Barry Cup 1916, Semi-finals
Wests vs Starlights
| Saturday, August 12, 1916 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Venue: North Ipswich Reserve, Ipswich | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Crowd: “estimated to be this season’s record” | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wests | Starlights | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tries: | Tries: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| N Potter, M Scott | Nil | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Goals: | Goals: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nil | Nil | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams* | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Sweeney | 1 | H Biddle | |||||||||||||||||||
| R Corney | 2 | Billy Beavis | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Tracey | 3 | J Birkett | |||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Maguire | 4 | J Patrick | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dobbin Hickey | 5 | T Strover | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fred Cumberland | 6 | T Freese | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mick Scott | 7 | T Theodore | |||||||||||||||||||
| D Butler | 8 | F Turnbull | |||||||||||||||||||
| W Richards | 9 | J Doyle | |||||||||||||||||||
| C Meekin | 10 | J Johnson | |||||||||||||||||||
| W Cuthbertson | 11 | C Hardy | |||||||||||||||||||
| Norm Potter | 12 | H Cain | |||||||||||||||||||
| J Newton | 13 | J Dwyer | |||||||||||||||||||
| *Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: Queensland Times, 14 August, page 6. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Valleys vs Ipswich West End
| Saturday, August 12, 1916 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Venue: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Valleys | Ipswich West End | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Forfeit | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Automatic 20-0 win awarded against the forfeiter, per competition rules.Per reports in the Standard and Times, Ipswich West End could not raise a team to travel and sent a forfeit at the last hour. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: Daily Standard, 14 August, page 7; Queensland Times, 14 August, page 6. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Part of 1916 season
This was it for the two Ipswich teams in the BRL, and it would be another 70 years until the Ipswich district team rejoined. Starlights, led by the great Jimmy Craig, were one of the best teams in the entire state during the 1920s, but they’re now long gone. Ipswich West End are still around and a trip to their home up the end of Chermside Road is well worth it.
