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Brisbane Rugby League 1963, Round Five

Redcliffe vs Valleys
Sunday, May 05, 1963
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
RedcliffeValleys
169
Tries:Tries:
D Webb, J HoughtonM Retchless
Goals:Goals:
H Holloway (5)N Pope (3)
Players involved*
Henry HollowayMel Hansen
Garnett KerrKeith Hookway
Rohan McNamaraReg Collins
Des WebbDon Lind
Bob LawsonJim Foreman
Noel CoxMel Hansen
Colin WeierMick Retchless
Jim HoughtonNorm Pope
Peter Guilfoyle
*Players involved are those confirmed as appearing through a scorers list or narrative report
Source: Courier Mail, 6 May, page 20.

Wests vs Easts
Sunday, May 05, 1963
Venue: Langlands Park, Stones Corner
Crowd: N/A
WestsEasts
90
Tries:Tries:
A Brown (2), K DayNil
Goals:Goals:
NilNil
Players involved*
Arch BrownBarry McColl
Kev LingardCol McCartney
Barry MuirMax Henderson
Ken Day
Ken Herbert
Merv Stafford
*Players involved are those confirmed as appearing through a scorers list or narrative report
Source: Courier Mail, 6 May, page 20.

Norths vs Brothers
Sunday, May 05, 1963
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
NorthsBrothers
240
Tries:Tries:
Bob Cook (3), Brian Cook (2),Nil
L Weier
Goals:Goals:
Bob Cook (3)Nil
Players involved*
Les GeevesEric Gelling
Bill PearsonNoel Thornton
Bob CookPeter Gallagher
Glen StrathearnNoel Cavanagh
Brian CookVince Nicholas
Jim Hannam
Fonda Metassa
Bob Poulsen
Ian Massie
Lloyd Weier
Harry Bates
*Players involved are those confirmed as appearing through a scorers list or narrative report
Source: Courier Mail, 6 May, page 20.

Wynnum-Manly vs Souths

The Wynnum-Souths game was originally scheduled for Monday 6 May at Land Park but was called off due to torrential rain and rescheduled for the evening of 22 May at the Ekka.
Wednesday, May 22, 1963
Venue: Exhibition Ground, Bowen Hills
Crowd: N/A
Wynnum-ManlySouths
138
Tries:Tries:
L MorganF Drake, D Farrell
Goals:Goals:
L Morgan (5)B Bond
Teams*
Barry Boyd1Frank Drake
Harry Muir2Dennis Farrell
Bill McDermott3Des Smith
Lionel Morgan4Kel Cranston
Lloyd McDermott5Ken Brandon
John Gleeson6Garth Budge
Ivor Birrell7Ivan Jones
Paddy Morgan8Stan Gayton
Mark Backwell9Bruce Bond
Ron Wittenberg10Ken Aitken
Danny Stewart11Don Keith
Cedric Poole12Reg Webster
Trevor Niebling13Mick Veivers
Ken Wilson14Ian Cohen
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 23 May, page 16.

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