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Brisbane Rugby League 1958, Round Four

Brothers vs Norths
Saturday, May 03, 1958
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: 4271 (£238/10)
BrothersNorths
4424
Tries:Tries:
F Mellit (2), N Garvey (2),F Metassa, B Pearson,
B Davies (2), M Shannon,S Norris, M Laurent
V Nicholas, D Dowse,
J Gallagher
Goals:Goals:
M Shannon (5), B Davies,D Dall (6)
N Garvey
Teams*
Mick Shannon1Dinny Dall
Frank Mellit2Fonda Metassa
Morrie Lyons3Bill Pearson
Eric Petersen4Sid Norris
Noel Garvey5Mick Cox
Vince Hore6Bill Thomas
Mick McNamara7Graham Stanaway
Barry O’Connor8Ivan Reed
Jim Byrne9Bob Poulsen
Vince Nicholas10Barry O’Donnell
Brian Davies11Don Lucas
D Dowse12Greg Fowler
Ken Herbert13Mick Laurent
Jim Gallagher14Stan Hassum
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 1 May, page 13; Sunday Mail, 4 May, pages 28-29.

Wests vs Valleys
Sunday, May 04, 1958
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
WestsValleys
2725
Tries:Tries:
B Erickson (2), C Weir,G Souvlis (2), D Soper,
D Mitchell, A McMillanS Hick, M Hansen
Goals:Goals:
D Stevens (6)M Hansen (5)
Teams*
Darryl Stevens1Nev Clarke
Barry Erickson2John Davies
Col Weir3Barry Brennan
A Orchard4Stan Hick
Brian Bertwhistle5Don Lind
Ron McKenzie6John Mulgrew
Barry Muir7George Souvlis
Joe Jackson8Ray Paulsen
Harry Londy9Russell Grant
Doug Hamilton10Darby Soper
Darcy Mitchell11Mel Hansen
Jack McLean12Bob Gehrke
Alan McMillan13Ron Chaplin
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 1 May, page 13; Courier Mail, 5 May, page 7.

Wynnum-Manly vs Easts
Sunday, May 04, 1958
Venue: Davies Park,West End
Crowd: N/A
Wynnum-ManlyEasts
3416
Tries:Tries:
B Cook (2), R Groundwater (2),W Reynolds (2), N Brett,
B Greenhill, T FourasJ Bruton
Goals:Goals:
B Phillips (8)S Neave, D Fitzgerald
Teams*
B Partridge1Des Fitzgerald
Ken Green2Kevin Hancock
Rex Fox3Adrian Bort
Keith Brown4Barry McColl
Ron Groundwater5Keith Polkinghorne
Bob Cook6Col McCartney
Noel Johnson7Stan Neave
Brian Phillips8Joe Baker
Marshall Barnfield9Wally Reynolds
Bob Greenhill10John Bruton
Les Greenhill11Neville Brett
Keith Lewis12Kev Gill
Fred Stevenson13Les Nelson
Theo Fouras14
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 1 May, page 13; Courier Mail, 5 May, page 7.

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Part of 1958 season

I think they’d got into third grade in 1957. They were edging closer to the BRL.