Burney Cup
Sport | Field hockey |
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Founded | 1920 |
No. of teams | 19 (season 2013-14) |
Most recent champion(s) | Royal Belfast Academical Institution |
Most titles | Friends' School Lisburn 16 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 20 wins (16 outright wins and 4 shared wins).
The current holder is Royal Belfast Academical Institution.
Eligibility
[edit]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
[edit]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]
Performance table
[edit](one finalist missing)
School | Wins | Shared | Beaten Finalists | Total Finals | Last Title |
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Wallace High School | 19 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 2023 |
Friends School Lisburn | 16 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 2018 |
Banbridge Academy | 14 | 0 | 16 | 30 | 2022 |
Cookstown High School | 14 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 2009 |
Royal Belfast Academical Institution | 14 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 2024 |
Ballycastle High School | 9 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 1964 |
Newry High School | 6 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 1984 |
Methodist College Belfast | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1999 |
Campbell College | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 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 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2017 |
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
[edit](records incomplete)
1920s
[edit]Year | Winner | Runner-up | Notes | ||
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1920 | Royal Belfast Academical Institution | 6 | 1 | Belfast Royal Academy | [1] |
1921 | Belfast Royal Academy | ||||
1922 | Belfast Royal Academy | 1 | 0 | Cavan Royal School | [2] |
1923 | Banbridge Technical School | 3 | 2 | Cavan Royal School | [3] |
1924 | Banbridge Technical School | 3 | 1 | Methodist College | [4] |
1925 | Ballycastle High School | 2 | 0 | Friends School Lisburn | [5] |
1926 | Ballycastle High School | 2 | 1 | Shaftesbury House | after extra time[6] |
1927 | Shaftesbury House | 2 | 0 | Ballycastle High School | [7] |
1928 | Ballycastle High School | 3 | 0 | Friends School Lisburn | Replay - Game 1: 1-1[8][9] |
1929 | Banbridge Academy | Ballycastle High School | Replay - Game 1: 2-2[10] |
1930s
[edit]Year | Winner | Runner-up | Notes | ||
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1930 | Ballycastle High School | 2 | 1 | Banbridge Academy | [11] |
1931 | Ballyclare Intermediate Schoola | 1 | 0 | Lisburn Intermediate Schoolb | [12] |
1932 | Banbridge Academy | 4 | 3 | Ballycastle High School | after extra time[13][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][22] |
1940s
[edit]Year | Winner | Runner-up | Notes | ||
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1940 | Friends School Lisburn | 3 | 2 | Banbridge Academy | AET in replay, Game 1: 1-1 2 x ET[23][24] |
1941 | |||||
1942 | |||||
1943 | |||||
1944 | Friends School Lisburn | 4 | 0 | Bushmills Grammar School | [25] |
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[26] |
1948 | Newry Intermediate Schoolc | 1 | 0 | Friends School Lisburn | [27] |
1949 | Friends School Lisburn | 1 | 0 | Methodist College | [28] |
1950s
[edit]Year | Winner | Runner-up | Notes | ||
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1950 | Newry Grammar School | 2 | 1 | Bushmills Grammar School | [29] |
1951 | Bushmills Grammar School | 3 | 0 | Cookstown High School | [30] |
1952 | Friends School Lisburn | 2 | 1 | Bushmills Grammar School | |
1953 | Friends School Lisburn | 4 | 0 | Cookstown High School | [31] |
1954 | Friends School Lisburn | 3 | 2 | Banbridge Academy | [32] |
1955 | Cookstown High School | 1 | 0 | Bushmills Grammar School | [33] |
1956 | Banbridge Academy | 1 | 0 | Newry Grammar School | [34] |
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
[edit]Year | Winner | Runner-up | Notes | ||
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1960 | Friends School Lisburn | 2 | 0 | Bushmills Grammar School | [35] |
1961 | Royal Belfast Academical Institution | 2 | 1 | Banbridge Academy | [36] |
