Burney Cup

Burney Cup
Sport Field hockey
Founded 1920
No. of teams 19 (season 2010-11)
Most recent champion(s) Banbridge Academy
Most titles Friends' School Lisburn
15 outright and 4 shared
Official website Ulster Hockey Burney Cup
Notes
Winners qualify for the All Ireland John Waring Schoolboys Championship

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.

The most successful school is Friends' School Lisburn with 19 wins (15 outright wins and 4 shared wins. The current holder is Banbridge Academy.

Contents

Eligibility

To play in the competition, boys must be 19 years of age and under on 1 April immediately preceding the draw. The draw for the Cup takes places in early January. A fresh draw to determine pairings is held prior to each subsequent round.

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 future Irish rugby union and cricket international A.C. Douglas of Royal Belfast Academical Institution scoring all six goals in his team's victory.[1]

2010-11 competition

Round 1

Round 2

Game 1: Friends School Lisburn 3-3 Sullivan Upper School

Quarter-finals

Game 1: Methodist College Belfast 3-3 Regent House, Newtownards

Semi-finals

Final

Performance table

(one finalist missing)

Performance Table
School Wins Shared Beaten Finalists Total Finals Last Title
Friends School Lisburn 15 4 8 27 1978
Cookstown High School 14 1 6 21 2009
Royal Belfast Academical Institution 13 3 5 21 2004
Banbridge Academy 11 0 13 24 2011
Ballycastle High School 9 1 4 14 1964
Newry High School 6 0 9 15 1984
Wallace High School 2 0 7 9 2001
Methodist College Belfast 2 0 4 6 1999
Campbell College 2 0 3 5 1986
Belfast Royal Academy 2 0 1 3 1922
Ballyclare High School 2 0 0 2 1935
Banbridge Technical School 2 0 0 2 1924
Bushmills Grammar School 1 1 5 7 1962
Bangor Grammar School 1 0 8 9 1983
Sullivan Upper School 1 0 1 2 1993
Shaftesbury House 1 0 1 2 1927
Kilkeel High School 0 0 2 2 NA
Cavan Royal School 0 0 2 2 NA
Royal & Prior School, Raphoe 0 0 2 2 NA
Omagh Academy 0 0 1 1 NA
Strabane Grammar School 0 0 1 1 NA

Finals

(records incomplete)

1920s

Year Winner Runner-up Notes
1920 Royal Belfast Academical Institution 6 1 Belfast Royal Academy [1]
1921 Belfast Royal Academy
1922 Belfast Royal Academy 1 0 Cavan Royal School [4]
1923 Banbridge Technical School 3 2 Cavan Royal School [5]
1924 Banbridge Technical School 3 1 Methodist College [6]
1925 Ballycastle High School 2 0 Friends School Lisburn [7]
1926 Ballycastle High School 2 1 Shaftesbury House after extra time[8]
1927 Shaftesbury House 2 0 Ballycastle High School [9]
1928 Ballycastle High School 3 0 Friends School Lisburn Replay - Game 1: 1-1[10]
1929 Banbridge Academy Ballycastle High School Replay - Game 1: 2-2[11]

1930s

Year Winner Runner-up Notes
1930 Ballycastle High School 2 1 Banbridge Academy [12]
1931 Ballyclare Intermediate Schoola 1 0 Lisburn Intermediate Schoolb [13]
1932 Banbridge Academy 4 3 Ballycastle High School after extra time[14]
1933 Ballycastle High School 2 0 Banbridge Academy [15]
1934 Ballycastle High School 4 3 Newry Intermediate Schoolc after extra time[16]
1935 Ballyclare Intermediate Schoola 2 1 Banbridge Academy [17]
1936 Newry Intermediate Schoolc Lisburn Intermediate Schoolb Replay - Game 1: 1-1[18]
1937 Ballycastle High School 2 0 Newry Intermediate Schoolc [19]
1938 Ballycastle High School 1 0 Banbridge Academy [20]
1939 Banbridge Academy 1 0 Friends School Lisburn Replay - Game 1: 2-2[21]

1940s

Year Winner Runner-up Notes
1940 Friends School Lisburn 3 2 Banbridge Academy AET in replay, Game 1: 1-1 2 x ET[22]
1941
1942
1943
1944 Friends School Lisburn 4 0 Bushmills Grammar School [23]
1945 Banbridge Academy 5 2 Friends School Lisburn Replay - Game 1: 1-1
1946 Friends School Lisburn 4 0 Omagh Academy
1947 Friends School Lisburn 1 0 Newry Intermediate Schoolc After extra time in replay, Game 1: 1-1[24]
1948 Newry Intermediate Schoolc 1 0 Friends School Lisburn [25]
1949 Friends School Lisburn 1 0 Methodist College [26]

