McCaffery, R Edwards,
R Paulsen, N McFadden,
R Siebenhausen
Goals:Goals:
N Pope (7), K McCafferyB Greenhill (2)
Teams*
Norm Pope1B Partridge
John Davies2Bob Boardman
Tom Maccheroni3K Vaughan
John Mulgrew4Keith Brown
Mick Mulgrew5R Lester
Ken McCaffery6Bob Cook
Ray Edwards7Noel Johnson
Ray Paulsen8Jim Walker
Norm McFadden9Vince Long
Bill Anderson10Bob Greenhill
Rod Siebenhausen11Glen Crouch
Lockie Smith12Don Townsend
Pat Riordan13Les Greenhill
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Haddan, S (2016), ‘Our Game: The Celebration of Brisbane Rugby League 1909-1987’, Data#3, page 163.

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