30-671: Queensland Cricket , formerly known as the Queensland Cricket Association, is the governing body of Cricket in Queensland, Australia. Formed in 1876, it is directly responsible for the Queensland Bulls , Queensland Fire , Allan Border Field and Queensland Premier Cricket . Terry Svenson is the current CEO of the body, and Kirsten Pike is Chair of the Board of Directors. Queensland Premier Cricket
60-561: A final meeting after the match had taken place to settle the accounts and consider preparations for future engagements. As of February 1865 another Intercolonial match had been proposed and the Intercolonial Cricket Match Committee was reformed with responsibility for an Intercolonial Match Fund. The Committee was forced to change practice days for the Queensland side in March due to a scheduling clash with
90-606: A match : English cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 1876%E2%80%9377 The Australia and New Zealand tour of the England cricket team in 1876–77 was at the time considered to be another professional first-class cricket tour of the colonies, as similar tours had occurred previously, but retrospectively it became classified as the first Test cricket tour of Australia by the English cricket team . The English team
120-425: A number of Test players from other countries have played for the team. For a fuller list of players, see Queensland cricketers . 9 titles: 10 titles: Most runs for Queensland Highest individual score : Most centuries : Most runs in a season : Highest partnership : Highest team score : Most wickets for Queensland Most wickets in a season : Most wickets in an innings : Most wickets in
150-540: Is sometimes referred to as James Lillywhite 's XI. In all, they played 23 matches but only three including the two Tests are recognised as first-class . The first match started at the Adelaide Oval on 16 November 1876 and the last at the same venue on 14 April 1877. There were fifteen matches in Australia and, between January and March, eight in New Zealand. A rival tour had been proposed by Fred Grace but
180-615: The Queensland Bulls is the Brisbane -based Queensland representative cricket side in Australia's domestic cricket tournaments: The first European settlement in Queensland was a penal colony established at Redcliffe in 1824, which moved to Brisbane 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 Wales and statehood . A match between Brisbane and Ipswich
210-410: The 1980s were even stronger, featuring many outstanding cricketers, both "home-grown" like Craig McDermott , Carl Rackemann and Ian Healy and others attracted from interstate or overseas such as Vivian Richards , Allan Border , Kepler Wessels and Ian Botham . 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
240-473: The Association for every twenty members with a maximum of five delegates. An objection was raised at the meeting, suggesting that clubs with over one hundred members would be under-represented, but concerns were dismissed with the reasoning that it was better to encourage many small clubs rather than a small number of large clubs. The first meeting of the delegates of the Q.C.A. was held on 5 April 1876, at
270-587: The Australian Hotel in Brisbane, at which a subcommittee drafted Association rules which were decided on at a second meeting on 20 April. In late April 1876 the Q.C.A. received a letter regarding an English cricket team which was to tour Australia and had offered to visit Queensland if the Association could cover costs. The Association made an offer of 600 pounds in total for the English XI to visit
300-651: The Brisbane Cricket Club, and in May the Committee proposed that in order to improve the practice and proficiency of the Queensland side a Queensland Cricket Association should be formed composed of delegates from each club who would be under the direction of the Committee itself, and in June the body was formed and inaugurated, however by 1866 it had disbanded. In January 1867 a media report observed that cricket
330-574: The Bulls have finished in sixth (i.e. last) place just twice. The primary club colour of Queensland Bulls is Maroon which represents the state colour of Queensland . The secondary club colour is Gold , with additional contrasting colour of white . The "Bulls" mascot and nickname were adopted at the commencement of the 1993/94 season. The side plays most of its home games at the Brisbane Cricket Ground, generally referred to as "
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#1732783041267360-770: The Gabba ", a contraction of the suburb name of Woolloongabba in which it is located. Matches are occasionally played at Allan Border Field in Albion , Brisbane and Cazaly's Stadium in Cairns . 28 first-class games and two Tests were played at the Exhibition Ground between 1893 and 1931. Players with international caps are listed in bold . Source(s): QLD Bulls – Players Queensland has produced more than 50 players who have represented Australia in Test matches , while
390-612: The captain of the Gympie cricket team complained that the Queensland Cricket Association had refused to schedule a match between a Brisbane and Gympie side, and in November the body was harshly criticized as being a "so-called "Queensland Cricket Association" which has never held a meeting or done an act within the memory of man." In March 1876 a meeting was held at the Royal Hotel in Brisbane attended by approximately fifty at which it
420-569: The colony which was rejected. In September the Q.C.A. drew up rules for a "Challenge Cup" competition for clubs to compete in, and the inaugural 1876–77 season began in October marking the beginning of senior club cricket under the Q.C.A.. The Queensland Women’s Cricket Association was founded in the 1920s, but only began formally in 1929, with the Wynnum Women’s Cricket team. In this team Edna Newfong and Mabel Crouch were chosen as players,
