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Brisbane Rugby League 1963, Round Two

Wynnum-Manly vs Brothers
Sunday, April 07, 1963
Venue: Davies Park, West End
Crowd: N/A
Wynnum-ManlyBrothers
1715
Tries:Tries:
H Muir, D Purdy,B Milburn (2), G Balkin
L McDermott
Goals:Goals:
A Monaghan (4)G Doniger (3)
Teams*
Harry Muir1George Doniger
Lionel Morgan2Brian Milburn
Bill McDermott3Peter Mahoney
Fred Larkin4Gary Balkin
Lloyd McDermott5Dan Fairon
John Gleeson6Eric Gelling
Ivor Birrell7Keith Kannar
Alan Monaghan8Noel Cavanagh
Ken Wilson9Vince Nicholas
Ron Wittenberg10John Arieni
Trevor Niebling11Alex Kolomeitz
Cedric Poole12Noel Thornton
Paddy Morgan13Brian O’Connor
Dean Purdy14
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 3 April, page 16; Courier Mail, 8 April, page 15; Rugby League News, 13-15 April, page 15.

Wests vs Redcliffe
Sunday, April 07, 1963
Venue: Oxenham Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
WestsRedcliffe
1510
Tries:Tries:
B Muir, K Day,Nil
M Kapper
Goals:Goals:
A Brown (3)G Kerr (5)
Teams*
Bob Fagg1Danny Marney
Arch Brown2Jim Houghton
Merv Stafford3Len Weier
Les Connell4Grant Mould
John Connors5Garnett Kerr
Col Weir6John Treeby
Barry Muir7Tom Connolly
Ken Day8Colin Weier
Tom Foley9Noel Cox
Henry Swain10George Gledhill
Frank Bowman11Des Webb
Bob Doyle12Bob Lawson
Len Allen13Dick Boxsell
Mick Kapper14
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 3 April, page 16; Courier Mail, 8 April, page 15; Rugby League News, 13-15 April, page 15.

Valleys vs Easts
Sunday, April 07, 1963
Venue: Langlands Park, Stones Corner
Crowd: N/A
ValleysEasts
2712
Tries:Tries:
R Gilbank (2), N Clarke,K Craven, R Holman
D Lind, J Lingard
Goals:Goals:
N Pope (6)S Neave (2), R Holman
Teams*
Norm Pope1Ron Oxenham
Robin Gilbank2Bill Carson
Nev Clarke3Barry McColl
Mick Retchless4Brian Hatch
Peter Guilfoyle5Ted Puller
Don Barrett6Ken Craven
Jim Lingard7Stan Neave
Keith Hookway8Bill Thistlewaite
Jim Foreman9Dick Baker
Don Lind10Frank Duncan
Neil Hookway11Warren Beck
Ray Dixon12Brian Blowes
Mel Hansen13Rod Howatson
14Ray Holman
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 3 April, page 16; Courier Mail, 8 April, page 15; Rugby League News, 13-15 April, page 15.

Norths vs Souths
Sunday, April 07, 1963
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
NorthsSouths
267
Tries:Tries:
Brian Cook (3), Bob Cook (2),F Drake
F Metassa
Goals:Goals:
J Hannam (4)S McDonald (2)
Teams*
Harry Bates1Frank Drake
Fonda Metassa2Stan McDonald
Brian Cook3Des Smith
Bob Cook4Bill Gardiner
Henry Hegarty5Ken Brandon
Bill Pearson6Garth Budge
Jim Hannam7Ivan Jones
Ian Massie8Kel Cranston
John Bates9Mick Veivers
Ron Bell10Ed McAuliffe
Bob Poulsen11Don Keith
Les Geeves12Reg Webster
Lloyd Weier13Dennis Watt
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 3 April, page 16; Courier Mail, 8 April, page 15; Rugby League News, 13-15 April, page 15.
Bill Pearson links with Henry Hegarty in round 5.

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Part of 1963 season