Foley Shield

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The Foley Shield is a rugby league competition in North Queensland administered by the Queensland Rugby League.

Prior to 1948 an inter-town competition known as the Carlton Cup was contested in North Queensland. This was revamped, and renamed in honour of Arch Foley, a member of the 1918 Townsville representative team that travelled north to Cairns, and south throughout Central Queensland. He was a founding member of the Townsville Souths rugby league club, and with later Australian Prime Minister Arthur Fadden formed the North Queensland Rugby League in 1919.

In 1948 the competition was structured into a Northern Zone (Cairns, Babinda, Tully and Eacham) and a Southern Zone (Mackay, Ayr and Townsville). The following year, a Central Zone (Herbert River, Charters Towers and Home Hill) was added. The grand final was played in Townsville, and was a highlight of the rugby league calendar.

The Foley Shield continued to be held annually until the introduction of the state-wide Queensland Cup competition in 1996. In 2000 the competition was reinstated, and it is currently contested by Cairns, Mackay and Townsville. In previous years it has also been contested by Ayr, Babinda, Burdekin, Eacham, Herbert River, Innisfail, Mount Isa, Tully and Whitsunday.

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[edit] Results

[edit] 2007

Date Match Venue
1 April Townsville def. Mackay 40-28 Rugby Park, Ayr
8 April Cairns def. Mackay 54-20 Junior Rugby League Grounds, Mackay

[edit] 2006

Date Match Venue
15 April Mackay 40-36 Cairns Junior Rugby League Grounds, Mackay
17 April Townsville 32-16 Cairns Ingham Showgrounds, Ingham
6 May Cairns 20-16 Townsville Davies Park, Mareeba
20 May Towsnville 34-6 Mackay Proserpine
3 June Townsville def. Mackay 50-34 Bill Lewis Oval, Charters Towers
24 June Cairns def. Mackay 42-20 Babinda
15 July Cairns def. Townsville 24-22 Townsville Sports Reserve, Townsville

[edit] 2005

Date Match Venue
26 March Cairns 34-22 Townsville Gordonvale
9 April Cairns 68-6 Mackay Tully Showgrounds, Tully
1 May Cairns 26-20 Townsville Ingham Showgrounds, Ingham
21 May Cairns 34-26 Mackay Mackay
18 June Mackay 34-12 Townsville Rugby Park, Ayr
9 July Mackay 22-12 Townsville Mackay Norths, Mackay
31 July Cairns 36-32 Mackay Townsville Sports Reserve, Townsville

[edit] 2004

Date Match Venue
27 March Cairns 42-18 Mackay Walkerston
10 April Mackay 40-22 Mount Isa Townsville Sports Reserve, Townsville
10 April Townsville 36-26 Cairns Townsville Sports Reserve, Townsville
11 April Cairns 52-12 Mount Isa Townsville Sports Reserve, Townsville
11 April Mackay 38-20 Townsville Townsville Sports Reserve, Townsville
6 May Townsville 30-6 Mount Isa Mount Isa
7 May Mackay 32-22 Cairns Callendar Park, Innisfail
22 May Townsville 44-20 Mackay Moranbah
July 3 Cairns 42-30 Townsville NQ Hardware Stadium, Atherton
July 24 Mackay 44-28 Cairns Townsville Sports Reserve, Townsville

[edit] 2003

Date Match Venue
April 12 Townsville 48-10 Mount Isa Alex Inch Oval, Mount Isa
April 12 Mackay 36-34 Cairns Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
April 25 Mackay 34-20 Mount Isa Townsville Sports Reserve, Townsville
April 25 Townsville 37-18 Cairns Townsville Sports Reserve, Townsville
April 26 Cairns 34-28 Mount Isa Townsville Sports Reserve, Townsville
April 26 Townsville 36-26 Mackay Townsville Sports Reserve, Townsville
May 24 Townsville 36-12 Mackay Ray Edmonds Oval, Sarina
21 June Cairns 40-6 Mackay Tully Showgrounds, Tully
9 July Cairns 30-24 Townsville Dairy Farmers Stadium, Towsville
27 September Towsville 28-26 Cairns Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville

[edit] Grand final results 1948-2005

  • 1948: Babinda 7 defeated Ayr 2
  • 1949: Townsville 22 defeated Cairns 13
  • 1950: Ayr 23 defeated Cairns 15
  • 1951: Babinda 19 defeated Ayr 15
  • 1952: Herbert River 15 defeated Babinda 4
  • 1953: Cairns 18 defeated Townsville 15
  • 1954: Ayr 18 defeated Cairns 12
  • 1955: Cairns 26 defeated Townsville 17
  • 1956: Townsville 23 defeated Cairns 16
  • 1957: Townsville 38 defeated Cairns 15
  • 1958: Cairns 29 defeated Townsville 15
  • 1959: Mackay 29 defeated Cairns 18
  • 1960: Innisfail 12 defeated Herbert River 9
  • 1961: Eacham 35 defeated Mackay 10
  • 1962: Townsville 8 defeated Eacham 3
  • 1963: Tully 29 defeated Burdekin 15
  • 1964: Innisfail 30 defeated Townsville 8
  • 1965: Herbert River 14 defeated Cairns 7
  • 1966: Cairns 14 defeated Townsville 10
  • 1967: Townsville 16 defeated Innisfail 15
  • 1968: Innisfail 22 defeated Mackay 12
  • 1969: Mount Isa 12 defeated Townsville 9
  • 1970: Cairns 12 defeated Townsville 9
  • 1971: Cairns 37 defeated Whitsunday 6
  • 1972: Mount Isa 19 defeated Innisfail 16
  • 1973: Whitsunday 19 defeated Innisfail 16
  • 1974: Cairns 12 defeated Mount Isa 6
  • 1975: Innisfail 15 defeated Townsville 4
  • 1976: Cairns 11 defeated Townsville 10
  • 1977: Mount Isa 18 defeated Innisfail 16
  • 1978: Mount Isa 15 defeated Mackay 12
  • 1979: Mount Isa 26 defeated Townsville 6
  • 1980: Herbert River 18 defeated Burdekin 13
  • 1981: Mount Isa 13 defeated Innisfail 9
  • 1982: Townsville 25 drew with Herbert River 25 (both teams were declared joint winners after the scores were tied after extra time)
  • 1983: Mount Isa 22 defeated Townsville 10
  • 1984: Mackay 21 defeated Mount Isa 4
  • 1985: Mount Isa 26 defeated Burdekin 2
  • 1986: Cairns 36 defeated Townsville 34
  • 1987: Townsville 30 defeated Cairns 26
  • 1988: Mount Isa 22 defeated Mackay 18
  • 1989: Innisfail-Eacham 40 defeated Mackay 12
  • 1990: Innisfail-Eacham 28 defeated Cairns 14
  • 1991: Mackay 30 defeated Cairns 22
  • 1992: Mackay 31 defeated Mount Isa 12
  • 1993: Cairns 30 defeated Mackay 24
  • 1994: Mackay 22 defeated Cairns 6
  • 1995: Cairns 34 defeated Mackay 24
  • 2000: Townsville 40 defeated Mackay 16
  • 2001: Townsville 28 defeated Cairns 24
  • 2002: Townsville 28 defeated Cairns 22
  • 2003: Townsville 28 defeated Cairns 26
  • 2004: Mackay 44 defeated Cairns 28
  • 2005: Cairns 36 defeated Mackay 32
  • 2006: Cairns 24 defeated Townsville 22

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