The
Queensland Bulls are the
BrisbaneBrisbane is the state capital of the Australian state of Queensland and is the largest city in that state. With an estimated population of approximately 2 million, it is also the third most populous city in Australia....
-based
QueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia that occupies the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
representative
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team in Australia's domestic cricket tournaments:
- Sheffield Shield, 4-day matches with first-class status, since the 1926/27 season
- Ford Ranger One Day Cup, a one-day (50 over per side) tournament with List-A status, since its inception in 1969/70
- KFC Twenty20 Big Bash
The KFC Twenty20 Big Bash is the domestic Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. The competition is organised by Cricket Australia, and sponsored by fast food chicken outlet KFC....
, a 20 overs per sideTwenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in the United Kingdom for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003...
tournament, since its inception in 2005/06
1824 to 1926/27
The first European settlement in
QueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia that occupies the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
was a penal colony established at
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in 1824, which moved to
BrisbaneBrisbane is the state capital of the Australian state of Queensland and is the largest city in that state. With an estimated population of approximately 2 million, it is also the third most populous city in Australia....
the following year. Free settlers first arrived in 1842.
The earliest evidence of cricket being played in Queensland is in 1857, two years prior to separation from
New South WalesNew South Wales is Australia's most populous state, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria, south of Queensland and east of South Australia...
and statehood. A match between
BrisbaneBrisbane is the state capital of the Australian state of Queensland and is the largest city in that state. With an estimated population of approximately 2 million, it is also the third most populous city in Australia....
and
IpswichIpswich is a city situated on the Bremer River in South East Queensland, Australia. It is located approximately 40 kilometres south-west of the state capital, Brisbane.-History:...
was held in 1859 while in 1860, a Toowoomba team played
DalbyDalby is a Scandinavian place name meaning "valley settlement", during the Viking Age, the name was brought to England and it later also became an English surname...
. By 1862, there were also teams in
WarwickWarwick is a town in Queensland, Australia, lying south-west of Brisbane. It is the administrative centre of the Southern Downs Local Government Area. In 2006 the town of Warwick had a population of 12,562....
,
MaryboroughMaryborough may refer to:* Maryborough, Queensland, a town in Australia* Maryborough, Victoria, another town in Australia* Port Laoise in Ireland was established in 1556 as "the Fort of Maryborough" and was renamed 1922 to "Portlaoise"....
, Gayndah,
GympieGympie may refer to:* Gympie, Queensland* Gympie Airport* Dendrocnide moroides, a plant...
,
RockhamptonRockhampton can refer to:* Rockhampton, Queensland is a city in Queensland, Australia* Rockhampton City, Queensland, a suburb of Rockhampton, Queensland* Rockhampton, South Gloucestershire is a village in South Gloucestershire, England...
and the Lockyer Valley.
Queensland's first inter-colonial (i.e. representative) match was in 1864 when their XXII was beaten by a New South Wales XI. In 1875, Queensland recorded their first victory when their XVIII beat the NSW XI. That victory was a catalyst for the formation of the Queensland Cricket Association in 1876. Queensland was finally granted first-class status in 1892/93,
winning its inaugural first-class match against NSW in that season by 14 runs.
Queensland rarely played more than two
inter-colonial matches per season from 1892/93, with generally one match (and often both) against
New South WalesThe New South Wales Blues are an Australian first class cricket team based in Sydney, New South Wales...
. The tyranny of distance and non-professional nature of the players severely limited opportunities for more first-class competition during this period.
The Sheffield Shield competition commenced in 1892/93 but Queensland's initial applications for admission were refused. Despite their minimal first-class exposure, Queensland still produced four Australian Test players prior to their Sheffield Shield debut, though none played more than six Tests. The first was the colourful Arthur Coningham who played his only Test in 1895. Remarkably, he took a wicket with his very first delivery (it was also the first ball of the Test). He also scored Queensland's initial first-class century, 151 against NSW.
1910/11 was a very successful as Queensland recorded three first-class wins for the first time, beating NSW home and away and Victoria in Melbourne in their only three games of the summer.
1926/27 to 1963/64
Queensland was finally admitted to the Sheffield Shield in 1926/27 and had a successful debut year, defeating NSW in their first ever Shield match and also eventual winners SA in their only meeting. Like most new teams the side struggled to maintain thet level of performance and finished last in the (then) four-team competition 15 times in its first 19 seasons. However the decision to include Queensland quickly paid off with the emergence of regular
TestTest cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. It is generally considered the ultimate test of playing ability in the sport.The name "Test" may have arisen from the idea that the matches are a "test of strength and competency" between the sides involved...
players such as
Bill BrownWilliam "Bill" Alfred Brown OAM was an Australian cricketer who played 22 Tests between 1934 and 1948, captaining his country in one Test. A right-handed opening batsman, his partnership with Jack Fingleton in the 1930s is regarded as one of the finest in Australian Test history...
