The various Queensland competitions appear to be in a state
of flux at the moment. I'm not sure whether this is a normal
thing, or is typical. In fact, I have very little data about
Queensland, and what I do have is sketchy at best.
Numbers in brackets after a town name indicate the population
of that town, thus giving an idea of how strong the competition
is relative to other competitions. Plus signs "+" indicate
minor premierships. History is given where known, usually no
further back than the start of the 1994 competition.
A rugby league competition has been run in Brisbane since 1909, but
it included teams from other parts of the state.
In the early 1920s, Brisbane officials started moves to form an
autonomous competition, and the Brisbane Premiership kicked off in
1922, with six clubs competing: Carltons, Coorparoo, Fortitude Valley,
Past (Christian) Brothers, University, and Western Suburbs.
Past Grammars joined the competition in 1923,
and the Wynnum Rugby Union club swapped codes in 1931.
Brisbane switched to a district competition in 1933. Carlton became
Southern Suburbs, Coorparoo and Wynnum amalgamated to become Eastern
Suburbs, and Grammars became Northern Suburbs.
University reverted to rugby union in 1934. Wynnum-Manly joined in
1951. South Coast joined in 1952 but dropped out again in 1955.
Redcliffe joined in 1960, Ipswich in 1986, and Logan City in 1988.
In 1988, Wynnum-Manly and Fortitude Valley tried merging,
but despite winning the premiership they split up again at the
end of the year.
In 1988 the Brisbane Broncos joined the Sydney competition,
fielding their third grade side in the Brisbane competition.
In 1995 the South Queensland Crushers followed suit.
[During the 40s, 50s, and 60s, the Brisbane Courier Mail
seems to have regarded the result of the B.R.L. grand final as
important--certainly far too important to publish!--Jim]
Queensland Premiership (Barry Cup):
1909 Fortitude Valley 23-4 South Brisbane
1910 Ipswich 10-10 Toombul
* Ipswich won replay 17-2.
1911 Fortitude Valley
1912 Natives
1913 West End+
1914 Fortitude Valley 18-8 West End
1915 Fortitude Valley+ 10-9 Western Suburbs
1916 Western Suburbs 4-2 Fortitude Valley
1917 Fortitude Valley+ 13-5 Merthyr
1918 Fortitude Valley+ 16-12 Merthyr
1919 Fortitude Valley+ 28-2 Coorparoo
1920 Western Suburbs 16-8 Past Brothers
1921 Carltons+ 12-10 Coorparoo
Brisbane Premiership (Jensen Shield):
1922 Western Suburbs+ 20-9 Coorparoo
1923 Coorparoo+ 13-2 Fortitude Valley
1924 Fortitude Valley+ 11-8 Past Brothers
1925 Carltons 26-5 Coorparoo+
1926 Past Brothers+ 6-5 Coorparoo
1927 Past Grammars+ 13-11 Western Suburbs
1928 University 10-7 Carltons+
1929 University+ 12-11 Coorparoo
1930 Carltons+
1931 Fortitude Valley+ 27-9 Past Grammars
1932 Western Suburbs+ 8-7 Past Grammars
1933 Fortitude Valley 18-5 Western Suburbs+
1934 Northern Suburbs+ 7-4 Western Suburbs
1935 Past Brothers 11-9 Fortitude Valley+ (AET)
1936 Western Suburbs 13-12 Fortitude Valley+
1937 Fortitude Valley+ 9-7 Western Suburbs
1938 Northern Suburbs 16-10 Fortitude Valley
1939 Past Brothers 11-9 Northern Suburbs+
1940 Northern Suburbs+ 17-11 Past Brothers
1941 Fortitude Valley+ 13-7 Northern Suburbs
1942 Past Brothers
1943 Past Brothers
1944 Fortitude Valley
1945 Southern Suburbs Northern Suburbs
1946 Fortitude Valley Eastern Suburbs
1947 Eastern Suburbs+ Southern Suburbs
1948 Western Suburbs Eastern Suburbs
1949 Southern Suburbs Eastern Suburbs
1950 Eastern Suburbs Western Suburbs
1951 Southern Suburbs Eastern Suburbs
1952 Western Suburbs Past Brothers
1953 Southern Suburbs Eastern Suburbs
1954 Western Suburbs+ Past Brothers
