Final season tables -- Queensland British Football Association 1896

First-grade teams are listed in bold.

No final series were held this season. There was only one division of senior football this season.

 

Brisbane Challenge Cup -- 1896

Position

Team

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Goals
For

Goals
Against

Goal
Average

Points

Notes

1

Ipswich Rovers

7

5

0

2

21

7

3.000

10

Premiers after play-off. Club formed May 1896

2

Norman

7

5

0

2

15

8

1.875

10

 

3

Bundamba Rangers

7

3

0

4

9

16

0.563

6

 

4

Rosebank

7

2

0

5

9

23

0.391

4

 

5

Dinmore Bush Rats

4

1

0

3

0

0

 

2

Withdrew after Round 2. See note below

 

Note: Dinmore Bush Rats withdrew after Round 2. Their two remaining First-Round fixtures were forfeited, and the team was not included in the Second-Round fixtures.

 

Play-off for the Challenge Cup: Ipswich Rovers 5 Norman 2

 

 

Brisbane Challenge Cup -- 1896 -- Results

 

Round

Date

Home team

Score

Away team

Score

Venue

Notes and references

1

06/06/1896

Norman

1

Bundamba Rangers

2

Pineapple Ground

Brisbane Courier 08/06/1896

1

06/06/1896

Dinmore Bush Rats

W

Ipswich Rovers

L

Dinmore

FORFEIT - See Note 2 below (Qld Times 09/06/1896)

1

06/06/1896

Rosebank

BYE

 

 

2

13/06/1896

Norman

4

Ipswich Rovers

1

Pineapple Ground

Brisbane Courier 15/06/1896

2

13/06/1896

Bundamba Rangers

5

Rosebank

1

Bundamba

Qld Times 16/06/1896

2

13/06/1896

Dinmore Bush Rats

BYE

 

 

3

20/06/1896

Rosebank

0

Norman

4

Queen's Park, Botanical Gardens

Brisbane Courier 22/06/1896

3

20/06/1896

Bundamba Rangers

W

Dinmore Bush Rats

L

Bundamba

FORFEIT - Dinmore Bush Rats forfeited this match, then withdrew from competition (Qld Times 25/06/1896).

3

20/06/1896

Ipswich Rovers

BYE

 

 

4

27/06/1896

Ipswich Rovers

1

Bundamba Rangers

0

Basin Pocket Ground

Qld Times 30/06/1896. Protest by Bundamba Rangers dismissed (Qld Times 09/07/1896).

4

27/06/1896

Rosebank

W

Dinmore Bush Rats

L

 

FORFEIT - Dinmore Bush Rats had withdrawn (Qld Times 25/06/1896)

4

27/06/1896

Norman

BYE

 

 

5

04/07/1896

Ipswich Rovers

7

Rosebank

1

North Ipswich Reserve

Brisbane Courier 06/07/1896

5

04/07/1896

Norman

W

Dinmore Bush Rats

L

 

FORFEIT - Dinmore Bush Rats had withdrawn (Qld Times 25/06/1896)

5

04/07/1896

Bundamba Rangers

BYE

 

 

6

18/07/1896

Rosebank

0

Ipswich Rovers

4

Queen's Park, Botanical Gardens

Brisbane Courier 20/07/1896

6

29/08/1896

Bundamba Rangers

1

Norman

2

Bundamba

Qld Times 01/09/1896. See Note 3 below

7

01/08/1896

Norman

2

Rosebank

0

Queen's Park, Botanical Gardens

Brisbane Courier 03/08/1896

7

01/08/1896

Bundamba Rangers

0

Ipswich Rovers

4

Bundamba

Qld Times 04/08/1896

8

08/08/1896

Rosebank

7

Bundamba Rangers

1

Queen's Park, Botanical Gardens

Brisbane Courier 10/08/1896

8

08/08/1896

Ipswich Rovers

4

Norman

2

Blackstone

Qld Times 11/08/1896

Play-off

12/09/1896

Ipswich Rovers

5

Norman

2

Queen's Park, Botanical Gardens

Brisbane Courier 14/09/1896. Attendance: About 1000

 

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: Round 1 Dinmore Bush Rats vs. Ipswich Rovers was forfeited when the latter team only came with 6 or 7 players. A friendly match was played with borrowed players, the result: Ipswich Rovers 3 Dinmore Bush Rats 1

