Queensland Premier Cricket

Queensland Premier Cricket
AdministratorQueensland Cricket
Format2 Day, 1 Day & T20
First edition1897/98
Tournament formatHome & Away
Number of teams12
Current championWestern Suburbs
Most successfulSouth Brisbane (21)
Toombul (21)

Queensland Premier Cricket is the top cricket competition played in Queensland, Australia. The competition was founded under the name Brisbane Electoral Cricket in 1897 and eventually came to be known as Brisbane Grade Cricket, but has since expanded to take in teams from Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, and Ipswich.

As of the 2019/20 season there were six grades in the Two-Day Bulls Masters competition.[1] In addition to the two-day Grade competition there is also a One-Day competition for the John McKnoulty Cup and a T20 competition for the Tom Veivers Trophy.[2] There is also a women's One-Day competition for the Katherine Raymont Shield contested by eight sides as of the 2020/21 season,[3] and a women's T20 competition under Queensland Premier Cricket.[4]

Easts-Redlands are the reigning First Grade premiers, and Gold Coast are the reigning premiers in both the One Day and T20 competitions.

History

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Early years: 1897 - 1915

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The 1894-95 Queensland senior cricket season resulted in great dissatisfaction among cricketers and the public due to poor management of fixtures because more prominent clubs would monopolise cricket grounds and not allow smaller clubs to play regularly throughout the season.[5] As a result of this dissatisfaction in July 1895 a Queensland Cricket Association (Q.C.A.) meeting was held at which it was proposed that electorate cricket be established, which would mean disbanding the various clubs playing senior cricket in Queensland and replacing them with clubs organised by players residing within electorates.[6] The proposal was greeted with enthusiasm, as club cricket was seen as old fashioned, with electorate cricket being a superior way of fostering rivalry and generating local interest in the sport,[7] although an obstacle was securing cricket grounds in each electorate to accommodate a club.[6]

In April 1897 the National Cricket Union held a committee to submit proposals for an electorate cricket competition to be established in Brisbane in collaboration with the Q.C.A. for the 1897-98 season.[8][9] In May the Q.C.A. held a meeting to formally discuss an electorate competition and appoint a committee to determine electorate boundaries and residential qualifications, and after discussion the decision to form an electoral competition was carried unanimously.[10] In July 1897 the Q.C.A. decided to amalgamate with the National Cricket Union and rescinded its constitution, by-laws, and other rules and regulations, drafting new ones in keeping with electoral cricket with amendments suggests by the National body,[11] and began planning a campaign to form the electorate clubs.[12] In August the National Cricket Union pulled out of the amalgamation at the last minute, however the Q.C.A. pushed on forming subcommittees for each electorate to pursue forming clubs.[13]

In October 1897 the inaugural Brisbane electorate cricket season began with the following clubs competing: North Brisbane, South Brisbane, Fortitude Valley, Toombul, Toowong, and Woolloongabba.[14] Enoggera also formed a side but were unable to participate in the first season as they formed after fixtures had been scheduled, but the Queensland Cricket Association scheduled non-competition matches for the club to play.[15] The season was regarded as disappointing, with the standard of cricket being poor and attendance being low, although a large amount of rain affected games was cited as a potential reason for low engagement.[16]

In the 1898/99 season a Nundah club joined the competition and a Grammar School side began competing in the B Grade competition.[17] Enoggera was unable to join the competition in 1898/99 but did finally compete in the 1899/1900 season,[18] and in the 1900/01 season a Bundamba club joined the competition.[19] By the 1901/02 season the Enoggera Club had become a general sports club and did not compete in the competition,[20] and Nundah had merged with Toombul.[21]

In 1913 the Queensland Cricket Association reconstituted the competition redrawing the electorate club boundaries to accommodate the following clubs: North Brisbane, South Brisbane, Woolloongabba, Toowong, Valley, Toombul, Nundah, and University.[22] In 1915 the Q.C.A. suspended the competition due to the First World War,[23] although in what would have been the 1916-17 season the Association secretary did schedule a handful of friendly matches between sides.[24]

Recent events

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the competition was suspended in 2020 however in September 2020 it became the first Australian state cricket competition to begin the 2020/21 season under Cricket Australia's Return to Play guidelines, which stipulated that the ball must be cleaned with a disinfectant wipe every forty minutes, that saliva could not be used to shine the ball, and that umpires could not hold bowlers hats during overs.[25] In January 2021 Greater Brisbane entered a three-day lockdown due to the virus and accordingly the competition was suspended for one week and Queensland Cricket announced it would "continue to monitor the situation closely."[26]

Women's cricket: 1997 to present

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The Queensland Women's Premier Grade One-Day competition for the Katherine Raymont Shield was first held in the 1997/98 season. A women's second-grade One-Day competition for the Jodie Fields Shield was established in 2001/02 and a T20 competition was established in 2009/10.[27] Clubs with women's first-grade sides competing as of 2017 were Western Suburbs, University of Queensland, Valley, Gold Coast, and Sandgate-Redcliffe.[28]

