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Brisbane Rugby League 1968, Round Six

Valleys vs Wests

This was the first of the two games in 1968 made infamous by the conduct of Wests captain-coach Barry Muir. In the second half, with Valleys having just taken a lead of 19-8, Muir confronted referee Rick Pollock regarding a scrum in the lead up to Valleys’ try and was sent off. According to Pollock, Muir threatened to take the Wests team from the field if he was dismissed. Pollock sent him off and Muir followed through.

The BRL deemed the game a forfeit and a 20-0 win for Valleys. However, the points scored by Kevin Martin, Ross Threlfo, Ron Gurnett, Leon McGuire and Des Mannion of Valleys, and Arthur Connell and Rob Thompson of Wests in the 19-8 incomplete result are counted in player statistics here. It was a live game until Muir made it all about himself.
Saturday, May 18, 1968
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
ValleysWests
200
Forfeit
Teams*
Norm Clarke1Wayne Head
Doug Kelly2Rob Thompson
Barrie Rose3Alan Combey
Mike Norris4Kerry Brown
Kevin Martin5Brian McDonald
Marty Scanlan6Ken Craven
Ross Threlfo7Barry Muir
Ron Gurnett8Terry Haggett
Don Lind9Stewart McAllister
Les Murphy10Ian Robson
Leon McGuire11John McDonald
Trevor Young12Arthur Connell
Des Mannion13Barry Biggam
14George Diggles
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Rugby League News, 18-19 May, page 9; Courier Mail, 23 May, page 16; Sunday Mail, 19 May, pages 37-38.

Easts vs Redcliffe
Sunday, May 19, 1968
Venue: Redcliffe Showground, Redcliffe
Crowd: N/A
EastsRedcliffe
2313
Tries:Tries:
R Webster, M O’Neill,T Harken
T Creedy
Goals:Goals:
P Lobegeiger (6),A Watkins (5)
P Lobegeiger (FG)
Teams*
Peter Lobegeiger1Russ Curtin
Sid Pyne2Richard Hinchcliffe
Dale Firth3Kevin Yow Yeh
Jeff Denman4Trevor Harken
Mick O’Neill5Norm Emery
Terry Creedy6Rohan Gaylard
John Kellett7Arthur Watkins
Des Morris8Jeff McKenzie
Graham Ambrose9Peter Leis
Geoff Connell10Bevan Bleakley
Les Geeves11John Andrews
Reg Webster12Bob Lawson
Danny Ryan13Max Baldwin
Trevor Adamson14
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 18 May, page 22; Courier Mail, 20 May, page 13.

Wynnum-Manly vs Norths
Sunday, May 19, 1968
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
Wynnum-ManlyNorths
128
Tries:Tries:
Ross Chapman, B ParozH Hegarty, M Cook
Goals:Goals:
E Seymore (3)M Cook
Teams*
Dion Shepherd1Peter Kelso
Ron Chapman2Brian Colless
Earl Seymore3Henry Hegarty
Ross Chapman4Merv Cook
Keith Smith5David Adams
Claude McDermott6Col Smith
Brian Paroz7John Brown
Darryl Elms8Ian Massie
Brendan Nolan9Peter Stapleton
Bill McDermott10John Bates
Morrie Morgan11Peter Hall
Stan Damro12Bill Wilson
Gordon Weatherstone13Barry McTaggart
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 20 May, page 13.

Brothers vs Souths
Sunday, May 19, 1968
Venue: Corbett Park, Grange
Crowd: N/A
BrothersSouths
266
Tries:Tries:
B Milburn, B Dowling,Nil
W Abdy, D Manteit
Goals:Goals:
N Harman (7)S McDonald (3)
Teams*
Barry Kenning1Stan McDonald
Brian Milburn2Chris Williams
Neville Harman3Jim Muprhy
Graham Cronk4Brian Lacey
Pat Maguire5Ian Stewart
Barry Dowling6Darryl Smith
Eric Gelling7Warren Kenward
Wayne Abdy8Ray Scully
Reg Cannon9Bill Loof
Joe Gleeson10Jeff Marshall
Bevan Henselien11Dan McGuinness
John Lohman12Bob McCafferty
Dennis Manteit13Merv Alloway
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 16 May, page 16; Courier Mail, 20 May, page 13.

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