Bulimba Cup

{{Short description|Football competition in Queensland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2014}} {{Infobox rugby league football competition | name = Bulimba Cup | current_season = | logo = | pixels = | caption = | formerly = | founded = 1925 | folded = 1972 | replaced = | country = {{AUS}} | championtag = Last winners | champion = Brisbane | season = 1972 | most_champs = Brisbane | count = 19 | qualification = | related_comps = | related_comps2 = }} 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.<ref>{{cite news |date=30 November 1925 |title=TOOWOOMBA. |page=11 |newspaper=Daily Mail |issue=7412 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article217648321 |accessdate=24 January 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://qrl.com.au/display.php?pg_id=463 |title=Reborn - Historic Bulimba Cup Jersey |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050831134919/http://qrl.com.au/display.php?pg_id=463 |archive-date=31 August 2005}}</ref>

==Winners== The competition has been won by Brisbane 19 times, Toowoomba 16 times and Ipswich 11 times. [[File:Herb Steinohrt - in action - rugby league player.jpg|thumb|right|Herb Steinohrt tackling Ipswich player Alan Sherman in the Bulimba Cup in the 1930s]]'''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<ref>{{cite news|last=Middleton|first=David|title=Lang v Bennett: the final duel|url=http://www.nrl.com/lang-v-bennett-the-final-duel/tabid/10874/newsid/63996/default.aspx|access-date=8 November 2011|newspaper=NRL|date=31 July 2011}}</ref>

== Records ==

=== Most games played === {| class="wikitable" ! 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 === {| class="wikitable" ! 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 === {| class="wikitable" ! 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== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{cite book | author=J E Christison |title=Ipswich Rugby League: The Bulimba Cup Era 1925 to 1972 |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-9806074-0-6}}

Category:Defunct rugby league competitions in Queensland