Queensland women's cricket has expanded in recent years with Ipswich-Logan joining the first-grade competition in 2018/19, Wynnum-Manly and Redlands joining with a combined side in 2019/20, Sunshine Coast joining in 2020/21,[29] and South Brisbane aiming to field a women's side to join in the 2022/23 season as of 2021.[30]

Current teams

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Colours Club First season Last season Grade Titles One-Day Titles T20 Titles
Easts-Redlands District 1897/98 Present 13 2 0
Gold Coast District 1990/91 Present 2 4 4
Ipswich Logan District 2012/13 Present 0 0 0
Northern Suburbs District 1927/28 Present 8 6 1
Sandgate-Redcliffe District 1961/62 Present 5 3 3
South Brisbane District 1897/98 Present 21 4 0
Sunshine Coast District 1994/95 Present 1 1 0
Toombul District 1897/98 Present 21 2 0
University of Queensland 1912/13 Present 14 14 6
Valley District 1897/98 Present 11 6 3
Western Suburbs District 1921/22 Present 15 3 0
Wynnum Manly District 1961/62 Present 5 5 1

Defunct teams

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Colours Club First season Last season Grade Titles One-Day Titles T20 Titles
Beenleigh Logan Electorate 1994/95 2011/12 0 0 0
Bundamba Electorate 1900/01 ???? 0 0 0
Colts Electorate ???? ???? 4 0 0
Enoggera Electorate 1899/1900 1900/01 0 0 0
North Brisbane Electorate 1897/98 ???? 2 0 0
Nundah Electorate 1898/99 1901/02 0 0 0
Toowong Electorate 1897/98 ???? 1 0 0

Records

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Batting records

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Highest score

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Score Player Team Season
345 Matt Renshaw Toombul 2018/19
311* Wade Townsend Toombul 2009/10
302 Ryan Le Loux Redlands 2007/08
300* Matthew Goggin Sandgate-Redcliffe 2002/03
285* Peter Clifford Toombul 1986/87
259 Chris Lynn Toombul 2015/16
258* Charles Morgan Valley 1904/05
243 Roy Levy Valley 1934/35
241 Ryan Broad Wynnum-Manly 2005/06
Source: [1]. Last updated: 2021.

Most runs in a season

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Runs Player Team Season
1116 Sam Truloff Western Suburbs 2021/22
1069 Cecil Thompson South Brisbane 1922/23
943 Aub Carrigan Northern Suburbs 1944/45
918 Aaron Nye Western Suburbs 2002/03
911 Jack Hutcheon Toowong 1908/09
903 Nick Kruger Valley 2005/06
882 Dom Michael Northern Suburbs 2012/13
875 Roger Hartigan Woolloongabba 1905/06
873 Ken Mackay Toombul 1948/49
Source: [2]. Last updated: 2021.

Highest season average

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Average Runs Player Team Season
279.66 839 Cecil Thompson South Brisbane 1925/26
203.00 812 Robbie MacDonald Fortitude Valley 1898/99
145.50 873 Ken Mackay Toombul 1948/49
137.25 549 Cecil Thompson South Brisbane 1926/27
125.00 502 Chris Hartley University 2011/12
119.50 239 Don Tallon South Brisbane 1945/46
112.33 337 Ron Oxenham Toombul 1927/28
108.14 757 Sam Trimble Western Suburbs 1961/62
Source: [3]. Last updated: 2021.

Bowling records

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Best bowling

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Bowling Player Team Season
10/13 Sandy Morgan University 1967/68
10/14 Gil Hardcastle Toombul 1934/35
10/16 Charles Barstow Toombul 1920/21
10/18 Joe Dawes Valley 1998/99
10/26 D. Little University 1964/65
10/27 F. Speare Western Suburbs 1963/64
10/30 Charles Barstow South Brisbane 1909/10
10/32 Ron Oxenham Toombul 1929/30
Source: [4]. Last updated: 2021.

Most wickets in a season

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Wickets Player Team Season
107 Chilla Christ Western Suburbs 1942/43
101 Charles Barstow Toombul-Windsor 1913/14
100 Michael McCaffrey Western Suburbs 1904/05
87 Charles Barstow Toombul-Windsor 1914/15
86 Charles Barstow Toombul-Windsor 1906/07
86 Percy Hornibrook Toombul 1922/23
86 J. Lincoln Eastern Suburbs 1943/44
84 William Hayes South Brisbane 1905/06
Source: [5]. Last updated: 2021.

Best season bowling average

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Average Wickets Player Team Season
5.29 54 Thomas Byrne Woolloongabba 1898/99
5.81 73 John McLaren Fortitude Valley 1910/11
5.95 46 Ron Oxenham Toombul 1934/35
6.10 39 Charles Barstow South Brisbane 1912/13
6.50 ?? John McLaren Fortitude Valley 1918/19
6.68 54 Ron Oxenham Toombul 1929/30
6.69 52 Ron Oxenham Toombul 1924/25
7.00 25 James Cockburn Colts 1936/37
Source: [6]. Last updated: 2021.