,
Don TallonDonald Tallon was an Australian cricketer who played 21 Test matches as a wicket-keeper between 1946 and 1953...
,
Percy HornibrookPercival Mitchell Hornibrook was an Australian cricketer who played in 6 Tests from 1929 to 1930....
and
Ron OxenhamRonald Keven Oxenham was an Australian cricketer who played in 7 Tests from 1928 to 1931....
. Brisbane hosted its first Test match in 1928/29 when Australia met England at the
Exhibition GroundThe Brisbane Exhibition Ground , is a showground established in Brisbane during 1875 especially for Ekka . The Exhibition ground is owned and operated by the Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland...
.
By the early 1950s Queensland had a very competitive side and was regularly finishing in the top three of the (now) five team Shield following
Western Australia'sThe Western Warriors are an Australian first class cricket team based in Perth, Western Australia...
admission in 1946/47. In 1956/57 they finished an agonising one point behind winners NSW. More Australian players were produced, including
Ron ArcherThis article is about the cricket player. For Ron Archer see Ted WhiteRonald Graham Archer was an Australian Test cricketer who was born in Highgate Hill, Queensland...
,
Wally GroutArthur Theodore Wallace Grout was a Test cricketer who kept wicket for Australia and Queensland.Grout played in 51 Test matches between 1957 and 1965...
,
Ken 'Slasher' MackayKenneth Donald Mackay was an Australian cricketer who played in 37 Tests from 1956 to 1963....
and
Peter BurgePeter John Parnell Burge was an Australian cricketer who played in 42 Tests between 1955 and 1966...
. Another highlight of this period was the dramatic
Tied TestTied Test refers to two matches of Test cricket, the first in 1960 and the second in 1986, both of which ended as a tie: that is, the aggregate scores of both teams were equal at the conclusion of play, and the side batting last had completed its innings with all 10 batsmen being out. Both Tied...
between Australia and the West Indies at the Gabba in 1960/61.
1964/65 to 1972/73
This period was undoubtedly Queensland's worst era, finishing last eight times in nine Shield seasons. Rock bottom was reached in 1967/68 when the side failed to win a single game. The QCA decided to recruit high-profile interstate players to revive the team's fortunes.
Greg ChappellGregory Stephen Chappell, MBE is a former cricketer who captained Australia between 1975 and 1977 and then joined the breakaway World Series Cricket organisation, before returning to the Australian captaincy in 1979, a position he held upon his retirement 1983...
was vice-captain of
South AustraliaThe Southern Redbacks, are also known as the West End Redbacks with their sponsorship agreement with local brewers West End, are an Australian first class cricket team based in Adelaide, South Australia. It competes in the first class competition the Sheffield Shield, the limited overs Ford Ranger...
under brother
IanIan Michael Chappell is a former cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia. He captained Australia between 1971 and 1975 before taking a central role in the breakaway World Series Cricket organisation...
and was lured north for the 1973/74 season with the promise of the Queensland captaincy. Emerging pace bowler
Jeff ThomsonJeffrey Robert Thomson is a former Australian cricketer. Known as "Thommo", he was one of the fastest bowlers ever to play Test cricket and was the opening partner of fellow fast bowler Dennis Lillee; their combination was one of the most fearsome in Test cricket history...
followed the next year.
1973/74 to 1993/94
The addition of Chappell and Thomson to a side containing players such as
Sam TrimbleSamuel Christy Trimble was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for the Queensland Bulls between 1959/60 and 1975/76....
,
Martin KentMartin Francis Kent is a former Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests and 5 ODIs in 1981.This elegant right-handed batsman was unfortunate to play only three times for his country...
,
Tony DellAnthony Ross Dell is a former Australian cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1970-71 and 1973-74. He was a fast-medium seam bowler who made his debut against England for the vital Seventh Test at Sydney in the 1970-71 Ashes series...
and
Geoff DymockGeoffrey Dymock is a former Australian and Queensland cricketer. He played in 21 Tests and 15 One Day Internationals between 1974 and 1980.-External links:*...
had an immediate impact. Queensland gained four seconds and a third over the next five seasons, as well as winning the domestic one day cup in 1975/76, Queensland's first piece of silverware.
The Queensland teams of the 1980s were even stronger, featuring many outstanding cricketers, both "home-grown" and others attracted from interstate or overseas such as Vivian Richards,
Allan BorderAllan Robert Border, AO is a former Australian cricket captain. His playing nickname was "A.B.". He played 156 Test matches in his career, a record until it was passed by fellow Australian Steve Waugh. Border still retains the world record for the number of consecutive Test appearances of 153...
,
Kepler WesselsKepler Christoffel Wessels was a South African cricketer who captained South Africa after playing 24 Tests for Australia...
