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Brisbane Rugby League 1972, Round Three

Easts vs Souths
Saturday, April 15, 1972
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
EastsSouths
1715
Tries:Tries:
J Fyfe, D Morris,A Batibasaga (3)
L Hutchinson
Goals:Goals:
H Fullarton (4)J Grant (3)
Teams*
Howard Fullarton1Gary Dobrich
Jeff Denman2Asaeli Batibasaga
John Eales3John Grant
John Atkin4John Graham
Allan Currie5Kim McCasker
Bob Pearse6Doug Stapleton
Lee Hutchinson7Chris Thorley
Jeff Fyfe8Jeff Marshall
Des Morris9Craig Heckenberg
Boris Crassini10Greg Veivers
Kev Stephens11Jim Murphy
John Lang12Wayne Linsell
Brendan Nolan13Isoa Volavola
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Rugby League News, 15-16 April, page 11; Sunday Mail, 16 April, pages 28 & 31.

Valleys vs Norths
Sunday, April 16, 1972
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
ValleysNorths
2714
Tries:Tries:
R Threlfo (2), J Litchfield,J Brown, P Hall
D Abraham, J McCabe,
J Crilly
Goals:Goals:
N Clarke (4), N Clarke (FG)P Lobegeiger (4)
Teams*
Norm Clarke1Peter Lobegeiger
John Litchfield2Eric Lilley
David Cunningham3Ralph Michaels
Ron Gurnett4Brian Adams
Darryl Abraham5Ken Berrigan
Marty Scanlan6John Brown
Ross Threlfo7Allan Elliott
Tony Perkins8Peter Videroni
John Crilly9Jim Hicks
Bruce McLeod10Peter Kleinhans
John McCabe11Peter Hall
Hugh O’Doherty12Nick Geiger
Russell Hughes13Peter Stapelton
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Rugby League News, 15-16 April, page 9; Courier Mail, 17 April, page 13.

Brothers vs Redcliffe
Sunday, April 16, 1972
Venue: Redcliffe Showground, Redcliffe
Crowd: N/A
BrothersRedcliffe
1613
Tries:Tries:
B Wright, G CronkI Thinee, R Halley,
H Whitaker
Goals:Goals:
I Dauth (5)H Whitaker (2)
Teams*
Ian Dauth1Tony Obst
Noel Grealy2Daryl Cavanagh
Graham Cronk3Howard Whitaker
Max Anderson4Trevor Harken
Clem Hovi5Leon Rose
Barry Dowling6Stephen Crear
John Smith7Alan Henrick
Col Weiss8Ian Thinee
David Wright9Rod Halley
Wayne Abdy10Ray Higgs
Len Dittmar11Ray Staff
Brian Fitzsimmons12Bob Wilson
Keith Healy13Jim Tronc
Bill Wright14
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Rugby League News, 15-16 April, page 15; Courier Mail, 17 April, page 13.

Wests vs Wynnum-Manly
Sunday, April 16, 1972
Venue: Langlands Park, Stones Corner
Crowd: N/A
WestsWynnum-Manly
415
Tries:Tries:
J McKenzie (2), I Robson,P Theofanes
R Twist, P Stevens,
R McCarron, R Kuhn
Goals:Goals:
W Stewart (10)L Tewes
Teams*
Kevin Denman1Bob Patterson
Paul Daly2Warren Hodges
Rob Thompson3Ross Nunn
Eric Robinson4Doug Kelly
Wayne Stewart5Gary Laskus
John White6Graham Bevan
Greg Oliphant7Lionel Tewes
Nev McDonald8Don Eagles
Richie Twist9Les Salter
Bob Green10George Baldacchino
Stewart McAllister11Len Brunner
Peter Stevens12Peter Theofanes
Ray McCarron13Rod Hoffmeister
Roger Kuhn14
Ian Robson15
Jeff McKenzie16
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Rugby League News, 15-16 April, page 14; Courier Mail, 17 April, page 13.

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Part of 1972 season

Apparently, the players behaved quite well early in the season. It didn’t last.