Final season tables -- Queensland British Football Association 1894
First-grade teams are listed in bold (in the All Matches table).
The Brisbane Challenge Cup and the Charity Cup competitions were both run on a knock-out basis this season.
The Brisbane Charity Cup was contested for the first time.
Brisbane Challenge Cup -- 1894 -- Results
Date |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
Score |
Venue |
Notes and references |
Round 1 |
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16/06/1894 |
Brisbane Athletic |
2 |
Blackstone Rovers |
3 |
Pineapple Ground |
Qld Times 19/06/1894. Match played on the lower end of the ground. |
16/06/1894 |
Rosebank |
1 |
Bush Rats |
2 |
Pineapple Ground |
Brisbane Telegraph 18/06/1894. Match played on the top end of the ground. |
16/06/1894 |
South Brisbane |
W |
Scottish Volunteers |
L |
|
Brisbane Courier 19/05/1894. Inferred result. A likely forfeit, as there was no match report. |
16/06/1894 |
Norman |
|
BYE |
|
|
Brisbane Courier 19/05/1894 |
Semi-Finals |
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30/06/1894 |
Blackstone Rovers |
0 |
Norman |
4 |
Blackstone |
Qld Times 03/07/1894 |
21/07/1894 |
Bush Rats |
5 |
South Brisbane |
0 |
Dinmore |
Qld Times 24/06/1894 |
Final |
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18/08/1894 |
Norman |
3 |
Bush Rats |
1 |
Exhibition Ground |
Brisbane Courier 20/08/1894 |
Note 1: Abbreviations in the results for matches where the result is known, but the score is unavailable: W = Won; D = Drew; L = Lost; U = No record of result or if the match was played.
Note 2: After this season Bush Rats changed its home ground from the New Chum Colliery Ground to Nunn's Paddock, Dinmore. The club became Dinmore Bush Rats from the 1895 season onwards, although it was still regularly still referred to as 'Bush Rats' in local reporting.
Brisbane Charity Cup -- 1894 -- Results
Date |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
Score |
Venue |
Notes and references |
Round 1 |
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28/07/1894 |
Norman |
1 |
Rosebank |
2 |
Pineapple Ground |
Brisbane Courier 30/07/1894 |
04/08/1894 |
Bush Rats |
4 |
Blackstone Rovers |
1 |
Dinmore |
Qld Times 07/08/1894 |
11/08/1894 |
Brisbane Athletic |
0 |
South Brisbane |
1 |
Pineapple Ground |
Brisbane Telegraph 13/08/1894 |
Semi-Finals |
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01/09/1894 |
Rosebank |
2 |
South Brisbane |
0 |
Exhibition Ground |
Brisbane Courier 03/09/1894 |
01/09/1894 |
Bush Rats |
|
BYE |
|
|
Brisbane Telegraph 20/08/1894 |
Final |
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15/09/1894 |
Rosebank |
5 |
Bush Rats |
3 |
Exhibition Ground |
After extra time (2 x 15 minutes). Brisbane Courier 17/09/1894 |
Brisbane - Inter-district match -- 1894 -- Results
Date |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
Score |
Venue |
Notes and references |
02/06/1894 |
West Moreton |
2 |
Brisbane |
6 |
North Ipswich Reserve |
Brisbane Telegraph 05/06/1894. Between 300 and 400 people were present |
Brisbane and Ipswich Senior Grade -- All Matches -- 1894 (Unofficial Standings)
Position |
Team |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Goals |
Goals |
Goal |
Points |
Notes |
1 |
Norman |
8 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
24 |
7 |
3.429 |
14 |
Challenge Cup winner |
Bush Rats |
10 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
26 |
15 |
1.733 |
13 |
WMBFA senior premiership winner |
|
3 |
Rosebank |
10 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
19 |
20 |
0.950 |
12 |
Charity Cup winner |
4 |
Blackstone Rovers |
8 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
10 |
16 |
0.625 |
7 |
|
5 |
Brisbane Athletic |
7 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
13 |
13 |
1.000 |
6 |
|
6 |
South Brisbane |
9 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
8 |
19 |
0.421 |
6 |
|
7 |
Whitwood |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
0.167 |
0 |
|
8 |
Ipswich FC |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0.000 |
0 |
|
9 |
Scottish Volunteers |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0.000 |
0 |
|
Note: This table has been calculated based on the following results: (1) Brisbane Challenge Cup; (2) Brisbane Charity Cup; (3) WMBFA Senior Premiership; (4) Friendly matches between senior teams.
