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Brisbane Rugby League 1958, Round Six

Valleys vs Wynnum-Manly
Sunday, May 18, 1958
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
ValleysWynnum-Manly
2720
Tries:Tries:
G O’Brien (2), J Davies,K Brown (3), J Geraghty
L O’Connor, M Bartholomai
Goals:Goals:
M Hansen (6)N Townsend (4)
Teams*
Norm Pope1Noel Townsend
Leo O’Connor2Ron Groundwater
John Davies3Rex Fox
Stan Hick4Keith Brown
Bob Gray5John Geraghty
Barry Brennan6Bob Cook
George Souvlis7Noel Johnson
Mick Bartholomai8Bob Greenhill
Don Lind9Marshall Barnfield
Darby Soper10Theo Fouras
Mel Hansen11Les Greenhill
Bob Gehrke12Keith Lewis
Geoff O’Brien13Fred Stevenson
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Rugby League News, 17-18 May, page 14; Courier Mail, 19 May, page 14.

Norths vs Souths
Sunday, May 18, 1958
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
NorthsSouths
1918
Tries:Tries:
M Cox (2), B O’DonnellD Townsend (2), K Pryor,
G Symes
Goals:Goals:
D Dall (5)T Brune (3)
Teams*
Dinny Dall1Des Halmarson
Mick Cox2Mick Halligan
Bill Pearson3Graham Symes
Sid Norris4Ken Pryor
Fonda Metassa5Alan Hungerford
Bill Thomas6Duncan Malcolm
Jim Hannam7Alan Davidson
Barry O’Donnell8Neil Hookway
Mick Laurent9Col Thompson
Bob Poulsen10T Brune
Stan Hassum11Fred Proberts
Graham Rogers12Don Townsend
Bill Jones13Des Crabbe
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Rugby League News, 17-18 May, page 11; Courier Mail, 19 May, page 14.

Wests vs Easts
Sunday, May 18, 1958
Venue: Davies Park, West End
Crowd: N/A
WestsEasts
2320
Tries:Tries:
B Erickson (2), B Bertwhistle (2),B May (2), B Hastings (2),
D HamiltonH Grieve, L Nelson
Goals:Goals:
D Stevens (4)S Neave
Teams*
Darryl Stevens1Barry Maranta
Barry Erickson2Kevin Hancock
Col Weir3Des Fitzgerald
A Orchard4Barry McColl
Brian Bertwhistle5Bill May
Ron McKenzie6Col McCartney
Barry Muir7Stan Neave
Joe Jackson8Wally Reynolds
T Fitzpatrick9Hec Grieve
Doug Hamilton10John Bruton
Darcy Mitchell11Les Nelson
Jack McLean12Roy Sahl
Alan McMillan13Neville Brett
14Bob Hastings
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Rugby League News, 17-18 May, page 15; Courier Mail, 19 May, page 14.

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Part of 1958 season

In the week leading up to round six, Blackpool and 43-year-old England international Stanley Matthews arrived in Brisbane. The above is a photo of Matthews from Blackpool’s 9-0 win over Queensland at the Ekka in front of a crowd of nearly 12,000 in mid-week.
Blackpool also played Australia at the Gabba, winning 4-2. Given it was ’58 – Di Stéfano and Puskás were in their pomp and Pelé was about to inspire Brazil to the World Cup – a tournament Matthews was not selected to play in – “world’s greatest player” was a stretch. I suppose they were trying to shift tickets.