Irish school hockey competition
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 20 wins (16 outright wins and 4 shared wins).
The current holder is Royal Belfast Academical Institution .
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]
(one finalist missing )
Finals
(records incomplete)
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Sources
^ a b Belfast Newsletter . 23 April 1920. p. 3.
^ Belfast Newsletter . 1 May 1922. p. 6.
^ Belfast Newsletter . 26 April 1923. p. 2.
^ Belfast Newsletter . 12 April 1924. p. 2.
^ Belfast Newsletter . 9 April 1925. p. 10.
^ Belfast Newsletter . 15 April 1926. p. 2.
^ Belfast Newsletter . 30 March 1927. p. 5.
^ Belfast Newsletter . 3 April 1928. p. 2.
^ Belfast Newsletter . 27 April 1928. p. 2.
^ Belfast Newsletter . 3 May 1929. p. 2.
^ Belfast Newsletter . 8 April 1930. p. 2.
^ Northern Whig . 11 April 1931. p. 5.
^ Northern Whig . 5 April 1932. p. 2.
^ Belfast Newsletter . 5 April 1932. p. 12.
^ Northern Whig . 30 March 1933. p. 8.
^ Belfast Newsletter . 8 March 1934. p. 12.
^ Belfast Newsletter . 5 March 1935. p. 2.
^ Northern Whig . 4 March 1936. p. 11.
^ Northern Whig . 8 April 1937. p. 14.
^ Belfast Newsletter . 28 February 1938. p. 2.
^ Belfast Newsletter . 2 March 1939. p. 3.
^ Belfast Newsletter . 10 March 1939. p. 2.
^ Northern Whig . 18 March 1940. p. 3.
^ Northern Whig . 22 March 1940. p. 3.
^ Northern Whig . 6 March 1944. p. 4.
^ "Newry's valiant effort to win cup". Belfast Newsletter . 4 April 1947. p. 6.
^ Northern Whig . 20 March 1948. p. 3.
^ Northern Whig . 17 March 1949. p. 4.
^ Northern Whig . 3 April 1950. p. 2.
^ Northern Whig . 19 March 1951. p. 5.
^ Ireland's Saturday Night . 28 March 1953. p. 7.
^ Belfast Newsletter . 8 April 1954. p. 7.
^ Ireland's Saturday Night . 2 April 1955. p. 8.
^ Ireland's Saturday Night . 24 March 1956. p. 8.
^ Belfast Newsletter . 31 March 1960. p. 7.
^ Belfast Newsletter . 16 March 1961. p. 8.
^ Belfast Newsletter . 12 April 1962. p. 5.
^ Belfast Newsletter . 11 April 1963. p. 9.
^ Ireland's Saturday Night . 18 April 1964. p. 2.
^ Belfast Newsletter . 8 April 1965. p. 14.
^ Belfast Newsletter . 25 April 1966. p. 13.
^ Belfast Newsletter . 9 March 1967. p. 11.
^ Ulster Star . 23 March 1968. p. 35.
^ Mid Ulster Mail . 12 April 1969. p. 14.
^ Ireland's Saturday Night . 20 March 1971. p. 3.
^ Ireland's Saturday Night . 17 March 1973. p. 2.
^ Ireland's Saturday Night . 16 March 1974. p. 2.
^ "Burney Cup". Belfast Newsletter . 17 March 1975. p. 10.
^ Ireland's Saturday Night . 15 March 1975. p. 2.
^ Ireland's Saturday Night . 20 March 1976. p. 4.
^ Ireland's Saturday Night . 15 March 1980. p. 4.
^ "Campbell win a cup thriller". Belfast Newsletter . 13 March 1986. p. 27.
^ "Bangor suffer more cup agony". Belfast Newsletter . 19 March 1987. p. 31.
^ Belfast Newsletter . 24 March 1994. p. 32.
^ Belfast Newsletter . 18 March 1995. p. 22.
^ Belfast Newsletter . 28 March 1996. p. 34.
^ Belfast Newsletter . 20 March 1997. p. 43.
^ "Banbridge boys retain Burney Cup" . BBC Sport. 22 March 2006. Retrieved 21 March 2007 .
^ "Banbridge complete Burney treble" . BBC Sport. 21 March 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2007 .
^ "Cookstown triumph in Burney final" . BBC Sport. 12 March 2008. Retrieved 12 March 2008 .
^ "Schoolboys' Cup kings" . www.newsletter.co.uk. 12 March 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2019 .
^ "Cookstown retain Burney Cup crown" . BBC Sport. 4 March 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2009 .
^ "Hat-trick hero Ian wins it for mum" . Belfast Telegraph. 5 March 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2009 .
^ "Banbridge win Burney Cup final" . BBC Sport. 16 March 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2010 .
^ "Banbridge a Burney six-hit" . Belfast Telegraph. 24 March 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2011 .
^ "Battling Cookstown High lose out in Burney final" . Mid Ulster Mail. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2011 .
^ "Banbridge beat Friends in Burney final" . BBC Sport. 21 March 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2012 .[permanent dead link ]
^ "Banbridge Academy beat Sullivan Upper in Burney Cup final" . BBC Sport. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2013 .
^ "Banbridge Academy beat Sullivan in Burney Cup final" . Belfast Newsletter. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2013 .
^ "Wallace beat Banbridge Academy in Burney Cup decider" . BBC Sport. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015 .
^ "Ryan Getty finishes his Wallace career on high" . Belfast Telegraph. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2016 .
^ "Ulster Hockey" . Archived from the original on 2017-04-30. Retrieved 2017-03-27 .
^ "Friends win Burney Cup after beating Sullivan Upper" . newsletter.co.uk . 2018-03-15. Retrieved 2020-08-09 .
^ BBC
^ Ulster Hockey
^ Ulster Hockey
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