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Bulimba Cup

Sport	Rugby league
Instituted	1925
Ceased	1972
Country	Australia
Last winners	Brisbane (1972)
Most titles	Brisbane (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.

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.

Winners

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

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

Records

Most games played

Most tries scored

Most points scored

References

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.

External links

• J E Christison (2009). Ipswich Rugby League: The Bulimba Cup Era 1925 to 1972. ISBN 978-0-9806074-0-6.

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