1950s

Year Winner Runner-up Notes
1950 Newry Grammar School 2 1 Bushmills Grammar School [27]
1951 Bushmills Grammar School 3 0 Cookstown High School [28]
1952 Friends School Lisburn 2 1 Bushmills Grammar School
1953 Friends School Lisburn 4 0 Cookstown High School [29]
1954 Friends School Lisburn 3 2 Banbridge Academy [30]
1955 Cookstown High School 1 0 Bushmills Grammar School [31]
1956 Banbridge Academy 1 0 Newry Grammar School [32]
1957 Campbell College 3 0 Friends School Lisburn
1958 Friends School Lisburn 2 1 Banbridge Academy
1959 Friends School Lisburn 3 1 Wallace High School

1960s

Year Winner Runner-up Notes
1960 Friends School Lisburn 2 0 Bushmills Grammar School [33]
1961 Royal Belfast Academical Institution 2 1 Banbridge Academy [34]
1962 Ballycastle High School & Bushmills Grammar School 0 0 TROPHY SHARED [35]
1963 Friends School Lisburn &
Royal Belfast Academical Institution		 0 0 TROPHY SHARED After extra time[36]
1964 Ballycastle High School 3 0 Strabane Grammar School [37]
1965 Methodist College 1 0 Ballycastle High School [38]
1966 Friends School Lisburn 2 0 Methodist College [39]
1967 Royal Belfast Academical Institution 2 1 Newry High School [40]
1968 Friends School Lisburn &
Royal Belfast Academical Institution		 0 0 TROPHY SHARED [41]
1969 Cookstown High School 2 1 Royal Belfast Academical Institution [42]

1970s

Year Winner Runner-up Notes
1970 Royal Belfast Academical Institution 1 0 Bangor Grammar School
1971 Friends School Lisburn &
Royal Belfast Academical Institution		 0 0 TROPHY SHARED after extra time[43]
1972 Cookstown High School 2 1 Kilkeel High School
1973 Cookstown High School 2 0 Wallace High School [44]
1974 Cookstown High School 1 0 Newry High School [45]
1975 Friends School Lisburn 2 0 Royal Belfast Academical Institution [46]
1976 Friends School Lisburn &
Cookstown High School		 1 1 TROPHY SHARED After extra time[47]
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

1980s

Year Winner Runner-up Notes
1980 Cookstown High School 4 0 Bangor Grammar School [48]
1981 Newry High School 2 1 Cookstown High School
1982 Banbridge Academy 1 0 Bangor Grammar School
1983 Bangor Grammar School 3 0 Wallace High School
1984 Newry High School 1 0 Royal & Prior School, Raphoe
1985 Cookstown High School 3 2 Wallace High School
1986 Campbell College 2 1 Friends School Lisburn [49]
1987 Royal Belfast Academical Institution 4 0 Bangor Grammar School [50]
1988 Royal Belfast Academical Institution 3 0 Bangor Grammar School
1989 Wallace High School 3 1 Newry High School

1990s

Year Winner Runner-up Notes
1990 Cookstown High School 3 1 Methodist College
1991 Cookstown High School 4 3 Bangor Grammar School after extra time
1992 Royal Belfast Academical Institution 4 1 Cookstown High School
1993 Sullivan Upper 2 2 Banbridge Academy Sullivan won 5-4 on penalties
1994 Royal Belfast Academical Institution 3 2 Banbridge Academy [51]
1995 Royal Belfast Academical Institution 2 1 Friends School Lisburn [52]
1996 Cookstown High School 1 0 Royal Belfast Academical Institution [53]
1997 Cookstown High School 1 0 Bangor Grammar School [54]
1998 Royal Belfast Academical Institution 3 0 Bangor Grammar School
1999 Methodist College 3 0 Campbell College

2000s

Year Winner Runner-up Notes
2000 Royal Belfast Academical Institution 4 0 Newry High School
2001 Wallace High School 3 2 Royal Belfast Academical Institution
2002 Cookstown High School 1 0 Royal Belfast Academical Institution
2003 Royal Belfast Academical Institution 5 2 Banbridge Academy
2004 Royal Belfast Academical Institution 1 1 Banbridge Academy RBAI won on penalties
2005 Banbridge Academy 1 0 Campbell College
2006 Banbridge Academy 4 2 Sullivan Upper [55]
2007 Banbridge Academy 3 2 Cookstown High School [56]
2008 Cookstown High School 6 3 Royal & Prior School, Raphoe after extra time[57]
2009 Cookstown High School 4 3 Banbridge Academy [58][59]

2010s

Year Winner Runner-up Notes
2010 Banbridge Academy 3 0 Campbell College [60]
2011 Banbridge Academy 5 4 Cookstown High School [2][3]