Note 3: Round 6 Bundamba Rangers vs. Norman was originally scheduled for 18/07/1896, but the referee did not show up (Brisbane Courier 20/07/1896). The result of a friendly match was: Bundamba Rangers 2 Norman 1. The match was re-scheduled for 29/08/1896

 

 

Brisbane Charity Cup -- 1896 -- Results

 

Date

Home team

Score

Away team

Score

Venue

Notes and references

Semi-Finals

15/08/1896

Norman

2

Ipswich Rovers

3

Pineapple Ground

Brisbane Courier 17/08/1896

15/08/1896

Bundamba Rangers

3

Rosebank

3

Bundamba

Qld Times 18/08/1896

Semi-Final Replays

22/08/1896

Rosebank

1

Bundamba Rangers

1

Queen's Park, Botanical Gardens

Brisbane Courier 24/08/1896. Attendance: 'large number'

19/09/1896

Rosebank

1

Bundamba Rangers

0

Queen's Park, Botanical Gardens

Brisbane Courier 21/09/1896. Attendance: About 1200

Final

26/09/1896

Rosebank

2

Ipswich Rovers

3

Bowen Bridge Road

Brisbane Courier 28/09/1896. See note below. Attendance: 'poor'

 

Note: Rosebank appealed against the result of the final, claiming a goal by Ipswich Rovers should not have been allowed. The appeal was dismissed at a QBFA meeting on 06/10/1896 (Qld Times 08/10/1896). The full name of the venue: Association Ground, Bowen Bridge Road.

 

 

Brisbane - Other matches -- 1896 -- Results

 

Date

Home team

Score

Away team

Score

Venue

Notes and references

09/05/1896

Norman & Rosebank

2

Thistle

9

Pineapple Ground

Friendly. Brisbane Telegraph 11/06/1896

23/05/1896

Norman

3

Rosebank

3

Pineapple Ground

Friendly. Brisbane Courier 25/05/1896

30/05/1896

Bundamba Rangers

3

Ipswich Rovers

3

Bundamba

Friendly. Qld Times 02/06/1896

04/07/1896

Bundamba Rangers

L

Dinmore Bush Rats 2nds

W

 

Friendly. Qld Times 09/06/1896. Dinmore Bush Rats 2nds won, score unknown.

22/07/1896

Brisbane

7

Jumna (a steamer)

1

Queen's Park, Botanical Gardens

Friendly. Brisbane Courier 23/07/1896

29/07/1896

Dinmore Bush Rats 2nds

5

Thistle

0

Dinmore

Friendly. Qld Times 01/09/1896

05/09/1896

Brisbane and District

4

Maryborough and District

3

Bowen Bridge Road

Inter-District Match. Brisbane Courier 07/09/1896

07/09/1896

Brisbane and District

2

Maryborough and District

6

Queen's Park, Botanical Gardens

Inter-District Match. Brisbane Courier 08/09/1896

 

Note: The match on 04/09/1896 was originally scheduled as West Moreton vs. Brisbane. The teams that competed were Ipswich Rovers against a combined team of Norman and Bundamba Rangers players.

 

 

QBFA Junior Premiership -- 1896 (Table incomplete)

 

Position

Team

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Goals
For

Goals
Against

Goal
Average

Points

Notes

1

Dinmore Bush Rats

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Premiers

2

Thistle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Marrickville

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Moreton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Only competed this season

4

Royal Stars

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Only competed this season

 

Note: There were not enough results reported to formulate an accurate final table.

 

 

QBFA Junior Premiership -- 1896 -- Known Results

 

Round

Date

Home team

Score

Away team

Score

Venue

Notes and references

1

27/06/1896

Thistle

3

Dinmore Bush Rats

4

Pineapple Ground

Qld Times 30/06/1896

2

01/08/1896

Thistle

9

Moreton

0

Pineapple Ground

Brisbane Courier 03/08/1896

3

15/08/1896

Marrickville

1

Dinmore Bush Rats

8

Queen's Park, Botanical Gardens

Qld Times 18/08/1896

4

22/08/1896

Dinmore Bush Rats

W

Royal Stars

L

Dinmore

FORFEIT Qld Times 25/08/1896

 

Note: 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.

 

 

Queensland tables

Final season tables -- Queensland | 1895 (Brisbane) | 1895 (Ipswich) | 1897 |

 

Season 1896 index

Complete final season tables -- Australia 1896 -- Index

 

 

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First created: 6 June 2024

Last updated: 14 June
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