Premierships

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Season First Grade One-Day T20
1897/98 Woolloongabba – –
1898/99 North Brisbane – –
1899/1900 Woolloongabba – –
1900/01 South Brisbane – –
1901/02 Fortitude Valley – –
1902/03 Toowong – –
1903/04 South Brisbane – –
1904/05 Toombul – –
1905/06 Woolloongabba – –
1906/07 South Brisbane – –
1907/08 South Brisbane – –
1908/09 South Brisbane – –
1909/10 South Brisbane – –
1910/11 Woolloongabba – –
1911/12 Toombul-Windsor – –
1912/13 South Brisbane – –
1913/14 Toombul-Windsor – –
1914/15 Fortitude Valley – –
1915/16 – – –
1916/17 – – –
1917/18 – – –
1918/19 Fortitude Valley – –
1919/20 Fortitude Valley – –
1920/21 Toombul-Windsor – –
1921/22 Toombul – –
1922/23 Toombul – –
1923/24 Wests – –
1924/25 Toombul – –
1925/26 Toombul – –
1926/27 Toombul – –
1927/28 Toombul – –
1928/29 Fortitude Valley – –
1929/30 Toombul – –
1930/31 Fortitude Valley – –
1931/32 Wests – –
1932/33 Toombul – –
1933/34 Norths – –
1934/35 Toombul – –
1935/36 South Brisbane – –
1936/37 Wests – –
1937/38 Colts – –
1938/39 Easts – –
1939/40 South Brisbane – –
1940/41 University – –
1941/42 Toombul – –
1942/43 Wests – –
1943/44 Easts – –
1944/45 Wests – –
1945/46 Toombul – –
1946/47 Toombul – –
1947/48 Wests – –
1948/49 Wests – –
1949/50 Colts – –
1950/51 Colts – –
1951/52 Easts – –
1952/53 Toombul – –
1953/54 Easts – –
1954/55 Toombul – –
1955/56 Norths – –
1956/57 Easts – –
1957/58 Wests – –
1958/59 Wests – –
1959/60 University – –
1960/61 Wests – –
1961/62 South Brisbane – –
1962/63 South Brisbane – –
1963/64 South Brisbane – –
1964/65 University – –
1965/66 Colts – –
1966/67 South Brisbane – –
1967/68 University – –
1968/69 South Brisbane – –
1969/70 University – –
1970/71 Norths – –
1971/72 Norths – –
1972/73 Norths Valley –
1973/74 University Valley –
1974/75 Valley Wynnum-Manly –
1975/76 University Sandgate-Redcliffe –
1976/77 South Brisbane Wynnum-Manly –
1977/78 South Brisbane Norths –
1978/79 Norths Wynnum-Manly –
1979/80 Easts South Brisbane –
1980/81 Wynnum-Manly - –
1981/82 Wynnum-Manly Norths –
1982/83 Wynnum-Manly South Brisbane –
1983/84 South Brisbane Norths –
1984/85 Valley Norths –
1985/86 South Brisbane South Brisbane –
1986/87 Norths Valley –
1987/88 Wests University –
1988/89 South Brisbane Wests –
1989/90 Easts South Brisbane –
1990/91 South Brisbane Sandgate-Redcliffe –
1991/92 Toombul University –
1992/93 University Gold Coast –
1993/94 Toombul University –
1994/95 Valley University –
1995/96 Wynnum-Manly Sunshine Coast –
1996/97 Valley Valley –
1997/98 Sandgate-Redcliffe Toombul –
1998/99 Sandgate-Redcliffe East-Redlands –
1999/2000 Sandgate-Redcliffe Wynnum-Manly –
2000/01 South Brisbane Valley –
2001/02 Sandgate-Redcliffe Norths –
2002/03 Gold Coast University –
2003/04 Sandgate-Redcliffe University –
2004/05 Wests Norths –
2005/06 Sunshine Coast Wests University
2006/07 University University Norths
2007/08 Wests University University
2008/09 Gold Coast University Wynnum-Manly
2009/10 Toombul Gold Coast Gold Coast
2010/11 Wynnum-Manly University University
2011/12 University University University
2012/13 Toombul Toombul Valley
2013/14 Valley University Valley
2014/15 University Wynnum-Manly University
2015/16 East-Redlands University Sandgate-Redcliffe
2016/17 Wests University Sandgate-Redcliffe
2017/18 Norths[31] Sandgate-Redcliffe Sandgate-Redcliffe
2018/19 University[32] Valley[33] Valley
2019/20 University[34] Wests[35] University
2020/21 University[36] East-Redlands[37] Gold Coast[38]
2021/22 Western Suburbs[39] Gold Coast[40] Gold Coast[40]
2022/23 Easts-Redlands Gold Coast[41] Gold Coast[42]
2023/24 Norths Norths Ipswich
2024/25 - University Valley
Source: [7]. Last updated: 2024.

See also

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References

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