1955 Fortitude Valley Past Brothers
1956 Past Brothers+ Western Suburbs
1957 Fortitude Valley Past Brothers+
1958 Past Brothers Fortitude Valley
1959 Northern Suburbs+ Past Brothers
1960 Northern Suburbs Fortitude Valley+
1961 Northern Suburbs+ Fortitude Valley
1962 Northern Suburbs+ Fortitude Valley
1963 Northern Suburbs+ Southern Suburbs
1964 Northern Suburbs Past Brothers (Fortitude Valley+)
1965 Redcliffe Fortitude Valley+
1966 Northern Suburbs+ Past Brothers
1967 Past Brothers Northern Suburbs (Fortitude Valley+)
1968 Past Brothers+ Eastern Suburbs
1969 Northern Suburbs+ Fortitude Valley
1970 Fortitude Valley Northern Suburbs
1971 Fortitude Valley+ 18-10 Eastern Suburbs
1972 Eastern Suburbs 16-15 Fortitude Valley (Westerb Suburbs+)
1973 Fortitude Valley+ 15-7 Redcliffe
1974 Fortitude Valley 9-2 Past Brothers (Northern Suburbs+)
1975 Western Suburbs+ 26-24 Redcliffe
1976 Western Suburbs
1977 Eastern Suburbs
1978 Eastern Suburbs 14-0 Fortitude Valley (Redcliffe+)
1979 Fortitude Valley+ 26-0 Southern Suburbs
1980 Northern Suburbs 17-15 Southern Suburbs (Fortitude Valley+)
1981 Southern Suburbs+ 13-9 Redcliffe
1982 Wynnum-Manly 17-3 Southern Suburbs (Fortitude Valley+)
1983 Eastern Suburbs 14-6 Redcliffe+
1984 Wynnum-Manly+ 42-8 Southern Suburbs
1985 Southern Suburbs+ 10-8 Wynnum-Manly
1986 Wynnum-Manly+ 14-6 Past Brothers
1987 Past Brothers+ 26-8 Redcliffe
1988 Seagulls-Diehards 17-14 Ipswich
1989 Fortitude Valley
1990 Fortitude Valley 17-16 Northern Suburbs
1991 Eastern Suburbs 25-10 Western Suburbs
1992 Western Suburbs
1993 Western Suburbs 18-12 Eastern Suburbs
1994 Redcliffe+ 24-18 Western Suburbs
1995 Wynnum-Manly 32-24 Eastern Suburbs+
1996 Redcliffe 16-12 Southern Suburbs
1997 Redciffe 35-6 Eastern Suburbs
Winfield Sevens:
1991 Ipswich 24-12 Northern Suburbs
The Commonwealth Bank Challenge is a pre-season knockout
competition.
Woolies Preseason:
1987 Past Brothers 18-4 Northern Suburbs
1988 Seagulls-Diehards 38-4 Logan City
1990 Southern Suburbs 20-12 Fortitude Valley
Commonwealth Bank Challenge:
1993 Eastern Suburbs 18-17 Western Suburbs
1994 ???
1995 Eastern Suburbs 16-12 Past Brothers
1996 Eastern Suburbs 16-8 Logan City+
Location:
The New South Wales Queensland Border.
1997 Texas 28-22 Tenterfield
Location:
The coastal area around Bundaberg,
including Maryborough, Fraser Island and Hervey Bay.
(I think the Maryborough and District competition used
to be a separate one that folded in 1994, with the teams being
merged into the Bundaberg competition.)
1983 Wests 18-10 Brothers
1987 Natives 30-9 Brothers
1988 Wanderers 32-10 Natives
1990 Wanderers 6-4 Brothers
1991 Brothers 30-10 Natives
1993 Brothers 28-22 Western Suburbs
1994 Brothers 30-20 Western Suburbs
1995 Brothers 22-10 Western Suburbs
1996 ???
1997 Wests 10-8 Brothers
I'm not sure what the following competition has to do
with anything, other than that it appears to be connected
to the Bundaberg competition.
Group 1 Final:
1983 No Competition
1991 Hervey Bay 20-12 Wallaroos
1994 Brothers 26-12 Wests
1997 Bundaberg Brothers 22-14 Bundaberg Wests
1998 Across the Waves 32-16 Wallaroos
I don't know much about this group, though it appears to
no longer exist. I think this former group was absorbed into
Mackay.
1983 Brothers 21-12 Hornets
1987 Proserpine 12-8 Collinsville
1988 ???
1990 Proserpine 54-6 Burdekin
1991 Burdekin 32-6 Proserpine
1993 Bowen 34-22 Proserpine
1982 Babinda Cairns Brothers
1983 Cairns Brothers 20-18 Babinda
1987 Kangaroos 41-18 Babinda
1988 Cairns Brothers 23-22 Kangaroos
1989 ???
1990 Ivanhoes 15-10 Southern Suburbs
1991 Ivanhoes 8-0 Mareeba
1992 ???
