QRL Premiership 1919, Round Four

Wests vs Coorparoo

Saturday, May 24, 1919
Venue: Davies Park, West End
Crowd: ~2000
WestsCoorparoo
225
Tries:Tries:
B Richards (3), S Cairns (2),W Ackworth
Ossie Hardy
Goals:Goals:
C Meekin (2)C Thorogood
Teams*
Cec Barker1J Vinson
Ossie Hardy2W Ackworth
M Jolly3Bill Ehlers
Jack Maguire4C Sturgess
Bill Richards5H Ridgeway
S Cairns6Charlie Thorogood
Bobby Graham7L Waterman
Charlie Meekin8G Orr
William Cuthbertson9Thomas Morley
Norm Potter10Harry Jacques
Bill Dunne11J Rinaldi
Jack Newton12William Schatz
Jim Maguire13R Sims
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Brisbane Courier, 26 May, page 4; Daily Standard, 26 May, page 2; Daily Mail, 26 May, page 7; Telegraph, 26 May, page 10.

Valleys vs Carlton

Saturday, May 24, 1919
Venue: Davies Park, West End
Crowd: ~2000
ValleysCarlton
150
Tries:Tries:
J Marchant (2), T StanleyNil
Goals:Goals:
S Hull (3)Nil
Teams*
Sam Hull1Jimmy Jackson
Sid Ashby2J Gough
Bob Atkins3Jim Hanley
Vic Harten4T Bath
Joe Haslet5J French
John Marchant6Joe Russell
Charlie Fredericks7J Galvin
Jonas Shekelton8Claude O’Donnell
Luke Woods9Joe Coll
Patrick Gleeson10Steve Keogh
E Howard11P Moran
Ted McGrath12Sam Hamilton
Ted Stanley13J Sigley
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Brisbane Courier, 26 May, page 4; Daily Standard, 26 May, page 2; Daily Mail, 26 May, page 7; Telegraph, 26 May, page 10.

Railways vs West End

Saturday, May 24, 1919
Venue: Davies Park, West End
RailwaysWest End
200
Forfeit
Automatic 20-0 win awarded against the forfeiter, per competition rules. According to the Telegraph, West End “forfeited to Railways through their ranks having become depleted by the prevailing epidemic”.
Source: Brisbane Courier, 26 May, page 4; Daily Standard, 26 May, page 2; Telegraph, 26 May, page 10.

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Part of 1919 season

Grim times indeed.