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Brisbane Rugby League 1972, Round Nine

Round nine was split due to state trial games in May, with the 1 July fixtures played the same day as the Interstate game at Lang Park.

Brothers vs Wynnum-Manly
Saturday, May 27, 1972
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
BrothersWynnum-Manly
2111
Tries:Tries:
J O’Connor (2), C Hovi,W James, J Ryan,
B Wright, S DamroL Brunner
Goals:Goals:
P Butterworth (2), B WrightB Patterson
Teams*
Peter Butterworth1Bob Patterson
Noel Grealy2Ross Nunn
Jim O’Connor3Warren Hodges
Graham Cronk4Doug Kelly
Clem Hovi5Jim Ryan
Stan Damro6Barry Griffiths
Brian Potts7Lionel Tewes
Wayne Abdy8Don Eagles
Kevin Lowry9Wayne James
Jeff Callaghan10Mick Power
Darryl Harrower11Rod Hoffmeister
Bob Anderton12Max Jensen
Eddie Brosnan Jr13Len Brunner
Bill Wright14
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 26 May, page 21; Sunday Mail, 28 May, pages 26-27.

Souths vs Valleys
Saturday, May 27, 1972
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
SouthsValleys
1714
Tries:Tries:
A Batibasaga (2),R McDougall, J Crilly
K McCasker
Goals:Goals:
J Graham (4)N Clarke (4)
Teams*
John Graham1Norm Clarke
Peter Moore2John Litchfield
Michael Otton3Barrie Rose
Kim McCasker4David Cunningham
Asaeli Batibasaga5Darryl Abraham
Graeme Atherton6Marty Scanlan
John Langton7Ross Threlfo
Vic Simpson8Jeff Gill
Mick Kowal9Bruce McLeod
Gavin McLaughlin10Bob Sturmer
Isoa Volavola11Russell Hughes
Wayne Linsell12Rod McDougall
Noel Harrington13John Crilly
14
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 26 May, page 21; Sunday Mail, 28 May, pages 26-27.
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Souths winger Asaeli Batibasaga.

Wests vs Redcliffe
Saturday, July 01, 1972
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
WestsRedcliffe
1915
Tries:Tries:
E Robinson (2), R ThompsonM Cook, P Massy,
P Leis
Goals:Goals:
N McDonald (4), E StockT Day (2), M Cook
Teams*
Errol Stock1Tony Obst
John Kellett2Mike Frawley
Rob Thompson3Merv Cook
Eric Robinson4Howard Whitaker
Roger Kuhn5Steve McAllister
Kevin Rafferty6Trevor Harken
Greg Oliphant7Alan Henrick
Nev McDonald8Ian Thinee
Ian Robson9Rod Halley
Peter Stevens10Trevor Day
Stewart McAllister11Ray Staff
Jeff McKenzie12Bob Wilson
Bob Green13Phil Massy
14Peter Leis
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 30 June, page 23; Sunday Mail, 2 July, page 26.

Easts vs Norths
Saturday, July 01, 1972
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
EastsNorths
1615
Tries:Tries:
J DenmanE Lilley (2), P Videroni
Goals:Goals:
H Fullarton (6),P Lobegeiger (3)
H Fullarton (FG)
Teams*
Howard Fullarton1Dale Graham
Jeff Denman2Peter Lobegeiger
John Atkin3Bruce Sutherland
Allan Currie4Eric Lilley
Graham Lawson5Ralph Michaels
Bob Pearse6Terry Collins
Wayne Heydt7John Brown
Alan Shepherd8Peter Videroni
Des Morris9Jim Hicks
Jeff Fyfe10Geoff Lacey
Kev Stephens11Peter Stapleton
Gary Dowling12Nick Geiger
Frank Paulger13Pat Hannan
14Brian Adams
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 30 June, page 23; Sunday Mail, 2 July, page 26.

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