Queensland Football (Soccer) Tables - Final season tables -- Queensland British Football Association 1912

Final season tables -- Queensland British Football Association 1912

First-grade teams are listed in bold.

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

After this season the Ipswich clubs did not compete in the QBFA Challenge Cup and joined the newly formed West Moreton senior competition in 1913.

The Brisbane and Ipswich clubs next competed in a unified league in 1921.

Brisbane Challenge Cup -- 1912

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Average	Points	Notes
1	Blackstone Rovers	16	13	3	0	53	14	3.786	29
2	Bulimba Rangers	16	12	3	1	20	6	3.333	27
3	Wellington	14	6	2	6	16	11	1.455	14
4	Dinmore Bush Rats	13	5	3	5	15	19	0.789	13
5	Albion	14	5	0	9	14	36	0.389	10
6	Eskgrove	13	3	3	7	8	11	0.727	9
7	Valley	12	3	3	6	6	19	0.316	9
8	Toowong	12	3	2	7	8	11	0.727	8
9	Ipswich Railway Workshops	12	1	1	10	9	22	0.409	3

Note: Scores are missing for some matches for which the results have been inferred from points tables published during the season. All results are known for the first 10 rounds.

No results are available for some fixtures for Rounds 11 to 18. Refer to the results below for details.

Brisbane Challenge Cup -- 1912 (Half-way, after 9 Rounds)

*Position*	*Team*	*Played*	*Won*	*Drawn*	*Lost*	*Points*
1	Bulimba Rangers	8	7	1	0	15
2	Blackstone Rovers	8	5	3	0	13
3	Dinmore Bush Rats	8	5	2	1	12
4	Eskgrove	8	2	3	3	7
5	Valley	8	2	3	3	7
6	Toowong	8	2	2	4	6
7	Wellington	8	2	1	5	5
8	Albion	8	2	0	6	4
9	Ipswich	8	1	1	6	3
	*Total*	72	28	16	28	72

Note: The table above correlates with the points listing in The Referee (Sydney) 17 July 1912.