1993 Atherton 24-8 Cairns Brothers
1994 Atherton 18-16 Ivanhoes
1995 Southern Suburbs+ 34-24 Cairns Brothers
1996 Tully 13-4 Southern Suburbs (Atherton+)
1997 Southern Suburbs 20-12 Brothers
1994 Atherton 18-4 Ivanhoes
1995 ???
I think this group has died out.
1983 Biloela 37-18 Moura
1987 Biloela 30-14 Thangool
1988 Thangool 41-38 Woorabinda
1989 ???
1990 Moura 40-14 Thangool
Location:
An inland area 100km west and south west of Bundaberg.
1983 Gayndah 18-17 Mundubbera
1987 Eidsvold 28-12 Gayndah
1988 Eidsvold 18-15 Monto
1990 Monto 45-22 Eidsvold
1991 Monto 42-19 Mundubbera
1993 Munduberra 17-10 Monto
1994 Monto 58-10 Mundubbera
1995 ???
1997 Eidsvold 30-18 Monto
Location: An inland area 150km west of Rockhampton.
1983 Blackwater Centrals 35-16 Emerald
1987 Blackwater Devils 30-12 Blackwater Centrals
1988 ???
1993 Clermont 25-18 Middlemount
1994 ???
1995 Tieri 21-14 Middlemount
1996 Seagulls 21-12 Middlemount (Clermont+)
1997 Gemfields 24-10 Middlemount
Location:
A string of towns on the highway from Rockhampton to Mt Isa,
including Longreach, Blackall and Barcaldine.
History:
Alpha joined the competition in 1993.
Ilfracombe withdrew in mid-1994.
1983 Winton 30-16 Barcaldine
1987 Longreach 14-10 Winton
1988 Blackall 25-18 Winton
1989 ???
1990 Longreach 16-12 Winton
1991 ???
1992 ???
1993 Longreach 27-10 Barcaldine
1994 Barcaldine 52-16 Longreach
1995 Barcaldine 22-16 Longreach
1996 Barcaldine+ beat Winton
1997 Longreach 24-16 Barcaldine
Moscript Challenge Trophy:
1995 Longreach 22-10 Winton
Location:
The area west of Brisbane between Toowoomba and Roma,
including Dalby, Chinchilla and St George.
History:
Dalby Brothers and Dalby Waratahs folded after 1993,
and Dalby Diehards formed for 1994.
Tara folded after 1994.
The Dalby and District competition was disbanded at the end of
1995. Dalby Diehards and Goondiwindi joined the Toowoomba group,
and St George and Chinchilla joined the Roma group.
1983 St George+ 23-18 Colts
1984 ???
1984 ???
1986 ???
1987 Goondiwindi 48-10 Waratahs
1988 Waratahs 12-8 Goondiwindi
1989 ???
1990 Chinchilla 30-24 Brothers
1991 Chinchilla 45-10 Goondiwindi
1992 ???
1993 Chinchilla 32-12 Waratahs
1994 Chinchilla 38-28 St George
1995 ???
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Location:
An amalgamation of the Gladstone and Rockhampton areas.
These two leagues appear to get together on an irregular basis
to play a joint competition.
1983 No Competition
1991 Rockhampton Brothers 20-18 Gladstone Valleys
1993 Rockhampton Brothers 28-26 Norths
1995 ???
1997 Rockhampton Brothers 26-24 Wallabies
1998 ???
Location: The coastal area around Gladstone.
1983 Wests 32-14 Brothers
1987 QASC 20-14 Valleys
1988 Brothers 38-6 QASC
1990 Brothers 28-12 QASC
1991 No Competition ?
1993 Valleys 30-18 Brothers
1994 Brothers 20-16 Valleys
1995 ???
1997 Tannum Sands 32-28 Wallabies
1998 ???
Formed in 1976.
When Gold Coast entered the Sydney competition, this group
merged with NSW Country Group 18 to form Group 18-Gold Coast,
their junior group.
1976 ???
1977 ???
1978 ???
1979 ???
1980 Southport 21-0 Burleigh Heads
1981 ???
1982 Burleigh Heads Tugan
1983 Southport versus Beaudesert
1987 Southport 20-10 Nerang
1988 Southport 22-16 Beenleigh
This group merged with Sunshine Coast after 1988 to become
Sunshine Coast-Gympie.
1982 Rainbows 18-15 Wanderers
1983 Rainbows 16-15 Wanderers
1987 Brothers 28-14 Rainbows
1988 Brothers 36-22 Wanderers
The Herbert River league was disbanded after 1993.
Ingham Brothers, Burdekin, Ingham Lifesavers and Lower Herbert
moved to the Townsville competition, where they eventually
evolved into one team.
