1961 Brisbane Rugby League season

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The 1961 Brisbane Rugby League season was the 53rd season of the Brisbane Rugby League premiership. Eight teams from across Brisbane competed for the premiership, which culminated in a third straight grand final matchup between Northern Suburbs and Fortitude Valley. Norths won 29-5 to claim their third consecutive premiership.

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Ladder

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Norths Devils colours.svg Northern Suburbs 211605443248+19532
2 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 211308430302+12826
3 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 211218407328+7925
4 Wests Panthers Colours.svg Western Suburbs 211029359355+422
5 Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers 2110110370328+4221
6 Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs 217113281387-10615
7 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly 217014282529-24714
8 Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 216114292396-10413

Finals

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeCrowd
Semifinals
Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 30-7 Wests Panthers Colours.svg Western Suburbs 9 September 1961 Lang Park Don Lancashire8,472
Norths Devils colours.svg Northern Suburbs 29-5 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 10 September 1961 Lang Park Henry Albert16,000
Preliminary Final
Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 20-14 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 16 September 1961 Lang Park Henry Albert10,921
Grand Final
Norths Devils colours.svg Northern Suburbs 29-5 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 23 September 1961 Lang Park Henry Albert19,824

Source: [1] [2]

References

  1. Waite, Roger (2017). "A history of Brisbane rugby league (1909-2017)" (PDF). rogerswebsite.com.[ self-published source ]
  2. Higgison, Mike. "Fantastic Footy Flashback: 1961". qrl.com.au. Queensland Rugby League. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2013.