Final season tables -- Queensland British Football Association 1899

First-grade teams are listed in bold.

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

The Ipswich and West Moreton British Football Association was formed on 20/02/1899 (Qld Times 21/02/1899), but senior Ipswich club continued to contest the Brisbane Challenge Cup.

 

Brisbane Challenge Cup -- 1899

Position

Team

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Goals
For

Goals
Against

Goal
Average

Points

Notes

1

Dinmore Bush Rats

5

4

0

1

12

4

3.000

8

Premiers

2

Blackstone Rovers

5

3

1

1

13

6

2.167

7

 

3

South Brisbane

4

0

1

3

3

17

0.176

1

Competed this season only

4

North Brisbane

2

0

0

2

1

2

0.500

0

Competed this season only. See Note 2 below

 

Note 1: The results and scores of some matches were not reported, however these have been inferred as set out in the listing of results below.

Note 2: There are no reports of the three matches involving North Brisbane in the second half of the draw, which implies that the club withdrew, or forfeited these fixtures and the replayed match against Dinmore Bush Rats.

 

 

Brisbane Challenge Cup -- 1899 -- Results

 

Round

Date

Home team

Score

Away team

Score

Venue

Notes and references

1

17/06/1899

North Brisbane

1

Blackstone Rovers

2

Queen's Park, Botanical Gardens

Brisbane Telegraph 19/06/1899

1

01/07/1899

Dinmore Bush Rats

6

South Brisbane

1

Dinmore

Qld Times 06/07/1899

2

24/06/1899

North Brisbane

0

Dinmore Bush Rats

1

Queen's Park, Botanical Gardens

Brisbane Telegraph 26/06/1899. See Note 2 below

2

05/08/1899

North Brisbane

L

Dinmore Bush Rats

W

 

Inferred result of replayed match. Probably forfeited by North Brisbane which played no matches in August.

2

24/06/1899

Blackstone Rovers

7

South Brisbane

1

Blackstone

Qld Times 27/06/1899

3

08/07/1899

Blackstone Rovers

2

Dinmore Bush Rats

0

Blackstone

Qld Times 13/07/1899

3

08/07/1899

North Brisbane

U

South Brisbane

U

 

Result unknown

4

15/07/1899

South Brisbane

1

Blackstone Rovers

1

Queen's Park, Botanical Gardens

Brisbane Telegraph 17/07/1899

4

12/08/1899

Dinmore Bush Rats

U

North Brisbane

U

 

No record of this match being played. North Brisbane withdrew (inferred from unplayed fixtures)

5

29/07/1899

South Brisbane

0

Dinmore Bush Rats

3

Queen's Park, Botanical Gardens

Brisbane Telegraph 31/07/1899

5

26/08/1899

Blackstone Rovers

U

North Brisbane

U

 

No record of this match being played. North Brisbane withdrew (inferred from unplayed fixtures)

6

19/08/1899

Dinmore Bush Rats

3

Blackstone Rovers

1

Dinmore

Qld Times 24/08/1899. Reported to be the final match of the 1899 Challenge Cup

6

19/08/1899

North Brisbane

U

South Brisbane

U

 

No record of this match being played. North Brisbane withdrew (inferred from unplayed fixtures)

 

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: Match stopped 8 minutes before time due to darkness, the score North Brisbane 0 Dinmore Bush Rats 1 (Qld Times 27/06/1899). The match was declared void (QBFA Meeting 29/06/1899) and ordered to be replayed (Brisbane Telegraph 30/06/1899).

 

 

Brisbane Charity Cup -- 1899 -- Results

 

Date

Home team

Score

Away team

Score

Venue

Notes and references

Semi-Finals

30/09/1899

South Brisbane

W

Blackstone Rovers

L

Brisbane

Inferred result. See Note 1 below

30/09/1899

Dinmore Bush Rats

W

North Brisbane

L

Dinmore

Inferred result. See Note 1 below

Final

07/10/1899

Dinmore Bush Rats

W

South Brisbane

L

Bowen Bridge Road

Qld Times 12/10/1899. See Notes 2 and 3

 

Note 1: The original draw for the Charity Cup semi-finals was: Dinmore Bush Rats vs. South Brisbane at Dinmore; North Brisbane vs. Blackstone Rovers at Brisbane (Brisbane Telegraph 16/09/1899).

The final was to have been played 14/10/1899 (Brisbane Telegraph 16/09/1899), but Dinmore Bush Rats had already won the Charity Cup earlier (Qld Times 12/10/1899).

Note 2: The venue for the Dinmore Bush Rats vs. South Brisbane match on 07/10/1899 was the Rugby Union Ground, Bowen Bridge Road (Brisbane Telegraph 07/10/1899). This match was also described as a friendly match (Brisbane Courier 06/10/1899).

Note 3: Dinmore Bush Rats had won the Charity Cup (Qld Times 12/10/1899) meaning the match on 07/10/1899 must have been the final. The result of the final match was not stated.

 

 

Brisbane - Other matches -- 1899 -- Results

 

Date

Home team

Score

Away team

Score

Venue

Notes and references

09/06/1899

Howard Rovers

1

Dinmore Bush Rats

3

Howard

Qld Times 13/06/1899

10/06/1899

Howard Rovers

0

Dinmore Bush Rats

2

Howard

Qld Times 13/06/1899

10/06/1899

North Brisbane

1

South Brisbane

2

Queen's Park, Botanical Gardens

Brisbane Courier 12/06/1899. Brisbane Telegraph 12/06/1899 states North Brisbane won 1-0

15/09/1899

Dinmore Bush Rats

4

Howard Rovers

5

Whitwood Ground

Qld Times 16/09/1899

16/09/1899

Dinmore Bush Rats

2

Howard Rovers

5

Whitwood Ground

Qld Times 19/09/1899

 

 

Ipswich and West Moreton British Football Association

Ipswich and West Moreton British FA -- 1899 season

 

 

Queensland tables

Final season tables -- Queensland | 1898 | 1900 (Brisbane) | 1900 (Ipswich) |

 

Season 1899 index

Complete final season tables -- Australia 1899 -- Index

 

 

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