It provides a ranking of the senior teams not necessarily reflected in the main competitions which were run on a knock-out basis, resulting in a preponderance of friendly matches during the 1894 season.
Brisbane and Ipswich Senior Grade - Friendly matches -- 1894 -- Results
Date |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
Score |
Venue |
Notes and references |
28/04/1894 |
Norman |
2 |
Rosebank |
1 |
Pineapple Ground |
Brisbane Courier 30/04/1894. Large attendance |
05/05/1894 |
Norman |
4 |
South Brisbane |
1 |
Pineapple Ground |
Brisbane Telegraph 07/05/1894. Quite a large number of spectators |
12/05/1894 |
Rosebank |
3 |
Brisbane Athletic |
2 |
Pineapple Ground |
Brisbane Telegraph 14/05/1894 |
12/05/1894 |
South Brisbane |
3 |
Scottish Volunteers |
0 |
Queen's Park, Botanical Gardens |
Brisbane Telegraph 14/05/1894. Full name: Queensland Scottish Volunteers. Both clubs new and just formed. |
12/05/1894 |
Bush Rats |
0 |
Blackstone Rovers |
1 |
Dinmore |
Qld Times 15/05/1894. Venue near the New Chum Colliery |
19/05/1894 |
Norman |
3 |
Brisbane Athletic |
1 |
Queen's Park, Botanical Gardens |
Brisbane Courier 21/05/1894 |
24/05/1894 |
Blackstone Rovers |
0 |
Norman |
1 |
Blackstone |
Qld Times 26/05/1894. Thursday afternoon match. About 400 spectators |
26/05/1894 |
Brisbane Athletic |
4 |
South Brisbane |
3 |
Pineapple Ground |
Brisbane Telegraph 28/05/1894 |
26/05/1894 |
Whitwood A |
1 |
Bush Rats |
6 |
Whitwood Ground |
Qld Times 29/05/1894 |
09/06/1894 |
Norman |
6 |
Rosebank |
1 |
Pineapple Ground |
Brisbane Courier 11/06/1894 |
09/06/1894 |
Brisbane Athletic |
W |
Scottish Volunteers |
0 |
Drillshed, Woolloongabba |
Brisbane Telegraph 11/06/1894. Brisbane Athletic achieved a 'decisive victory', its score not given. |
14/07/1894 |
Rosebank |
2 |
South Brisbane |
0 |
Queen's Park, Botanical Gardens |
Brisbane Courier 16/07/1894 |
21/07/1894 |
Brisbane Athletic |
4 |
Rosebank |
0 |
Pineapple Ground |
Brisbane Courier 23/07/1894 |
04/08/1894 |
South Brisbane |
0 |
Rosebank |
2 |
Alloway Dairy Ground, West End |
Brisbane Courier 06/08/1894 |
Brisbane - Other matches -- 1894 -- Results
Date |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
Score |
Venue |
Notes and references |
19/05/1894 |
Rosebank |
4 |
HMS Paluma |
4 |
Pineapple Ground |
Brisbane Courier 21/05/1894 |
14/07/1894 |
South Brisbane B |
2 |
Norman B |
0 |
Alloway Dairy Ground, West End |
Brisbane Telegraph 17/07/1894 |
30/08/1894 |
Brisbane (scratch team) |
5 |
HMS Penguin |
1 |
Queen's Park, Botanical Gardens |
Brisbane Telegraph 31/08/1894. Thursday afternoon match. About 400 spectators |
08/09/1894 |
South Brisbane |
3 |
Norman B |
3 |
Queen's Park, Botanical Gardens |
The Week 14/09/1894 |
22/09/1894 |
Rosebank |
5 |
Brisbane retired players |
4 |
Newmarket |
Brisbane Telegraph 24/09/1894. Venue: Mr C. H. Chamberlain's Ground, Newmarket |
West Moreton British Football Association
West Moreton British FA -- 1894 season
Queensland tables
Final season tables -- Queensland | 1893 (Brisbane) | 1893 (Ipswich) | 1895 (Brisbane) | 1895 (Ipswich) |
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