Ipswich and West Moreton Amateur Rugby League 1912
St Paul’s and Seekers didn’t return from the 1910 crop, with Goodna joining the senior ranks.
Starlights went through the season undefeated, with the league awarding the premiership to them after the three competition rounds given they were so far ahead of the field.
Blackstone were strong with Bob Tubman and Yanto Lewis but couldn’t lay a glove on the Stars. Winger Billy Beavis was outstanding, baffling all the local defences. Just before the final competition fixtures, Starlights held the Brisbane premiers Natives, featuring Dobbin Hickey, Paddy Fahey and Hughie Mullins, to a draw at the North Ipswich Reserve in a challenge match.
For the first two rounds, fixtures involving the new Goodna team were played on what was called the ‘Asylum Oval’ at Goodna due to some form of difficulty experienced by the club in travelling to Ipswich. It’s not entirely clear if these games were played on the green-space on the outside of the old ‘asylum’ pictured below, but they may have been. They were certainly played in the vicinity of what is now the Wolston Park precinct.
League Table
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drew | For | Against | +/- | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starlights | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 17 | 77 | 18 |
| Blackstone | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 117 | 49 | 68 | 12 |
| Belvederes | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 45 | 95 | -50 | 4 |
| Goodna | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 42 | 137 | -95 | 2 |
Rounds
Finals
No finals – premiership decided by first-past-the-post.
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