Footnote

Source

  1. ^ a b Belfast Newsletter: p. 3. 23 April 1920. 
  2. ^ a b "Banbridge a Burney six-hit". Belfast Telegraph. 24 March 2011. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/hockey/banbridge-a-burney-sixhit-15124089.html. Retrieved 27 March 2011. 
  3. ^ a b "Battling Cookstown High lose out in Burney final". Mid Ulster Mail. 07 April 2011. http://www.midulstermail.co.uk/sport/other-local-sport/battling_cookstown_high_lose_out_in_burney_final_1_2559182. Retrieved 07 April 2011. 
  4. ^ Belfast Newsletter 01/05/1922 Page 6
  5. ^ Belfast Newsletter 26/04/1923 Page 2
  6. ^ Belfast Newsletter 12/04/1924 Page 2
  7. ^ Belfast Newsletter 09/04/1925 Page 10
  8. ^ Belfast Newsletter 15/04/1926 Page 2
  9. ^ Belfast Newsletter 30/03/1927 Page 5
  10. ^ Belfast Newsletter 03/04/1928 Page 2 & 27/04/1928 Page 2
  11. ^ Belfast Newsletter 03/05/1929 Page 2 &
  12. ^ Belfast Newsletter 08/04/1930 Page 2
  13. ^ Northern Whig 11/04/1931 Page 5
  14. ^ Belfast Newsletter 05/04/1932 Page 12; Northern Whig 05/04/1932 Page 2
  15. ^ Northern Whig 30/03/1933 Page 8
  16. ^ Belfast Newsletter 08/03/1934 Page 12
  17. ^ Belfast Newsletter 05/03/1935 Page 2
  18. ^ Northern Whig 04/03/1936 Page 11 &
  19. ^ Northern Whig 08/04/1937 Page 14
  20. ^ Belfast Newsletter 28/02/1938 Page 2
  21. ^ Belfast Newsletter 02/03/1939 Page 3 & 10/03/1939 Page 2
  22. ^ Northern Whig 18/03/1940 Page 3 & 22/03/1940 Page 3
  23. ^ Northern Whig 06/03/1944 Page 4
  24. ^ "Newry's valiant effort to win cup". Belfast Newsletter: p. 6. 04 April 1947. 
  25. ^ Northern Whig 20/03/1948 Page 3
  26. ^ Northern Whig 17/03/1949 Page 4
  27. ^ Northern Whig 03/04/1950 Page 2
  28. ^ Northern Whig 19/03/1951 Page 5
  29. ^ Ireland's Saturday Night 28/03/1953 Page 7
  30. ^ Belfast Newsletter 08/04/1954 Page 7
  31. ^ Ireland's Saturday Night 02/04/1955 Page 8
  32. ^ Ireland's Saturday Night 24/03/1956 Page 8
  33. ^ Belfast Newsletter 31/03/1960 Page 7
  34. ^ Belfast Newsletter 16/03/1961 Page 8
  35. ^ Belfast Newsletter 12/04/1962 Page 5
  36. ^ Belfast Newsletter 11/04/1963 Page 9
  37. ^ Ireland's Saturday Night 18/04/1964 Page 2
  38. ^ Belfast Newsletter 08/04/1965 Page 14
  39. ^ Belfast Newsletter 25/04/1966 Page 13
  40. ^ Belfast Newsletter 09/03/1967 Page 11
  41. ^ Ulster Star 23/03/1968 Page 35
  42. ^ Mid Ulster Mail 12/04/1969 Page 14
  43. ^ Ireland's Saturday Night 20/03/1971 Page 3
  44. ^ Ireland's Saturday Night 17/03/1973 Page 2
  45. ^ Ireland's Saturday Night 16/03/1974 Page 2
  46. ^ "Burney Cup". Belfast Newsletter: p. 10. 17 March 1975.  & Ireland's Saturday Night: p. 2. 15 March 1975. 
  47. ^ Ireland's Saturday Night 20/03/1976 Page 4
  48. ^ Ireland's Saturday Night 15/03/1980 Page 4
  49. ^ "Campbell win a cup thriller". Belfast Newsletter: p. 27. 13 March 1986. 
  50. ^ "Bangor suffer more cup agony". Belfast Newsletter: p. 31. 19 March 1987. 
  51. ^ Belfast Newsletter 24/03/1994 Page 32
  52. ^ Belfast Newsletter 18/03/1995 Page 22
  53. ^ Belfast Newsletter 28/03/1996 Page 34
  54. ^ Belfast Newsletter 20/03/1997 Page 43
  55. ^ "Banbridge boys retain Burney Cup". BBC Sport. 22 March 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/hockey/4834830.stm. Retrieved 21 March 2007. 
  56. ^ "Banbridge complete Burney treble". BBC Sport. 21 March 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/hockey/6476737.stm. Retrieved 21 March 2007. 
  57. ^ "Cookstown triumph in Burney final". BBC Sport. 12 March 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/hockey/7292875.stm. Retrieved 12 March 2008. 
  58. ^ "Cookstown retain Burney Cup crown". BBC Sport. 04 March 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/7924476.stm. Retrieved 13 March 2009. 
  59. ^ "Hat-trick hero Ian wins it for mum". Belfast Telegraph. 05 March 2009. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/other-sports/hattrick-hero-ian-wins-it-for-mum-14212860.html. Retrieved 13 March 2009. 
  60. ^ "Banbridge win Burney Cup final". BBC Sport. 16 March 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/8571251.stm. Retrieved 17 March 2010. 

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