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Bulimba Cup
SportRugby league
Instituted1925
Ceased1972
Country Australia
Last winnersBrisbane (1972)
Most titlesBrisbane (19 titles)

The Bulimba Cup was an Australian rugby league football competition contested by the Brisbane, Ipswich and Toowoomba representative rugby league sides during the mid 20th century. In 1931, a team from Lismore, New South Wales participated. It was first contested in 1925 but was cancelled in 1972 due to waning public interest caused by a greater focus on Brisbane club football.

The Bulimba Cup trophy was provided by the Queensland Brewery.[1]

The competition was normally played as a round-robin with each team playing each other twice. On the rare occasions when teams finished evenly at the conclusion of 6 games, a playoff was held to determine the winner. From 1969 onwards, a final was held.

In 2005 the Queensland Rugby League issued a commemorative jersey to celebrate the 80th anniversary of this competition.[2]

Winners

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The competition has been won by Brisbane 19 times, Toowoomba 16 times and Ipswich 11 times.

Herb Steinohrt tackling a Brisbane player in the Bulimba Cup in the 1920s

List of Bulimba Cup Champions:

  • 1925: Toowoomba
  • 1926: Ipswich
  • 1927: Toowoomba
  • 1928: Toowoomba
  • 1929: Ipswich
  • 1930: Brisbane
  • 1931: Brisbane defeated Toowoomba 24 – 13
  • 1932: Brisbane
  • 1933: Ipswich
  • 1934: Ipswich
  • 1935: Ipswich
  • 1936: Toowoomba
  • 1937: Ipswich
  • 1938: Ipswich
  • 1939: Ipswich
  • 1940: Brisbane
  • 1941: Brisbane
  • 1942: Not contested due to WWII
  • 1943: Not contested due to WWII
  • 1944: Toowoomba
  • 1945: Toowoomba
  • 1946: Brisbane
  • 1947: Brisbane
  • 1948: Brisbane
  • 1949: Brisbane
  • 1950: Brisbane
  • 1951: Toowoomba
  • 1952: Toowoomba
  • 1953: Toowoomba
  • 1954: Toowoomba
  • 1955: Toowoomba
  • 1956: Toowoomba
  • 1957: Ipswich
  • 1958: Ipswich defeated Toowoomba 15 – 10
  • 1959: Toowoomba defeated Ipswich 10 – 7
  • 1960: Toowoomba
  • 1961: Brisbane
  • 1962: Brisbane
  • 1963: Brisbane
  • 1964: Brisbane
  • 1965: Toowoomba
  • 1966: Ipswich defeated Brisbane 7 – 2
  • 1967: Brisbane
  • 1968: Brisbane
  • 1969: Brisbane defeated Toowoomba 27 – 8
  • 1970: Toowoomba defeated Brisbane 18 – 17
  • 1971: Brisbane defeated Toowoomba 22 – 13
  • 1972: Brisbane defeated Toowoomba 55 – 2 at Lang Park[3]

Records

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Most games played

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Games played Player Team
59 Herb Steinohrt Toowoomba
53 Les "Monty" Heidke Ipswich
52 Mick Madsen Toowoomba
48 Kev Boshammer Toowoomba
47 Bill "Circy" Smith Ipswich

Most tries scored

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Tries scored Player Team
27 Des McGovern Toowoomba
24 Denis "Flaggy" Flannery Ipswich
24 Ed "Babe" Collins Brisbane
24 Herb Steinohrt Toowoomba
23 Lionel Morgan Brisbane

Most points scored

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Tries scored Player Team
186 Bill "Bricky" Ryan Ipswich
181 Norm Pope Brisbane
147 Lionel Morgan Brisbane
135 Danny O'Connor Brisbane
107 Peter Lobegeiger Brisbane
106 Alan Rissman Toowoomba

References

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  1. ^ "TOOWOOMBA". Daily Mail. No. 7412. Queensland, Australia. 30 November 1925. p. 11. Retrieved 24 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Reborn - Historic Bulimba Cup Jersey". Archived from the original on 31 August 2005.
  3. ^ Middleton, David (31 July 2011). "Lang v Bennett: the final duel". NRL. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
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