Foley Shield

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.

Results

2007

2004

2003

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

ources

History

* [http://queensland.rleague.com Rleague.com World of Rugby League Queensland website]
* [http://forums.rleague.com/showthread.php?t=14541 World of Rugby League Forums]
* [http://rl1908.com/Clubs/Queensland-Cowboys.htm RL1908 website]
* [http://www.cowboys.com.au/History.asp North Queensland Cowboys website]
* [http://www.fullbottle.com/foleyshield/index.htm Foley Shield Website]

Results

* [http://townsvillebulletin.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,19213522%255E14793,00.html "Stinging Comeback"] , retrieved 22 May, 2006.