1983 Lifesavers 26-16 Brothers
1987 Lower Herbert 26-14 Lifesavers
1988 Lifesavers 28-8 Lower Herbert
1990 Tully 42-22 Wallaman
1991 Ingham Brothers 18-10 Lower Herbert
1993 Ingham Brothers
I think this group has died out, perhaps after 1987.
1982 Uniteds Brothers
1983 Uniteds 24-9 Suburbs
1987 Brothers 36-18 Uniteds
Location:
Ipswich, an outer south western suburb of Brisbane.
History:
Redbank joined the competition for 1995.
1982 North Ipswich Gatton
1983 Gatton 32-8 Brothers
1987 North Ipswich 24-18 Brothers
1988 West End 35-14 Goodna
1990 West End 19-18 Booval Swifts
1991 Booval Swifts 41-16 Brothers
1993 Brothers 34-22 Booval Swifts
1994 North Ipswich+ 44-8 Brothers
1995 ???
1997 Booval Swifts 38-6 Fassifern
Ray Hine Memorial Trophy
1994 North Ipswich 28-6 West End
Location: A coastal area around Mackay,
between Townsville and Rockhampton.
History: Collinsville folded (?) after 1994.
1983 Sarina 30-16 Brothers
1987 Magpies 21-14 North Mackay
1988 North Mackay 28-14 Sarina
1990 Sarina 22-8 Mackay Brothers
1991 Sarina 40-18 Moranbah
1993 Moranbah 46-8 South Mackay
1994 South Mackay+ 28-6 North Mackay
1995 Brothers 36-8 South Mackay+
1996 Brothers+ 27-4 South Mackay
1997 Brothers 20-18 Magpies
Does this group still exist?
1983 Hervey Bay 22-14 Wallaroos
1987 Rovers 32-18 Brothers-Wests
1988 Wallaroos 20-16 Brothers
1991 Wallaroos 13-6 Hervey Bay
1983 No Competition
1990 Bundaberg Brothers 44-26 Hervey Bay
Does this group still exist?
1997 Wallaroos 21-12 Rovers
Location:
A string of towns along the highway from Townsvile to Mount Isa,
including Cloncurry and Hughenden.
History:
Cloncurry joined in 1994 after withdrawing from the Mt Isa competition.
Doomadgee aboriginal mission joined in mid-1994.
The Hughenden Rams disappeared before the start of the 1995
competition. Did they fold?
1983 No Competition
1990 Hughenden Raiders 42-9 Richmond
1991 Julia Creek 40-22 Hughenden Raiders
1992 Hughenden Rams
1993 Hughenden Rams
1994 Hughenden Rams 46-20 Doomadgee
1995 Cloncurry 30-18 Hughenden
1996 Richmond 28-16 Hughenden
1997 Hughenden Raiders 24-22 Richmond
1998 No Competition
Location:
The area around Mt Isa (23,667).
History:
Cloncurry withdrew from the competition after 1993 in order to
join the Mid West competition.
1982 Town
1983 Black Stars 28-4 Wanderers
1984 ???
1985 ???
1986 ???
1987 Black Stars 24-22 Brothers
1988 Wanderers 24-18 Brothers
1989 ???
1990 Wanderers 30-8 Brothers
1991 Wanderers 21-2 Town
1992 Wanderers
1993 Wanderers 46-10 Brothers
1994 Wanderers+ 38-0 Brothers
1995 Town+ 26-22 Wanderers
1996 Wanderers 34-26 Town
1997 Town 38-24 Brothers
1983 Quilpie 20-10 Railways
Location:
An area 100km south west of Bundaberg.
1983 No Competition
1990 Rosedale 14-10 Isis
1997 Isis 32-16 Avondale
Location: The coastal area around Rockhampton,
between Gladstone and Mackay.
1982 Railways Norths
1983 Railways 23-16 Brothers
1987 Brothers 20-12 Norths
1988 Fitzroys 23-12 Brothers
1990 No Competition
1991 No Competition
1993 Norths 39-22 Yeppoon
1994 Norths 34-25 Brothers
1995 Brothers 24-16 Norths
1996 No Competition
1997 Yeppoon 30-28 Norths
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Rockhampton-Central Highlands
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1983 No Competition
1990 Brothers 24-12 Seagulls
Location: The area around Roma, 350km west of Brisbane.
1983 Cities 61-30 Wullumbilla
1984 ???
1985 ???
1986 ???
1987 Wattles 18-2 Taroom-Wandoan
1988 Taroom-Wandoan 26-22 Wattles
1989 ???
