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Brisbane Rugby League 1957, Round Fourteen

Souths vs Wests
Saturday, July 06, 1957
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
SouthsWests
1813
Tries:Tries:
D Hendry (2), K Pryor,W Beck, E Bishop,
B PryorA McMillan
Goals:Goals:
D Hendry (3)R Atkins, K Dobbs
Teams*
Des Halmarson1Ken McCrohon
Barry Pryor2Ron Atkins
Ken Pryor3Col Weir
Noel Smith4Alex Watson
Des Hendry5Warren Beck
Bill Lewis6Geoff Little
D Nancarrow7Brian Robinson
Tom Tyquin8Keith Dobbs
Brian O’Sullivan9Harry Hooson
Sam Conomo10Eric Bishop
R Ballinger11Horace Robertson
Bob Cairns12Tom O’Neill
Don Davey13Alan McMillan
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Rugby League News, 6 July, page 11; Sunday Mail, 7 July, pages 33 & 35.

Norths vs Easts
Saturday, July 06, 1957
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: N/A
NorthsEasts
2722
Tries:Tries:
J Catton (2), F Metassa,H Grieve (2), J Bruton,
B Poulsen, G RogersR Sahl, K Gill,
B Hamilton
Goals:Goals:
D Dall (6)R Jenkins (2)
Teams*
Dinny Dall1Des Fitzgerald
Fonda Metassa2Kevin Hancock
Graham Wilkinson3Reg Jenkins
John Catton4Pat Pyers
Reg Collins5Ron Rogers
Bill Thomas6Col McCartney
Graham Stanaway7Paul Pyers
Barry O’Donnell8Joe Baker
Bob Poulsen9Hec Grieve
Leo Senior10John Bruton
Alex Farquhar 11Neville Brett
Graham Rogers12Roy Sahl
Don Lucas13Les Nelson
Charlie Gould14Stan Neave
Stan Hassum15Kev Gill
John Hannam16Brian Hamilton
Bill Andrews17
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Rugby League News, 6 July, pages 8-9; Sunday Mail, 7 July, pages 33 & 35.

Brothers vs Valleys
Sunday, July 07, 1957
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
BrothersValleys
2312
Tries:Tries:
V Hore, F Mellit,R Paulsen, N Pope
N Garvey
Goals:Goals:
B Davies (6),N Pope (3)
M Shannon (FG)
Teams*
Mick Shannon1Norm Pope
Frank Mellit2Don Lind
Terry Duffy3Stan Hick
Morrie Lyons4Barry Brennan
Noel Garvey5Mick Mulgrew
Vince Hore6Kerry McMahon
Mick McNamara7George Souvlis
Barry O’Connor8Ray Paulsen
Tom Hickey9Pat Riordan
Peter Gallagher10Mel Hansen
Brian Davies11Geoff O’Brien
Phil Coman12Doug Martin
Ken Herbert13Ron Chaplin
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Rugby League News, 6 July, page 7; Courier Mail, 8 July, page 10.
Peter Gallagher of Brothers in the game against Valleys.

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