Brisbane Rugby League 1972, Semi-Finals

Minor Semi-Final: Valleys vs Brothers

Sunday, August 27, 1972
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
ValleysBrothers
126
Tries:Tries:
P Gayler, D AbrahamJ O’Connor, G Thomas
Goals:Goals:
J Crilly (3)Nil
Teams*
Alan Mills1Ian Dauth
Paul Gayler2Graham Quinn
Gerry Fitzpatrick3Graham Cronk
Barrie Rose4Jim O’Connor
Darryl Abraham5Max Anderson
Dave Robertson6Stan Damro
Ross Threlfo7John Smith
Jeff Gill8Wayne Abdy
Joe Canavan9Col Weiss
John McCabe10Greg Thomas
Russell Hughes11David Wright
Hugh O’Doherty12Doug Haigh
John Crilly13Eddie Brosnan Jr
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Haddan, S (2016), ‘Our Game: The Celebration of the Brisbane Rugby League 1909-1987’, Data#3, page 239.
Col Weiss of Brothers tackled by John McCabe.

Major Semi-Final: Easts vs Wests

Sunday, September 03, 1972
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: 25,000
EastsWests
2718
Tries:Tries:
J Denman (2), J Lang,I Robson, E Robinson,
A CurrieW Stewart, A Connell
Goals:Goals:
H Fullarton (7),W Stewart (3)
L Hutchinson (FG)
Teams*
Howard Fullarton1Errol Stock
Jeff Denman2Roger Kuhn
John Eales3Rob Thompson
John Atkin4Eric Robinson
Allan Currie5Wayne Stewart
Bob Pearse6John White
Lee Hutchinson7Greg Oliphant
Jeff Fyfe8Nev McDonald
Boris Crassini9Ian Robson
Des Morris10Bob Green
Kev Stephens11Stewart McAllister
John Lang12Arthur Connell
Paul Khan13Ray McCarron
14Kevin Denman
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Rugby League News, 2-3 September, page 9; Waite, R (n.d.), ‘A History of Brisbane Rugby League (1909-1987)’, Vol. 1, page 302.
Des Morris of Easts during the Major Semi-Final.

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