Brisbane Challenge Cup -- 1912 -- Results

Round	Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Notes and references
1	4/05/1912	Bulimba Rangers	5	Albion	0	Bulimba	Source: Brisbane Courier 6 May 1912
1	4/05/1912	Wellington	W	Ipswich Railway Workshops	L	Pineapple Ground	Result in The Referee (Sydney) 15 May 1912, score not listed; Qld Times 04/05/1912
1	4/05/1912	Dinmore Bush Rats	W	Toowong	L	Dinmore	Result in The Referee (Sydney) 15 May 1912, score not listed; Qld Times 04/05/1912
1	4/05/1912	Valley	D	Eskgrove	D	New Farm	Result inferred. See Note 2 below
1	4/05/1912	Blackstone Rovers		BYE
2	11/05/1912	Toowong	W	Wellington	L	Toowong	Venue inferred from Round 11 venue. Result but not score stated in Qld Times 25 May 1912.
2	11/05/1912	Dinmore Bush Rats	5	Ipswich Railway Workshops	1	Dinmore	Source: Qld Times 15 May 1912
2	11/05/1912	Blackstone Rovers	4	Valley	2	Blackstone	Source: Qld Times 13 May 1912
2	11/05/1912	Eskgrove	W	Albion	L	Pineapple Ground	Result inferred from the points table in The Referee (Sydney) 29 May 1912
2	11/05/1912	Bulimba Rangers		BYE
3	18/05/1912	Eskgrove	3	Blackstone Rovers	3	Pineapple Ground	Source: Qld Times 20 May 1912
3	18/05/1912	Toowong	3	Ipswich Railway Workshops	3	Toowong	Source: Qld Times 20 May 1912
3	18/05/1912	Dinmore Bush Rats	3	Wellington	0	Dinmore	Source: Qld Times 20 May 1912
3	18/05/1912	Valley	L	Bulimba Rangers	W	New Farm	Result inferred from the points table in The Referee (Sydney) 29 May 1912
3	18/05/1912	Albion		BYE
4	25/05/1912	Blackstone Rovers	3	Ipswich Railway Workshops	1	Blackstone	Source: Qld Times 27 May 1912
4	25/05/1912	Valley	0	Dinmore Bush Rats	3	New Farm	Source: Qld Times 27 May 1912
4	25/05/1912	Albion	W	Wellington	L	Albion	Result inferred from the points table in The Referee (Sydney) 17 July 1912
4	25/05/1912	Bulimba Rangers	W	Toowong	L	Bulimba	Result inferred from the points table in The Referee (Sydney) 17 July 1912
4	25/05/1912	Eskgrove		BYE
5	1/06/1912	Ipswich Railway Workshops	0	Bulimba Rangers	5	Sandy Gallop	Qld Times 03/06/1912
5	1/06/1912	Dinmore Bush Rats	0	Eskgrove	0	Dinmore	Qld Times 03/06/1912. Full name of the venue: Reliance Ground, Dinmore
5	1/06/1912	Wellington	2	Blackstone Rovers	3	Pineapple Ground	Qld Times 03/06/1912
5	1/06/1912	Toowong	L	Albion	W	Toowong	Result inferred from the points table in The Referee (Sydney) 17 July 1912
5	1/06/1912	Valley		BYE
6	15/06/1912	Bulimba Rangers	4	Dinmore Bush Rats	0	Bulimba	Brisbane Courier 17/06/1912; Referee 19/06/1912
6	15/06/1912	Wellington	1	Eskgrove	0	Pineapple Ground	Brisbane Telegraph 17/06/1912; Referee 19/06/1912
6	15/06/1912	Albion	0	Valley	1	Albion	Brisbane Telegraph 17/06/1912; Referee 19/06/1912
6	15/06/1912	Blackstone Rovers	3	Toowong	0	Blackstone	Brisbane Telegraph 17/06/1912
6	15/06/1912	Ipswich Railway Workshops		BYE
7	22/06/1912	Bulimba Rangers	2	Blackstone Rovers	2	Bulimba	Qld Times 24/06/1912
7	22/06/1912	Eskgrove	W	Ipswich Railway Workshops	L		Result inferred from the points table in The Referee (Sydney) 17 July 1912
7	22/06/1912	Dinmore Bush Rats	W	Albion	L		Result inferred from Bush Rats having 11 points at this stage: The Referee (Sydney) 10 July 1912.
7	22/06/1912	Toowong	D	Valley	D		Result inferred from the points table in The Referee (Sydney) 17 July 1912
7	22/06/1912	Wellington		BYE
8	29/06/1912	Blackstone Rovers	1	Dinmore Bush Rats	1	Blackstone	Brisbane Courier 01/07/1912
8	29/06/1912	Albion	0	Ipswich Railway Workshops	3	Exhibition Ground	Brisbane Courier 01/07/1912; Qld Times 06/07/1912
8	29/06/1912	Wellington	L	Bulimba Rangers	W		Result inferred from the points table in The Referee (Sydney) 17 July 1912
8	29/06/1912	Eskgrove	L	Valley	W		Result inferred from the points table in The Referee (Sydney) 17 July 1912
8	29/06/1912	Toowong		BYE
9	6/07/1912	Albion	1	Blackstone Rovers	7	Albion	Qld Times 08/07/1912
9	6/07/1912	Bulimba Rangers	W	Eskgrove	L		Result inferred from the points table in The Referee (Sydney) 17 July 1912
9	6/07/1912	Wellington	D	Valley	D		Result inferred from the points table in The Referee (Sydney) 17 July 1912
9	6/07/1912	Ipswich Railway Workshops	L	Toowong	W		Result inferred from the points table in The Referee (Sydney) 17 July 1912
9	6/07/1912	Dinmore Bush Rats		BYE
10	13/07/1912	Albion	0	Bulimba Rangers	1	Albion	Brisbane Telegraph 15/07/1912
10	13/07/1912	Eskgrove	1	Valley	2	Pineapple Ground	Brisbane Telegraph 15/07/1912
10	13/07/1912	Toowong	3	Dinmore Bush Rats	1	Toowong	Brisbane Telegraph 15/07/1912
10	13/07/1912	Ipswich Railway Workshops	1	Wellington	3	Ipswich	Brisbane Telegraph 15/07/1912
10	13/07/1912	Blackstone Rovers		BYE
11	20/07/1912	Valley	1	Blackstone Rovers	6	New Farm	Brisbane Telegraph 22/07/1912
11	20/07/1912	Wellington	2	Toowong	1	Pineapple Ground	Brisbane Telegraph 22/07/1912
11	20/07/1912	Albion	2	Eskgrove	1	Albion	Brisbane Telegraph 22/07/1912
11	20/07/1912	Ipswich Railway Workshops	XXX	Dinmore Bush Rats	XXX		If the game was played, the result in unknown
11	20/07/1912	Bulimba Rangers		BYE
12	27/07/1912	Wellington	2	Dinmore Bush Rats	0	Pineapple Ground	Brisbane Telegraph 29/07/1912
12	27/07/1912	Bulimba Rangers	W	Valley	L	Bulimba	Brisbane Telegraph 29/07/1912. Valley forfeited the Challenge Cup Match. Friendly match: Bulimba won 6-1.
12	27/07/1912	Blackstone Rovers	3	Eskgrove	0	Blackstone	Brisbane Telegraph 29/07/1912
12	27/07/1912	Ipswich Railway Workshops	XXX	Toowong	XXX		If the game was played, the result in unknown
12	27/07/1912	Albion		BYE
13	3/08/1912	Wellington	6	Albion	2	Pineapple Ground	Brisbane Telegraph 05/08/1912
13	3/08/1912	Toowong	1	Bulimba Rangers	2	Toowong	Brisbane Telegraph 05/08/1912
13	3/08/1912	Ipswich Railway Workshops	L	Blackstone Rovers	W		Inferred result, as Blackstone Rovers had 19 points at this stage: Hobart Mercury 24 August 1912
13	3/08/1912	Dinmore Bush Rats	XXX	Valley	XXX		If the game was played, the result in unknown
13	3/08/1912	Eskgrove		BYE
14	24/08/1912	Blackstone Rovers	1	Wellington	0	Blackstone
14	24/08/1912	Bulimba Rangers	W	Ipswich Railway Workshops	L		Inferred result. Bulimba won because one point behind Blackstone: Qld Times 21 September 1912
14	24/08/1912	Eskgrove	XXX	Dinmore Bush Rats	XXX		If the game was played, the result in unknown
14	24/08/1912	Albion	XXX	Toowong	XXX		If the game was played, the result in unknown
14	24/08/1912	Valley		BYE
15	31/08/1912	Toowong	L	Blackstone Rovers	W	Toowong	Qld Times 02/09/1912
15	31/08/1912	Dinmore Bush Rats	0	Bulimba Rangers	0	Dinmore	Qld Times 02/09/1912
15	31/08/1912	Valley	0	Albion	5	New Farm	Brisbane Courier 02/09/1912
15	31/08/1912	Eskgrove	XXX	Wellington	XXX		If the game was played, the result in unknown
15	31/08/1912	Ipswich Railway Workshops		BYE
16	7/09/1912	Blackstone Rovers	3	Bulimba Rangers	1	Blackstone	Sources: Qld Times 9 September 1912 and Qld Times 14 September 1912. See Note 3 below
16	7/09/1912	Ipswich Railway Workshops	0	Eskgrove	3	Ipswich Showgrounds	Forfeited by Ipswich Railways at half-time. Both teams poorly represented, Railways had 7 players.
16	7/09/1912	Albion	4	Dinmore Bush Rats	2	Albion	Source: Brisbane Courier 9 September 1912
16	7/09/1912	Valley	XXX	Toowong	XXX		If the game was played, the result in unknown
16	7/09/1912	Wellington		BYE
17	14/09/1912	Dinmore Bush Rats	0	Blackstone Rovers	4	Dinmore	Source: Qld Times 16 September 1912
17	14/09/1912	Ipswich Railway Workshops	XXX	Albion	XXX		If the game was played, the result in unknown
17	14/09/1912	Bulimba Rangers	D	Wellington	D		Brisbane Telegraph 11/10/1912
17	14/09/1912	Valley	XXX	Eskgrove	XXX		If the game was played, the result in unknown
17	14/09/1912	Toowong		BYE
18	21/09/1912	Blackstone Rovers	10	Albion	0	Blackstone	Source: Qld Times 23 September 1912. Albion played with 9 men
18	17/08/1912	Eskgrove	L	Bulimba Rangers	W		Inferred result. See Note 4 below
18	21/09/1912	Valley	XXX	Wellington	XXX		If the game was played, the result in unknown
18	21/09/1912	Toowong	XXX	Ipswich Railway Workshops	XXX		If the game was played, the result in unknown
18	21/09/1912	Dinmore Bush Rats		BYE

