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Brisbane Rugby League 1958, Round One

Valleys vs Brothers
Saturday, April 12, 1958
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: 6281 (£361)
ValleysBrothers
2515
Tries:Tries:
J Davies (2), N Pope,F Mellit, M Lyons,
J Mulgrew, M HansenP Gallagher
Goals:Goals:
N Pope (5)B Davies (3)
Teams*
Norm Pope1Mick Shannon
Don Lind2Jim Smith
Barry Brennan3Morrie Lyons
Stan Hick4Jim Gallagher
John Davies5Frank Mellit
John Mulgrew6Vince Hore
George Souvlis7Mick McNamara
Ray Paulsen8Peter Gallagher
Russell Grant9Vince Nicholas
Darby Soper10Jim Byrne
Mel Hansen11Ken Herbert
Bob Gehrke12D Dowse
Geoff O’Brien13Brian Davies
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 9 April, page 13; Sunday Mail, 13 April, pages 36 & 40.

Souths vs Easts
Sunday, April 13, 1958
Venue: Davies Park, West End
Crowd: N/A
SouthsEasts
107
Tries:Tries:
D Townsend, R FairweatherB Risman
Goals:Goals:
D Hendry (2)B May (2)
Teams*
Des Halmarson1Des Fitzgerald
Des Hendry2Kevin Hancock
Graham Symes3Kev Ashburn
Noel Smith4Barry McColl
Alan Hungerford5Bill May
Ron Fairweather6Col McCartney
D Ford7Des Roche
Neil Hookway8Joe Baker
Sam Conomo9Barry Hegarty
Ron Matthews10Barry Risman
Col Thompson11Les Nelson
Don Townsend12Kev Gill
Fred Proberts13Neville Brett
Alan Davidson14John Ford
Tom Kelly15Wally Reynolds
Duncan Malcolm16Keith Polkinghorne
B McGhie17Steele Davis
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 9 April, page 13; Courier Mail, 14 April, page 8.

Norths vs Wests
Sunday, April 13, 1958
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
NorthsWests
128
Tries:Tries:
B Poulsen (2)C Weir, B Erickson
Goals:Goals:
D Dall (3)D Stevens
Teams*
Dinny Dall1Darryl Stevens
Mick Cox2Barry Erickson
Sid Norris3A Orchard
Bill Pearson4Col Weir
Fonda Metassa5Brian Bertwhistle
Bill Thomas6Ron McKenzie
Jim McDonald7Barry Muir
Alan Sherwood8Joe Jackson
Bob Poulsen9Harry Londy
Mick Laurent10Doug Hamilton
Leo Turner11Darcy Mitchell
Graham Rogers12Bob Doyle
Greg Fowler13Alan McMillan
Barry O’Donnell14Alf McGrath
Stan Hassum15Ray Biddle
John Catton16
Graham Stanaway17
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 9 April, page 13; Courier Mail, 14 April, page 8.
Bring back that headgear! Wests centre Col Weir suffered a nasty cut in the game against Norths and sported stylish headwear thereafter.

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