Brisbane Rugby League 1978, Round Seventeen

Valleys vs Norths

Saturday, July 22, 1978
Venue: Neumann Oval, Albion
Crowd: N/A
ValleysNorths
1816
Tries:Tries:
W Lewis, C WoottenG Drew, N Geiger
Goals:Goals:
M Neill (6)B Warwick (4),
B Warwick (2 FGs)
Teams*
Vic Wieland1Gary O’Neill
Marc Svenson2Bruce Warwick
Mick Neill3Mark Murray
Gerry Fitzpatrick4Gary Drew
Peter Flynn5Ralph Michaels
Peter McWhirter6Ron Cameron
Ross Strudwick7Gary Seaton
Wally Lewis8Steve Calder
Tom Duggan9Russell Baker
John McLeod10Gary Walker
Charlie Frith11Pat Hannan
Craig Wootten12Nick Geiger
Mark Zillman13Shane Bernardin
Alastair McInnes14
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 21 July, page 51; FVFC, internal documentation; Waite, R (n.d.), ‘The Glory Days of the Brisbane Rugby League’, page 107.

Easts vs Wynnum-Manly

Sunday, July 23, 1978
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
EastsWynnum-Manly
3317
Tries:Tries:
R Kuhn (2), M Payne,T Wesche (2), W Tarry
B Backer, W Woods,
J Abbott, J Lang
Goals:Goals:
J McDonald (6)B Boardman (4)
Teams*
Roger Kuhn1Jim Frederiksen
Jeff McDonald2Tom Mieklejohn
Frank Roddy3Phil Bliss
Mark Payne4Bob Boardman
Brad Backer5Terry Wesche
Wayne Woods6Brian Walsh
Russell Smith7Greg Denman
Allan Currie8Kerry Page
John Abbott9Glen Hoppner
Bob Arnold10Dave McLeod
John McCarthy11Willy Tarry
John Lang12Rod McDougall
Luciano Nobile13Rod Cogill
Bernie Lowther14Lester Young
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 21 July, page 51; Waite, R (n.d.), ‘The Glory Days of the Brisbane Rugby League’, pages 106-107.
Allan Currie gets through the Wynnum defence.

Brothers vs Wests

Sunday, July 23, 1978
Venue: Corbett Park, Grange
Crowd: N/A
BrothersWests
2118
Tries:Tries:
K Walters (2), D Morcom,P Eastwell, G Prickett,
T KoorockinH Cameron, G McCarthy
Goals:Goals:
P Garozzo (3), M Nolan,H Williamson (3)
M Nolan (FG)
Teams*
Peter Garozzo1Rod Sellers
Bligh Davidson2Peter McDonald
Paul Beauchamp3Harry Cameron
Mark Thomas4Greg McCarthy
Rob Puodziunas5Peter Eastwell
Terry Butler6Wayne Carr
Kevin Cameron7Kym Douglass
Noel Russell8Norm Carr
Mark Nolan9Paul Vautin
Harvey Carter10Don Muttimer
Peter McNamara11Henry Williamson
Terry Koorockin12Gary Prickett
Frank Baker13Bill Whitmore
Keith Walters14
Darryl Morcom15
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 21 July, page 51; Waite, R (n.d.), ‘The Glory Days of the Brisbane Rugby League’, page 107.

Redcliffe vs Souths

Sunday, July 23, 1978
Venue: Redcliffe Showground, Redcliffe
Crowd: N/A
RedcliffeSouths
3419
Tries:Tries:
I Pearce (2), I Thinee,R Bates (2), B Astill
P Leis, B Bleakley,
S Williams
Goals:Goals:
I Pearce (8)T Gillogly (5)
Teams*
Ian Pearce1Tony Gibson
Kevin Cherry2Brian Turnbull
Tony Obst3Bruce Astill
Peter Leis4Ashley Lumby
Craig Fenton5Tom Gillogly
Steve Williams6Allan Brackin
Greg Oliphant7Bill Argeros
Chris Mason8Brian Weir
Ian Thinee9Kevin Ballinger
Darryl Van de Velde10Mal Connell
John Barber11Greg Veivers
Alan Nunan12Russell Bates
Bevan Bleakley13Dave Brown
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Telegraph, 21 July, page 51; Waite, R (n.d.), ‘The Glory Days of the Brisbane Rugby League’, pages 106-107.

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