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Brisbane Rugby League 1959, Round One

Valleys vs Brothers
Saturday, April 04, 1959
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
ValleysBrothers
2724
Tries:Tries:
G Little, K Brasch,H Antill (2), F Mellit,
G Shields, D Mannion,N Garvey, K Kannar,
G McLartyE Petersen
Goals:Goals:
N Pope (6)M Shannon (3)
Teams*
Norm Pope1Mick Shannon
Barry Brennan2Noel Garvey
Geoff Little3Eric Petersen
Kev Brasch4Frank Mellit
Graham Shields5Harley Antill
Des Mannion6Vince Hore
Bill Kluss7Keith Kannar
Gordon McLarty8Larry Corbett
Alec Quintner9Vince Nicholas
Russell Grant10Brian O’Connor
Ron Chaplin11Eddie Otago
Bob Gehrke12Peter Rowe
Geoff O’Brien13Marty Kreutzer
Mel Hansen14John Burns
Warren Pegg15Don Bullock
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 1 April, page 14; Courier Mail, 3 April, page 11; Sunday Mail, 5 April, pages 36-37.

Wynnum-Manly vs Wests
Sunday, April 05, 1959
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
Wynnum-ManlyWests
3515
Tries:Tries:
L Morgan (3), B Boyd (2),B Day, W Beck,
B Phillips, B GreenhillA McMillan
Goals:Goals:
J Paskins (7)B Kassulke (3)
Teams*
Barry Boyd1Martin Gerry
Jim Paskins2R McNeil
Brian Phillips3Bill Monkland
Keith Brown4Brian Kassulke
Lionel Morgan5Ben Day
Rex Fox6Don Schipp
Morrie Green7Darcy Ryan
Ron Ellicombe8Warren Beck
Marshall Barnfield9Ken Day
Bob Fox10D Hetherington
Harold Law11Brian Shannon
Keith Lewis12Keith Wilkinson
Fred Stevenson13Alan McMillan
Alan Peever14Barry Erickson
Bob Greenhill15Dennis Farrell
Jim Thompson16
Les Greenhill17
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 1 April, page 14; Courier Mail, 3 April, page 11; Courier Mail, 6 April, page 10.

Norths vs Easts
Sunday, April 05, 1959
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
NorthsEasts
4223
Tries:Tries:
B Pearson (3), M Laurent (2),B Hagan (2), B Hastings,
B Thomas (2), M Cox,B Hamilton, B Hegarty
J Catton, B Stevens
Goals:Goals:
C Churchill (3), B Pearson (3)S Neave (4)
Teams*
Clive Churchill1Des Fitzgerald
Fonda Metassa2Brian Hamilton
Norm Hynes3Bob Hagan
Bill Pearson4Ray Swan
Mick Cox5Bob Hastings
John Catton6Col McCartney
Ken Anderson7Stan Neave
Nev Warburton8Joe Baker
John Kirkman9Harold Morley
Barry Stevens10John Bruton
Lloyd Weier11Keith Ehlers
Mick Laurent12Kev Gill
Jack Coyne13Les Nelson
Bill Thomas14Barry Risman
15Bill Salisbury
16Wally Reynolds
17Barry Hegarty
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 1 April, page 14; Courier Mail, 3 April, page 11; Courier Mail, 6 April, page 10.

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