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Brisbane Rugby League 1973, Round One

Wests vs Brothers
Saturday, March 31, 1973
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
WestsBrothers
2815
Tries:Tries:
N McDonald (2), P Luppi,P Maguire, P Bennett,
J Sattler, S Williams,M Anderson
P Videroni
Goals:Goals:
E Stock (3), W Stewart (2)I Dauth (3)
Teams*
Errol Stock1Ian Dauth
Wayne Stewart2Pat Maguire
Rob Thompson3Max Anderson
Peter Videroni4Ron Beauchamp
Warren Orr5Murray Schultz
Steve Williams6Barry Dowling
Greg Oliphant7Noel Cowell
Nev McDonald8Col Weiss
Peter Luppi9Paul Bennett
Noel Croft10Kevin Woolley
John Sattler11Peter Simpson
Jeff McKenzie12Ross Franklin
Ray McCarron13Glen Frahm
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 30 March, page 56; Sunday Mail, 1 April, page 34; Courier Mail, 2 April, pages 13-14.

Valleys vs Easts
Sunday, April 01, 1973
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
ValleysEasts
2112
Tries:Tries:
R Strudwick (2), J Canavan,J Atkin, R Morris
A Batibasaga, G Fitzpatrick
Goals:Goals:
A Mills (2), R StrudwickH Fullarton (3)
Teams*
Alan Mills1Howard Fullarton
Paul Gayler2John Atkin
Gerry Fitzpatrick3John Eales
Harry Kirk4Allan Currie
Asaeli Batibasaga5Jeff Denman
Marty Scanlan6Bob Pearse
Ross Strudwick7Lee Hutchinson
Jeff Gill8Jeff Fyfe
Tony Perkins9Darryl Van de Velde
Joe Canavan10Des Morris
Russell Hughes11Kev Stephens
Hugh O’Doherty12John Lang
Bruce McLeod13Paul Khan
14Rod Morris
15Jim Ward
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 28 March, page 22; Courier Mail, 2 April, pages 13-14.

Norths vs Souths
Sunday, April 01, 1973
Venue: Bishop Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
NorthsSouths
169
Tries:Tries:
H Rolph, B AdamsG Atherton
Goals:Goals:
K Berrigan (5)T Scott (3)
Teams*
Dale Graham1Tony Scott
Ken Berrigan2Peter Moore
Glen Harrison3Graeme Atherton
Athol Gear4Kim McCasker
Eric Lilley5Tony Rissman
Brian Adams6Doug Stapleton
Hassell Rolph7Gary Dobrich
Tony Trent8Vic Simpson
Steve Calder9Bob Muir
Jim Hicks10Mick Kowal
Peter Hall11Greg Veivers
Peter Handcock12Wayne Linsell
Pat Hannan13Charlie Melloy
Darryl Scheiwe14
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 28 March, page 22; Courier Mail, 2 April, pages 13-14.

Redcliffe vs Wynnum-Manly
Sunday, April 01, 1973
Venue: Redcliffe Showground, Redcliffe
Crowd: N/A
RedcliffeWynnum-Manly
243
Tries:Tries:
P Leis (2), M Cook (2),D Kelly
B Winney, B Bleakley
Goals:Goals:
M Cook (3)Nil
Teams*
Tony Obst1Peter Inskip
Merv Cook2Gary Laskus
Stephen Crear3Ray Moore
Peter Leis4Warren Hodges
Ron Carige5Doug Kelly
Ron Sparrow6Kevin Rafferty
Brian Winney7Des Lee
Ian Thinee8Mick Power
Bob Cameron9Neville Hornery
Rod Halley10Peter Wilson
Robert Orchard11Ken Churchill
Dan Rogers12Len Brunner
Bevan Bleakley13Neil Crausaz
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Courier Mail, 28 March, page 22; Courier Mail, 2 April, pages 13-14.

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Part of 1973 season

Wests’ move to Purtell Park was quite a big deal at the time.