Burney Cup

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The Burney Cup (Ulster Schoolboys Senior Hockey Cup) is an annual competition involving the strongest schools affiliated to the Ulster Branch of the Irish Hockey Association. The competition is held in the Spring Term of each school year and progress through to the final is via an open draw.

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[edit] History

The trophy was presented by Andrew George Burney of East Antrim Hockey Club.

The first final took place on 22 April 1920 at the Ormeau Road grounds of North of Ireland Rugby & Cricket Club. The final was marked by A C Douglas of RBAI scoring all six goals in his team's victory.[1]

[edit] Performance table

(one finalist missing)

Performance Table
School Wins Shared Beaten Finalists Total Finals
Friends School Lisburn 15 4 8 27
Royal Belfast Academical Institution 13 3 5 21
Cookstown High School 12 1 5 18
Ballycastle High School 9 1 4 14
Banbridge Academy 9 0 12 21
Newry High School 6 0 9 15
Wallace High School 2 0 7 9
Methodist College Belfast 2 0 4 6
Campbell College 2 0 2 4
Belfast Royal Academy 2 0 1 3
Ballyclare High School 2 0 0 2
Banbridge Technical School 2 0 0 2
Bushmills Grammar School 1 1 5 7
Bangor Grammar School 1 0 8 9
Sullivan Upper School 1 0 1 2
Shaftesbury House 1 0 1 2
Kilkeel High School 0 0 2 2
Cavan Royal School 0 0 2 2
Omagh Academy 0 0 1 1
Royal & Prior School, Raphoe 0 0 1 1
Strabane Grammar School 0 0 1 1

[edit] Finals

(records incomplete)

[edit] 1920s

  • 1921 Belfast Royal Academy beat ?
  • 1922 Belfast Royal Academy 1-0 Cavan Royal School[2]
  • 1923 Banbridge Technical School 3-2 Cavan Royal School[3]
  • 1926 Ballycastle High School 2-1 Shaftesbury House (after extra time)[6]
  • 1927 Shaftesbury House 2-0 Ballycastle High School[7]
  • 1928 Ballycastle High School 3-0 Friends School Lisburn (Replay - Game 1: 1-1)

[edit] 1930s

  • 1932 Banbridge Academy 4-3 Ballycastle High School
  • 1933 Ballycastle High School beat Banbridge Academy
  • 1935 Ballyclare Intermediate School 2-1 Banbridge Academy (Replay)
  • 1936 Newry Intermediate Schoolc beat Lisburn Intermediate Schoolb
  • 1937 Ballycastle High School 2-0 Newry Intermediate Schoolc
  • 1938 Ballycastle High School 1-0 Banbridge Academy[8]

[edit] 1940s

  • 1941
  • 1942
  • 1943
  • 1944 Friends School Lisburn 4-0 Bushmills Grammar School
  • 1945 Banbridge Academy 5-2 Friends School Lisburn (Replay - Game 1: 1-1)
  • 1948 Newry Intermediate Schoolc 1-0 Friends School Lisburn

[edit] 1950s

  • 1953 Friends School Lisburn 4-0 Cookstown High School[9]
  • 1955 Cookstown High School 1-0 Bushmills Grammar School[10]
  • 1956 Banbridge Academy 1-0 Newry Grammar School[11]
  • 1958 Friends School Lisburn 2-1 Banbridge Academy

[edit] 1960s

  • 1962 Ballycastle High School 0-0 Bushmills Grammar School (Trophy shared)
  • 1963 Friends School Lisburn 0-0 Royal Belfast Academical Institution (After extra time - trophy shared)
  • 1966 Friends School Lisburn 2-0 Methodist College (Replay)
  • 1968 Friends School Lisburn 0-0 Royal Belfast Academical Institution (Trophy shared)[13]

[edit] 1970s

  • 1975 Friends School Lisburn 2-0 Royal Belfast Academical Institution[18]
  • 1976 Friends School Lisburn 1-1 Cookstown High School (After extra time - trophy shared)[19]
  • 1977 Friends School Lisburn 2-0 Newry High School
  • 1978 Friends School Lisburn 1-0 Kilkeel High School
  • 1979 Newry High School 1-0 Wallace High School

[edit] 1980s

  • 1984 Newry High School 1-0 Royal & Prior School, Raphoe
  • 1985 Cookstown High School 3-2 Wallace High School
  • 1988 Royal Belfast Academical Institution 3-0 Bangor Grammar School
  • 1989 Wallace High School 3-1 Newry High School

[edit] 1990s

  • 1994 Royal Belfast Academical Institution 3-2 Banbridge Academy
  • 1996 Cookstown High School 1-0 Royal Belfast Academical Institution
  • 1997 Cookstown High School 1-0 Bangor Grammar School
  • 1998 Royal Belfast Academical Institution 3-0 Bangor Grammar School

[edit] 2000s

  • 2004 Royal Belfast Academical Institution 1-1 Banbridge Academy (RBAI won on penalties)
  • 2007 Banbridge Academy 3-2 Cookstown High School[22]

[edit] Footnote

  • a Ballyclare Intermediate School would later be renamed as Ballyclare High School.
  • b Lisburn Intermediate School would later be renamed as Wallace High School.
  • c Newry Intermediate School would later be renamed as Newry Grammar School and then Newry High School.

[edit] Source

  1. ^ Belfast Newsletter 23/04/1920 Page 3
  2. ^ Belfast Newsletter 01/05/1922 Page 6
  3. ^ Belfast Newsletter 26/04/1923 Page 2
  4. ^ Belfast Newsletter 12/04/1924 Page 2
  5. ^ Belfast Newsletter 09/04/1925 Page 10
  6. ^ Belfast Newsletter 15/04/1926 Page 2
  7. ^ Belfast Newsletter 30/03/1927 Page 5
  8. ^ Belfast Newsletter 28/02/1938 Page 2
  9. ^ Ireland's Saturday Night 28/03/1953 Page 7
  10. ^ Ireland's Saturday Night 02/04/1955 Page 8
  11. ^ Ireland's Saturday Night 24/03/1956 Page 8
  12. ^ Ireland's Saturday Night 18/04/1964 Page 2
  13. ^ Ulster Star 23/03/1968 Page 35
  14. ^ Mid Ulster Mail 12/04/1969 Page 14
  15. ^ Ireland's Saturday Night 20/03/1971 Page 3
  16. ^ Ireland's Saturday Night 17/03/1973 Page 2
  17. ^ Ireland's Saturday Night 16/03/1974 Page 2
  18. ^ Ireland's Saturday Night 15/03/1975 Page 2
  19. ^ Ireland's Saturday Night 20/03/1976 Page 4
  20. ^ Ireland's Saturday Night 15/03/1980 Page 4
  21. ^ BBC 2006 Final Report. Retrieved on March 21, 2007.
  22. ^ BBC 2007 Final Report. Retrieved on March 21, 2007.

[1] - Ulster Branch of Irish Hockey Union

Information gathered from Belfast Telegraph, Belfast Newsletter and The Northern Whig

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