1961 Brisbane Rugby League season

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.

Ladder

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Northern Suburbs	21	16	0	5	443	248	+195	32
2	Redcliffe	21	13	0	8	430	302	+128	26
3	Fortitude Valley	21	12	1	8	407	328	+79	25
4	Western Suburbs	21	10	2	9	359	355	+4	22
5	Past Brothers	21	10	1	10	370	328	+42	21
6	Southern Suburbs	21	7	1	13	281	387	-106	15
7	Wynnum-Manly	21	7	0	14	282	529	-247	14
8	Eastern Suburbs	21	6	1	14	292	396	-104	13

Finals

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Crowd
Semifinals
Fortitude Valley	30-7	Western Suburbs	9 September 1961	Lang Park	Don Lancashire	8,472
Northern Suburbs	29-5	Redcliffe	10 September 1961	Lang Park	Henry Albert	16,000
Preliminary Final
Fortitude Valley	20-14	Redcliffe	16 September 1961	Lang Park	Henry Albert	10,921
Grand Final
Northern Suburbs	29-5	Fortitude Valley	23 September 1961	Lang Park	Henry Albert	19,824

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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.