Brisbane Rugby League 1968, Grand Final

Brothers vs Easts

Saturday, September 14, 1968
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: 36,188
BrothersEasts
214
Tries:Tries:
W Abdy (2), E GellingNil
J Smith, P Maguire
Goals:Goals:
N Harman (3)P Lobegeiger (2)
Teams*
Barry Kenning1Peter Lobegeiger
Neville Harman2Jeff Denman
John Gleeson3Dale Firth
Barry Dowling4Terry Creedy
Pat Maguire5Sid Pyne
Eric Gelling6David Wakerley
John Smith7Allan Elliott
Wayne Abdy8Boris Crassini
Reg Cannon9Des Morris
Joe Gleeson10Geoff Connell
Dennis Manteit11Les Geeves
John Bourke12Reg Webster
John Lohman13Danny Ryan
*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 218.
From left: Dennis Manteit, Eric Gelling and coach Brian Davies.

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Des Morris nearly scores.
Things get a bit physical, with referee Pat McGrory looking on.