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Brisbane Rugby League 1971, Round Seventeen

Valleys vs Brothers
Saturday, July 31, 1971
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
ValleysBrothers
2319
Tries:Tries:
G Fitzpatrick (2), R Hughes,P Gayler (2), G Cronk,
H O’Doherty, D AbrahamJ Smith, G Thomas
Goals:Goals:
N Clarke (4)N Harman (2)
Teams*
Norm Clarke1Neville Harman
Mike Norris2Peter Skerman
Gerry Fitzpatrick3Graham Cronk
Mick Retchless4Paul Gayler
Darryl Abraham5Ian Dauth
Barrie Rose6Barry Dowling
Ross Threlfo7John Smith
Tony Perkins8Greg Thomas
John Crilly9Trevor Lindenberg
Jeff Gill10Rob Norris
Russell Hughes11David Wright
Hugh O’Doherty12Bob Anderton
John McCabe13Garnett Kerr
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Rugby League News, 31 July-1 August, page 9; Sunday Mail, 1 August, pages 35-36.

Norths vs Souths
Sunday, August 01, 1971
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
NorthsSouths
1912
Tries:Tries:
B Peut, A Gear,J Grant, G Atherton
L Stacker
Goals:Goals:
L Stacker (5)B Turnbull (3)
Teams*
Geoff Lacey1Tony Scott
Bob Peut2Brian Turnbull
Athol Gear3John Grant
Bruce Sutherland4John Graham
Len Stacker5Gary Waters
Ray Cattanach6Graeme Atherton
John Brown7Doug Stapleton
Peter Videroni8Mick Kowal
Ron Streek9Moretiki Nabuta
Glen Harrison10Craig Heckenberg
Peter Hall11Alan Rowan
Alan Nunan12Wayne Linsell
Don Simpson13Isoa Volavola
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Rugby League News, 31 July-1 August, page 13; Courier Mail, 2 August, page 17.

Wests vs Redcliffe
Sunday, August 01, 1971
Venue: Neumann Oval, Albion
Crowd: N/A
WestsRedcliffe
117
Tries:Tries:
K Denman, K HealyP Leis
Goals:Goals:
R Twist (2),P Massy (2)
J White (FG)
Teams*
Errol Stock1Tony Obst
Rob Thompson2Keith Howland
John White3Peter Leis
Kevin Denman4Steve McAllister
Kerry Healy5Selwyn Guy
Trevor Nipperess6Trevor Harken
Greg Oliphant7Kevin Linnane
Des Graham8Ian Thinee
Kev Treschman9Darryl Scheiwe
Richie Twist10Trevor Day
Max Williamson11Jim Tronc
Trevor Young12Phil Massy
Tom Whitmore13Alan McLean
Bob Black14Bevan Bleakley
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Rugby League News, 31 July-1 August, page 15; Courier Mail, 2 August, page 17.

Easts vs Wynnum-Manly
Sunday, August 01, 1971
Venue: Langlands Park, Stones Corner
Crowd: N/A
EastsWynnum-Manly
359
Tries:Tries:
P Khan (2), J Fyfe,G Dobrich
B Pearse, J Denman,
R Norbury, R Morris
Goals:Goals:
R Norbury (7)G Dobrich (3)
Teams*
Roger Kuhn1Bob Patterson
Max Allen2Warren Hodges
John Atkin3Bob McMullen
Allan Currie4Ian Yeo
Jeff Denman5Robert McKercher
Bob Pearse6Dean Purdy
Terry Creedy7Gary Dobrich
Ray Norbury8George Baldacchino
Boris Crassini9Judd Baker
Des Morris10Len Brunner
Ron Lewis11Gary Prior
Rod Morris12Peter Theofanes
Paul Khan13Trevor Niebling
Jeff Fyfe14
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Rugby League News, 31 July-1 August, page 14; Courier Mail, 2 August, page 17.

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Part of 1971 season

A young Wayne Bennett, then a police officer in Toowoomba. His duties as a police officer, including during the infamous tour by the Springboks in 1971, did get in the way of his football. Bennett eventually joined Brothers in 1973.