Note 1: Abbreviations in the results for matches where the result is known, but the score is unavailable: W = Won; D = Drew; L = Lost; XXX = No record of result or if the match was played.

Note 2: Round 1 Valley vs. Eskgrove result inferred as neither team was listed as a winner in Referee 15/05/1912 and Eskgroves had 3 points up to Round 3 (Referee 29/05/1912).

Note 3: Round 16 Blackstone Rovers vs. Bulimba Rangers was the decisive match that determined the premiership.

Note 4: Round 18 Eskgrove vs. Bulimba Rangers result inferred. 'Bulimba lost to Blackstone by a very narrow margin' (Brisbane Courier 19/10/1912). Bringing the match date forward to 17 August 1912 matches reports that Blackstone had a game in hand at Rounds 17 & 18 (Qld Times 21/09/1912 & Referee 25/09/1912)

Brisbane Charity Cup -- 1912 -- Results

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Notes and references
Semi-Finals
5/10/1912	Blackstone Rovers	W	Dinmore Bush Rats	L	Blackstone	Inferred result as Blackstone Rovers competed in the final
12/10/1912	Bulimba Rangers	3	Wellington	1	Bowen Bridge Ground	Brisbane Telegraph 14/10/1912
Final
19/10/1912	Bulimba Rangers	1	Blackstone Rovers	0	Bowen Bridge Ground	Brisbane Telegraph 21/10/1912

Note 1: The top four teams were eligible for this competition.

Note 2: The full name of the venue used for the two games played in Brisbane was: 'Rugby Union's No. 2 Ground, Bowen Hills'. This ground was used due to the unavailability of other grounds.

Ipswich and West Moreton British Football Association (WMBFA)

Ipswich and West Moreton British FA -- 1912 season

Queensland tables

Season 1912 index

Complete final season tables -- Australia 1912 -- Index

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