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 Games played Player Team 59Herb SteinohrtToowoomba53Les "Monty" HeidkeIpswich52Mick MadsenToowoomba48Kev BoshammerToowoomba47Bill "Circy" SmithIpswich
Most tries scored Tries scored Player Team 27Des McGovernToowoomba24Denis "Flaggy" FlanneryIpswich24Ed "Babe" CollinsBrisbane24Herb SteinohrtToowoomba23Lionel MorganBrisbane
Most points scored Tries scored Player Team 186Bill "Bricky" RyanIpswich181Norm PopeBrisbane147Lionel MorganBrisbane135Danny O'ConnorBrisbane107Peter LobegeigerBrisbane106Alan RissmanToowoomba
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