Brisbane Rugby League 1968, Semi-Finals

Major Semi-Final: Brothers vs Easts

Saturday, August 31, 1968
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
BrothersEasts
1913
Tries:Tries:
P Maguire, J Gleeson,J Denman (2), S Pyne
B Dowling
Goals:Goals:
N Harman (5)P Lobegeiger (2)
Teams*
Barry Kenning1Peter Lobegeiger
Neville Harman2Sid Pyne
John Gleeson3Dale Firth
Barry Dowling4Terry Creedy
Pat Maguire5Jeff Denman
Eric Gelling6David Wakerley
John Smith7Allan Elliott
Wayne Abdy8Boris Crassini
Reg Cannon9Des Morris
Joe Gleeson10Geoff Connell
Dennis Manteit11Les Geeves
John Bourke12Reg Webster
John Lohman13Danny Ryan
14Barry Robinson
*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.
Jeff Denman scores for Easts in the Major Semi-Final.

Minor Semi-Final: Valleys vs Norths

Sunday, September 01, 1968
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: 18,000
ValleysNorths
1815
Tries:Tries:
B Wilson, M RetchlessF Metassa (2), M Cook
Goals:Goals:
D Mannion (4),J Hannam (2), J Brown (FG)
R Gurnett (2 FGs)
Teams*
Norm Clarke1Jim Hannam
Doug Kelly2Fonda Metassa
Wally Puszkey3Henry Hegarty
Mick Retchless4Gavin Shepherd
Darryl Abraham5Merv Cook
Marty Scanlan6Brian Adams
Ross Threlfo7John Brown
Ron Gurnett8Ian Massie
Les Murphy9Peter Stapleton
Des Mannion10Barry McTaggart
Leon McGuire11Peter Hall
Bob Wilson12Bill Wilson
Arthur Miers13Don Simpson
*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.
Peter Stapleton of Norths with the ball. Ross Threlfo is the Valleys’ number 7. Arthur Miers in 13 is the giant figure in the background.

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