The Bulimba Cup was an Australian

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football competition contested by the

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and

Toowoomba Toowoomba ( ), nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar', is a city on the border of South East Queensland and Darling Downs regions of Queensland, Australia. It is located west of Queensland's capital, Brisbane. The urban population of Toowoom ...

representative rugby league sides during the mid 20th century. In 1931, a team from

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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

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was held to determine the winner. From 1969 onwards, a

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was held. In 2005 the

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issued a commemorative jersey to celebrate the 80th anniversary of this competition.

Winners

The competition has been won by

19 times, Toowoomba 16 times and Ipswich 11 times. Herb Steinohrt - in action - rugby league player

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

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Records

Most games played

Most tries scored

Most points scored

References

External links

* Defunct rugby league competitions in Queensland {{rugbyleague-competition-stub