# Bulimba Cup
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{{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 =
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| formerly =
| founded = 1925
| folded = 1972
| replaced =
| country = {{AUS}}
| championtag = Last winners
| champion = Brisbane
| season = [1972](/source/1972_Bulimba_Cup)
| most_champs = Brisbane
| count = 19
| qualification =
| related_comps =
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}}
The '''Bulimba Cup''' was an Australian [rugby league](/source/rugby_league) football competition contested by the [Brisbane](/source/Brisbane_rugby_league_team), [Ipswich](/source/Ipswich_Rugby_League) and [Toowoomba](/source/Toowoomba_Clydesdales) representative rugby league sides during the mid 20th century. In 1931, a team from [Lismore, New South Wales](/source/Lismore%2C_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](/source/Queensland_Brewery_Ltd).[{{cite news |date=30 November 1925 |title=TOOWOOMBA. |page=11 |newspaper=[Daily Mail](/source/Daily_Mail_(Brisbane)) |issue=7412 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article217648321 |accessdate=24 January 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}}]
The competition was normally played as a [round-robin](/source/Round-robin_tournament) with each team playing each other twice. On the rare occasions when teams finished evenly at the conclusion of 6 games, a [playoff](/source/playoff) was held to determine the winner. From 1969 onwards, a [final](/source/Final_(competition)) was held.
In 2005 the [Queensland Rugby League](/source/Queensland_Rugby_League) issued a commemorative jersey to celebrate the 80th anniversary of this competition.[{{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}}]
==Winners==
The competition has been won by [Brisbane](/source/Brisbane_rugby_league_team) 19 times, Toowoomba 16 times and Ipswich 11 times.
[[File:Herb Steinohrt - in action - rugby league player.jpg|thumb|right|[Herb Steinohrt](/source/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](/source/Lang_Park)[{{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](/source/NRL)|date=31 July 2011}}]
== Records ==
=== Most games played ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Games played !! Player !! Team
|-
|59||[Herb Steinohrt](/source/Herb_Steinohrt)||Toowoomba
|-
|53||[Les "Monty" Heidke](/source/Les_Heidke)||Ipswich
|-
|52||[Mick Madsen](/source/Mick_Madsen)||Toowoomba
|-
|48||[Kev Boshammer](/source/Kev_Boshammer)||Toowoomba
|-
|47||[Bill "Circy" Smith](/source/Bill_Smith_(rugby_league))||Ipswich
|}
=== Most tries scored ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Tries scored !! Player !! Team
|-
|27||[Des McGovern](/source/Des_McGovern)||Toowoomba
|-
|24||[Denis "Flaggy" Flannery](/source/Denis_Flannery)||Ipswich
|-
|24||[Ed "Babe" Collins](/source/Ed_Collins_(rugby_league))||Brisbane
|-
|24||[Herb Steinohrt](/source/Herb_Steinohrt)||Toowoomba
|-
|23||[Lionel Morgan](/source/Lionel_Morgan_(rugby_league))||Brisbane
|}
=== Most points scored ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Tries scored !! Player !! Team
|-
|186||[Bill "Bricky" Ryan](/source/Bill_Ryan_(rugby_league))||Ipswich
|-
|181||[Norm Pope](/source/Norm_Pope_(rugby_league%2C_born_1931))||Brisbane
|-
|147||[Lionel Morgan](/source/Lionel_Morgan_(rugby_league))||Brisbane
|-
|135||[Danny O'Connor](/source/Danny_O'Connor_(rugby_league))||Brisbane
|-
|107||[Peter Lobegeiger](/source/Peter_Lobegeiger)||Brisbane
|-
|106||[Alan Rissman](/source/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}}
{{Brisbane Rugby League}}
{{Ipswich Rugby League}}
{{Rugby League in Queensland}}
Category:Defunct rugby league competitions in Queensland
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