450-688: The decision to include Queensland quickly paid off with the emergence of regular Test players such as Bill Brown , Don Tallon , Percy Hornibrook and Ron Oxenham . Brisbane hosted its first Test match in 1928/29 when Australia met England at the Exhibition Ground . 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's admission in 1946/47. In 1956/57, they finished an agonising one point behind winners NSW. More Australian players were produced, including Ron Archer , Wally Grout , Ken 'Slasher' Mackay and Peter Burge . Another highlight of this period
480-574: The first Aboriginal women to represent Australia in any sport. It was a major achievement in the 1930s as Aboriginal women had to face both racist and sexist disadvantages, all the while being under the control of the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act 1897 , which legally restricted civil rights to Aboriginal people. Queensland Bulls First-class One-day The Queensland men's cricket team or
510-545: The one-day trophy three more times in this period, but their first Shield win still proved elusive. The 68-year wait finally came to an end in the 1994/95 season when Stuart Law led Queensland to their inaugural Sheffield Shield win after finishing last the previous year. Since their breakthrough win, Queensland has enjoyed a golden era, winning the competition a further eight times (including three consecutive seasons from 1999/2000 to 2001/02) and also finishing as runners-up seven times. Since Tasmania were admitted in 1977/78,
540-410: 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
570-470: The summer. 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 South Australia in their only meeting. Like most new teams, the side struggled to maintain that level of performance and finished last in the (then) four-team competition 15 times in its first 19 seasons. However,
600-506: The visit be held in trust for a Queensland Cricketing Association if it was formed, and in September a Queensland Cricket Association was established in Brisbane. The Association was still in existence as of 1874, however in May that year the Association observed that many clubs were not represented in the body and it was decided that it should print and distribute its rules and urge clubs to appoint delegates as soon as possible. In April 1875
630-532: 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 to 1893, with generally one match (and often both) against New South Wales . The tyranny of distance and non-professional status of
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#1732783041267660-476: Was cancelled, enabling most of the best players of the Australian colonies to participate in two matches against James Lillywhite 's side. Fred Spofforth , widely regarded as the best Australian fast bowler, controversially withdrew from the first match in protest over the omission of Billy Murdoch as wicket-keeper. Starting on 15 March 1877 the two sides played two matches, later designated Test matches, and
690-546: Was founded for the 1897/98 season as the premier competition for Brisbane cricket clubs but it has since expanded to represent wider South East Queensland with Ipswich, Gold Coast, and Sunshine Coast teams competing. Other grade competitions affiliated with Queensland Cricket include Townsville Cricket , and Cricket Far North . An early effort to administ rate cricket in Queensland came in December 1863 when an Intercolonial Cricket Match between Queensland and New South Wales
720-581: Was held in 1859 while in 1860 a Toowoomba team played Dalby . By 1862 there were also teams in Warwick , Maryborough , Gayndah , Gympie , Rockhampton 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
750-552: Was lured north for the 1973/74 season with the promise of the Queensland captaincy. Emerging pace bowler Jeff Thomson followed the next year. The addition of Chappell and Thomson to a side containing players such as Sam Trimble , Martin Kent , Tony Dell and Geoff Dymock 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
780-415: Was proposed and a 'Central Intercolonial Cricket Match Committee' was formed in Queensland in order to make preliminary arrangements, which included making alterations to a cricket ground to accommodate the match. In May 1864 the Committee organized for a Brisbane side to play an Ipswich side in order to determine which players should represent Queensland against New South Wales. In July 1864 the Committee held
810-451: Was proposed to form a new body in Brisbane to be called the Queensland Cricket Association (Q.C.A.) and the proposal was unanimously carried. The body was to have a committee consisting of a President, two vice-presidents, a secretary, and a treasurer, to be elected by delegates of member cricket clubs. It was decided that for a club to qualify for membership in the Association it must have twenty members and that clubs would have one delegate in
840-540: 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 season 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
870-504: Was the dramatic Tied Test between Australia and the West Indies at the Gabba in 1960/61. 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 Chappell was vice-captain of South Australia under brother Ian and
900-467: Was thriving in Queensland, with approximately six clubs in Brisbane and active clubs also existing in Ipswich and Toowoomba, and proposed that a Queensland Cricket Association be formed to settle disputes in the sport noting that other colonies already had such bodies. In March an Indigenous Cricket team visited Brisbane, and a committee formed to organize matches decided to save any surplus funds raised for
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