Brisbane Rugby League 1957, Round One

Easts vs Souths

Saturday, April 06, 1957
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: 4068 (£261)
EastsSouths
372
Tries:Tries:
K Hancock (2), J Baker (2),Nil
S Neave, K Ashburn, K Gill
Goals:Goals:
P Pyers (8)B Lewis
Teams*
Des Fitzgerald1Bill Lewis
Kevin Hancock2Des Hendry
Paul Pyers3Ken Pryor
Reg Jenkins4Noel Smith
Ron Rogers5Barry Pryor
Kev Ashburn6O Hardy
Stan Neave7K Vaughan
Joe Baker8Brian O’Sullivan
John Bruton9Tom Tyquin
Elton Williamson10Sam Conomo
Neville Brett11Phil Carmody
Kev Gill12Bob Cairns
Les Nelson13Don Cory
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 3 April, page 13; Sunday Mail, 7 April, pages 36-37.

Wests vs Norths

Saturday, April 06, 1957
Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
Crowd: 4068 (£261)
WestsNorths
6220
Tries:Tries:
A Watson (3), G Little (3),R Collins, D Harris,
B Erickson (2), J Jackson (2),B Poulsen, S Hassum
E Bishop, A McGrath,
W Beck, A McMillan
Goals:Goals:
K McCrohon (9), K DobbsD Dall (4)
Teams*
Ken McCrohon1Dinny Dall
Barry Erickson2Reg Collins
Alex Watson3Des Collins
Joe Jackson4Charlie Gould
Brian Biggs5W Hayes
Geoff Little6Sid Norris
Brian Robinson7Graham Stanaway
Eric Bishop8Bob Poulsen
Keith Dobbs9Albert Riccardi
Don McAskill10Stan Hassum
Duncan Hall11Alex Farquhar
Tom O’Neill12Graham Rogers
Alan McMillan13David Harris
Warren Beck14
Alf McGrath15
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 3 April, page 13; Sunday Mail, 7 April, pages 36-37.

Valleys vs Wynnum-Manly

Sunday, April 07, 1957
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: 7000
ValleysWynnum-Manly
455
Tries:Tries:
M Mulgrew (4), M Hansen,K Brown
N McFadden, S Hick, N Pope,
G Souvlis, J Davies, D Martin
Goals:Goals:
N Pope (6)B Phillips
Players involved*
Norm McFaddenDon Fardon
Pat RiordanBob Boardman
Mel HansenKeith Brown
Rod SiebenhausenP King
Ray EdwardsGraham Symes
Stan HickBrian Phillips
Mick MulgrewNoel Johnson
Norm PopeJim Walker
George SouvlisBarry Risman
John DaviesJim Thompson
Doug MartinWal Graham
Don Townsend
Glen Crouch
Ray Batchelor
*Players involved are those confirmed as appearing through a scorers list or narrative report
Source: Courier Mail, 3 April, page 13; Courier Mail, 8 April, page 10.

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