1990 Cities 23-12 Wattles
1991 Wattles 48-0 Taroom-Wandoan
1992 ???
1993 Wattles 22-10 Taroom-Wandoan
1994 Wattles 21-10 Wallumbilla
1995 Cities 26-10 Wattles
1996 Chinchilla 32-22 Wallumbilla
1997 Wallumbilla 40-36 St George
Location: An inland area 100km west of the Sunshine Coast.
1983 Cherbourg 44-34 Wandai
1987 Nanango 20-18 Murgon-Goomeri
1988 Cherbourg 28-20 Nanango
1989 ???
1990 Murgon-Goomeri 16-15 Cherbourg
1991 Murgon-Goomeri 30-21 Cherbourg
1995 Wondai 60-16 Nanango
1997 Cherborg 44-2 Blackbutt-Yarraman
The Group 5 Final takes place between the best team in
South Burnett and the best team in Central Burnett.
Group 5 Final:
1983 No Competition
1993 Mundubbera 48-28 Wondai
1994 ???
1995 Wondai 34-22 Monto
This group merged with Gympie between 1991 and 1995 to become
Sunshine Coast-Gympie.
1982 Caloundra Maroochydore
1983 Maroochydore 21-12 Caloundra
1987 Nambour 28-18 Caloundra
1988 Nambour 18-10 Maroochydore-Coolum
1990 Maroochydore-Coolum 22-12 Caboolture
1991 Maroochydore-Coolum 33-4 Nambour
Location:: The coastal area north of Brisbane.
This group was formed by the merging of
Sunshine Coast and
Gympie between 1991 and 1994.
In 1994 there were 20 teams two divisions. First division:
Bribie Island, Brothers, Caboolture, Caloundra, Kawana,
Maroochydore, Nambour, Noosa, Stanley Rivers, and Wanderers.
Second Division: Beachmere, Cooroy, Gympie "Tigers", Kenilworth,
Mooloolaba, Maleny, Nambour, Palmwoods, Pomona-Cooran,
Yandina. In 1995 Bribie Island and Caboolture had disappeared
from the top division and Beerwah had joined. I have no data
on the second division.
1995 Kawana 6-0 Nambour
1997 Noosa 16-10 Maroochydore-Coolum
1997 Federal Sharks 36-28 Torres Eels
Location:: The area around Toowoomba, 150km west of
Brisbane.
History: Stanthorpe entered the competition in 1986.
1924 Toowoomba Valleys
1982 Milmerran Valleys
1983 Newtown 38-20 Wattles
1987 Warwick 12-10 Pittsworth
1988 Warwick 30-12 All Whites
1990 All Whites 18-10 Souths
1991 All Whites 24-22 Valleys
1993 All Whites 26-23 Oakey
1994 Oakey+ 24-18 All Whites
1995 All Whites+ 36-20 Oakey
1996 South Toowoomba 12-10 Dalby
1997 Wattles 42-8 Newtown
The Madsen-Rasmussen Trophy, institiuted in 1979, is played
for by the top two teams after the first half of the premiership
double round robin.
Madsen-Rasmussen Trophy
1983 No Competition
1993 All Whites
1994 All Whites 42-20 Oakey
1995 All Whites 32-4 Stanthorpe
Location: The coastal area around Townsville,
between Cairns and Mackay.
History:
After 1993 the Herbert River competition was disbanded, and
Ingham Brothers, Ingham Lifesavers, Lower Herbert and Burdekin
joined the competition, taking it to ten teams.
After 1994, Lower Herbert, Ingham Brothers, and Ingham Lifesavers
merged to form the Hinchinbrook "Crushers",
and Upper Ross Estates changed their name to (or were replaced by?)
Thuringowa.
1982 Souths Brothers
1983 Estates 18-14 Charters Towers
1987 University 21-16 Souths
1988 Souths 27-10 Centrals
1990 Brothers-Lions 52-6 Centrals
1991 Brothers 18-12 Souths
1993 Charter Towers 25-20 University
1994 Charter Towers 22-20 University
1995 University 34-10 Charter Towers+
1996 Charters Towers 12-6 Brothers
1997 Centrals 31-20 Brothers
1994 South Townsville 24-18 University
1995
1996 Central Townsville 24-20 Charters Towers
1983 Collegians 20-14 Stanthorpe
1983 No Competition
1987 All Whites 22-16 Railways
1988 All Whites 7-4 Cunnamulla
1990 Augathella 31-10 Cunnamulla
1991 Augathella 24-18 Railways
1995 No Competition
1996 Cunnamulla 26-22 All Whites
1997 Cunnamulla 34-24 Quilpie