1962 | Ballycastle High School & Bushmills Grammar School | 0 | 0 | TROPHY SHARED | [37] |
1963 | Friends School Lisburn & Royal Belfast Academical Institution |
0 | 0 | TROPHY SHARED | After extra time[38] |
1964 | Ballycastle High School | 3 | 0 | Strabane Grammar School | [39] |
1965 | Methodist College | 1 | 0 | Ballycastle High School | [40] |
1966 | Friends School Lisburn | 2 | 0 | Methodist College | [41] |
1967 | Royal Belfast Academical Institution | 2 | 1 | Newry High School | [42] |
1968 | Friends School Lisburn & Royal Belfast Academical Institution |
0 | 0 | TROPHY SHARED | [43] |
1969 | Cookstown High School | 2 | 1 | Royal Belfast Academical Institution | [44] |
1970s
[edit]Year | Winner | Runner-up | Notes | ||
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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[45] |
1972 | Cookstown High School | 2 | 1 | Kilkeel High School | |
1973 | Cookstown High School | 2 | 0 | Wallace High School | [46] |
1974 | Cookstown High School | 1 | 0 | Newry High School | [47] |
1975 | Friends School Lisburn | 2 | 0 | Royal Belfast Academical Institution | [48][49] |
1976 | Friends School Lisburn & Cookstown High School |
1 | 1 | TROPHY SHARED | After extra time[50] |
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
[edit]Year | Winner | Runner-up | Notes | ||
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1980 | Cookstown High School | 4 | 0 | Bangor Grammar School | [51] |
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 | [52] |
1987 | Royal Belfast Academical Institution | 4 | 0 | Bangor Grammar School | [53] |
1988 | Royal Belfast Academical Institution | 3 | 0 | Bangor Grammar School | |
1989 | Wallace High School | 3 | 1 | Newry High School |
1990s
[edit]Year | Winner | Runner-up | Notes | ||
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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 | [54] |
1995 | Royal Belfast Academical Institution | 2 | 1 | Friends School Lisburn | [55] |
1996 | Cookstown High School | 1 | 0 | Royal Belfast Academical Institution | [56] |
1997 | Cookstown High School | 1 | 0 | Bangor Grammar School | [57] |
1998 | Royal Belfast Academical Institution | 3 | 0 | Bangor Grammar School | |
1999 | Methodist College | 3 | 0 | Campbell College |
2000s
[edit]Year | Winner | Runner-up | Notes | ||
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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 School | [58] |
2007 | Banbridge Academy | 3 | 2 | Cookstown High School | [59] |
2008 | Cookstown High School | 6 | 3 | Royal and Prior School, Raphoe | after extra time[60][61] |
2009 | Cookstown High School | 4 | 3 | Banbridge Academy | [62][63] |
2010s
[edit]Year | Winner | Runner-up | Notes | ||
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2009-10 | Banbridge Academy | 3 | 0 | Campbell College | [64] |
2010-11 | Banbridge Academy | 5 | 4 | Cookstown High School | [65][66] |
2011-12 | Banbridge Academy | 3 | 2 | Friends School Lisburn | [67] |
2012-13 | Banbridge Academy | 3 | 1 | Sullivan Upper School | [68][69] |
2013-14 | Wallace High School | 3 | 3 | Banbridge Academy | Wallace HS won 4-1 on penalty strokes[70] |
2014-15 | Wallace High School | 3 | 2 | Banbridge Academy | [71] |
2015-16 | Banbridge Academy | 1 | 1 | Sullivan Upper School | Banbridge won 4-1 on p/strokes |
2016-17 | Sullivan Upper School | 3 | 2 | Wallace High School | [72] |
2017-18 | Friends' School, Lisburn | 2 | 1 | Sullivan Upper School | [73] |
2018-19 | Wallace High School | 3 | 3 | Sullivan Upper School | Wallace won on penalties [74] |
2020s
[edit]Year | Winner | Runner-up | Notes | |||
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2019-20 | Friends' School and Sullivan Upper School shared | TROPHY SHARED | [75] | |||
2021-22 | Banbridge Academy | 4 | 1 | Friends School Lisburn | ||
2022-23 | Wallace High School | 1 | 0 | Campbell College | [76] |
Footnote
[edit]- a Ballyclare Intermediate School would later be renamed as Ballyclare High School.[citation needed]
- b Lisburn Intermediate School would later be renamed as Wallace High School.
- c Newry Intermediate School would later be renamed as Newry Grammar School(1948) and then Newry High School(1966).
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