,
Carl RackemannCarl Gray Rackemann, born in Wondai, Queensland, is a former Queensland and Australian cricketer. He was a fast bowler in 12 Tests, 52 ODIs and 167 first-class cricket matches in a career spanning 1979–80 to 1995–96....
,
Ian BothamSir Ian Terence Botham, OBE is a former England Test cricketer and Test team captain, and current cricket commentator...
,
Craig McDermottCraig John McDermott is a former Australian cricketer.He was the spearhead of the Australian attack in the late 1980s and early 1990s...
and
Ian HealyIan Andrew Healy is a former cricketer who played for Queensland and Australia. A specialist wicketkeeper and useful right-hand middle-order batsman, he made an unheralded entry to international cricket in 1988, after only six first-class games...
. Queensland were runners up five times in seven seasons in the 1980s (including a heartbreaking one wicket loss to NSW in 1984/85), and won the one-day trophy three more times in this period, but that first Shield win was still elusive.
1994/95 to date
The 68 year wait finally came to an end in the 1994/95 season when
Stuart LawStuart Grant Law OAM is an Australian-born cricketer. Now a British citizen who has settled in England, he is entitled to play international cricket for England, although his age makes this extremely unlikely to come about.After a couple of seasons with the Australian youth team, Law made his...
led Queensland to their inaugural
Sheffield ShieldEstablished in 1892/93, the Sheffield Shield is the premier domestic first class cricket competition in Australia.Each of the six state teams plays an annual double round-robin series of home and away 4-day matches against every other team...
win.
Since their breakthrough win, Queensland has enjoyed a golden era winning the competition a further five times (including three consecutive seasons from 1999/2000 to 2001/02) and also finishing as runners-up five times. Their most recent title, a victory over the
Victorian BushrangersThe Victorian Bushrangers is an Australian cricket team based in Melbourne, that represents the state of Victoria. It is administered by Cricket Victoria and draws its players from Melbourne's Premier Cricket competition...
in 2005-06 saw the Bulls post a massive first innings score of 6-900 and eventually win by a record margin of an innings and 354 runs. Since a final was introduced to the Sheffield Shield competition in the 1982/83 cricket season the Queensland Bulls have contested 16 out of 26 finals. Since Tasmania were admitted in 1977/78, the Bulls have finished in sixth (i.e. last) just twice.
Bulls Mascot
The "Bulls" mascot and nickname were adopted at the commencement of the 1993/94 season.
One Day Cup
8 titles:
- 1975/76
- 1980/81
- 1981/82
- 1988/89
- 1995/96
- 1997/98
- 2006/07
- 2008/09
The 2008–09 Ford Ranger One Day Cup is the 39th season of official List A domestic cricket in Australia. The season began on October 8, 2008 when Western Australia played, New South Wales....
Home Grounds
The side plays most of its home games at the Brisbane Cricket Ground, generally referred to as
"The Gabba"The Gabba is a major sports stadium in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. It is named after the suburb of Woolloongabba, in which it is located. The official name of the ground, however, is still Brisbane Cricket Ground....
, a contraction of the suburb name of
WoolloongabbaWoolloongabba is an inner suburb of Brisbane, Australia located 1km south of the Brisbane CBD.Experts are divided regarding the Aboriginal meaning of the name, preferring either 'whirling waters' or 'fight talk place' . The locals refer to it as The Gabba. -History:The suburb has a significant...
in which it is located. Matches are occasionally played at
Allan Border FieldAllan Border Field is a small cricket ground in the Brisbane suburb of Albion in Queensland. The Australian Cricket Academy has been based at the oval since 2004 using it as a base for the development of elite cricketers throughout Australia...
in
AlbionAlbion is an inner north-eastern suburb of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia.-Geography:Albion is bounded by Wooloowin in the north, Ascot in the east, Newstead in the south, and Windsor to the west, with Breakfast Creek defining the suburb border in its south and south-west...
,
BrisbaneBrisbane is the state capital of the Australian state of Queensland and is the largest city in that state. With an estimated population of approximately 2 million, it is also the third most populous city in Australia....
and
Cazaly's StadiumCazaly's Stadium, formally known as Bundaberg Rum Stadium, is a sports stadium in Cairns, Australia, that is named after former VFL legend Roy Cazaly...
in Cairns. 28 first-class games and two Tests were played at the
Exhibition GroundThe Brisbane Exhibition Ground , is a showground established in Brisbane during 1875 especially for Ekka . The Exhibition ground is owned and operated by the Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland...
between 1893 and 1931.
