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 in the Toowoomba Region of the Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia. It is west of Queensland's capital city Brisbane by road. The urban population of Toowoomba as of the 2021 ...

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 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 Queensland Rugby League issued a commemorative jersey to celebrate the 80th anniversary of this competitio

Winners

The competition has been won by

19 times,

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'' * 1943: ''Not contested'' * 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

External links

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