Brisbane Rugby League 1961, Grand Final

Norths vs Valleys

Saturday, September 23, 1961
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: 19,824
NorthsValleys
295
Tries:Tries:
J Sutton (3), H Hegarty (2),N Pope
H Bates, J Bates
Goals:Goals:
J Hannam (4)N Pope
Teams*
Harry Bates1Norm Pope
Jim Sutton2Jim Lingard
Les Glover3Mick Mulgrew
Pat Pyers4Nev Clarke
Henry Hegarty5George James
Bill Pearson6Des Mannion
Jim Hannam7Don Tyson
Ian Massie8Don Lind
John Bates9Barry O’Donnell
Ron Bell10Norm McFadden
Bob Poulsen11Reg Collins
Greg Fowler12Keith Lewis
Lloyd Weier13Neil Hookway
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Haddan, S (2016), ‘Our Game: The Celebration of Brisbane Rugby League 1909-1987’, Data#3, page 187.
Norths captain Bill Pearson after the Grand Final.

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