Famous Players
Queensland has produced more than 50 players who have represented Australia in Test matches , while a number of Test players from other countries have played for the team. For a fuller list of players, see Queensland cricketers
Batting Records
Most runs for Queensland
| Player | Runs | Career |
|---|
| Martin Love Martin Lloyd Love is a former Australian cricketer who played in five Tests from 2002 to 2003. He was a right-handed batsman....
|
10297 |
1992/93 - 2008/09 |
| Stuart Law Stuart Grant Law OAM is an Australian-born cricketer. Now a British citizen who has settled in England, he is entitled to play international cricket for England, although his age makes this extremely unlikely to come about.After a couple of seasons with the Australian youth team, Law made his...
|
9920 |
1988/89 - 2003/04 |
| Jimmy Maher James Patrick Maher is a former Australian cricketer. He is "an attractive left-handed batsman with a clumping cover-drive"....
|
9889 |
1993/94 - 2007/08 |
| Sam Trimble Samuel Christy Trimble was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for the Queensland Bulls between 1959/60 and 1975/76....
|
9465 |
1959/60 - 1975/76 |
Matthew HaydenMatthew Lawrence Hayden is a former Australian cricketer, currently signed on for the Chennai Super Kings in the IPL...
|
8831 |
1991/92 - 2007/08 |
Allan BorderAllan Robert Border, AO is a former Australian cricket captain. His playing nickname was "A.B.". He played 156 Test matches in his career, a record until it was passed by fellow Australian Steve Waugh. Border still retains the world record for the number of consecutive Test appearances of 153...
|
7661 |
1980/81 - 1995/96 |
Highest individual score:
- Martin Love
Martin Lloyd Love is a former Australian cricketer who played in five Tests from 2002 to 2003. He was a right-handed batsman....
300* vs Victoria in 2003/04
Most centuries:
- Martin Love
Martin Lloyd Love is a former Australian cricketer who played in five Tests from 2002 to 2003. He was a right-handed batsman....
28
Most runs in a season:
- Stuart Law
Stuart Grant Law OAM is an Australian-born cricketer. Now a British citizen who has settled in England, he is entitled to play international cricket for England, although his age makes this extremely unlikely to come about.After a couple of seasons with the Australian youth team, Law made his...
1204 runs in 1990/91
Highest partnership:
- Kepler Wessels
Kepler Christoffel Wessels was a South African cricketer who captained South Africa after playing 24 Tests for Australia...
and Robbie KerrRobert Byers Kerr is a former Australian cricketer who played in 2 Tests and 4 ODIs in 1985....
388 vs in 1982/83
Highest team score:
- 900-6d vs Victoria in 2005/06
Bowling Records
Most wickets for Queensland
| Player | Wickets | Average |
|---|
| Michael Kasprowicz Michael Scott Kasprowicz is a former Australian Test cricketer. He is a right arm fast bowler, effective outfielder and useful lower order batsman, and has enjoyed a successful career both in Australia and in the English county scene since making his debut for Queensland as a seventeen year old in...
|
498 |
1989/90 - 2007/08 |
| Andy Bichel Andrew John Bichel is a retired Australian cricket player and the current bowling coach of the Kolkata Knight Riders team of the Indian Premier League....
|
463 |
1992/93 - 2007/08 |
| Carl Rackemann Carl Gray Rackemann, born in Wondai, Queensland, is a former Queensland and Australian cricketer. He was a fast bowler in 12 Tests, 52 ODIs and 167 first-class cricket matches in a career spanning 1979–80 to 1995–96....
|
425 |
1979/80 - 1995/96 |
| Jeff Thomson Jeffrey Robert Thomson is a former Australian cricketer. Known as "Thommo", he was one of the fastest bowlers ever to play Test cricket and was the opening partner of fellow fast bowler Dennis Lillee; their combination was one of the most fearsome in Test cricket history...
|
349 |
1974/75 - 1985/86 |
Craig McDermottCraig John McDermott is a former Australian cricketer.He was the spearhead of the Australian attack in the late 1980s and early 1990s...
|
329 |
1983/84 - 1995/96 |
| Geoff Dymock Geoffrey Dymock is a former Australian and Queensland cricketer. He played in 21 Tests and 15 One Day Internationals between 1974 and 1980.-External links:*...
|
309 |
1971/72 - 1981/82 |
Most wickets in a season:
- Michael Kasprowicz
Michael Scott Kasprowicz is a former Australian Test cricketer. He is a right arm fast bowler, effective outfielder and useful lower order batsman, and has enjoyed a successful career both in Australia and in the English county scene since making his debut for Queensland as a seventeen year old in...
64 wickets in 1995/96
Most wickets in an innings:
- Peter Allan
Peter Allan was an English recluse and eccentric who carved rocks in the Marsden Bay at Marsden, South Shields into a house.- Early life :...
10-61 vs Victoria in 1965/66
Most wickets in a match:
- Peter Allan
Peter Allan was an English recluse and eccentric who carved rocks in the Marsden Bay at Marsden, South Shields into a house.- Early life :...
13-110 vs NSW in 1968/69
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