Queensland Bulls

The Queensland Bulls are the Brisbane-based Queensland representative cricket team in Australia's domestic cricket tournaments:

• Sheffield Shield, 4-day matches with first-class status, since the 1926/27 season
• Ford Ranger One Day Cup, a one-day (50 over per side) tournament with List-A status, since its inception in 1969/70
• KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, a 20 overs per side tournament, since its inception in 2005/06

History

1824 to 1926/27

The first European settlement in Queensland was a penal colony established at Redcliffe in 1824, which moved to Brisbane the following year. Free settlers first arrived in 1842.History_of_Queensland#European exploration and settlement

The earliest evidence of cricket being played in Queensland is in 1857, two years prior to separation from New South Wales and statehood. A match between Brisbane and Ipswich was held in 1859 while in 1860 a Toowoomba team played Dalby. By 1862 there were also teams in Warwick, Maryborough, Gayndah, Gympie, Rockhampton and the Lockyer Valley.

Queensland's first inter-colonial (i.e. representative) match was in 1864 when their XXII was beaten by a New South Wales XI. In 1875, Queensland recorded their first victory when their XVIII beat the NSW XI. That victory was a catalyst for the formation of the Queensland Cricket Association in 1876....
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