Boom & Bust: Sports

Rowing was popular in the 1880s. There were sculling races on the Bremer and an Ipswich Grammar School crew beat Brisbane Grammar School in a regatta.

Bremer Echoes, a publication by the Ipswich Genealogical Society included a history of early football in Ipswich.

The first soccer game played in Ipswich took place on the North Ipswich Reserve on 26 June 1886. Ipswich became officially involved with the Association from 1887. In 1889, the Association changed its name to the Queensland British Football Association. In the 1890s the game was well promoted and popular in Queensland; Maryborough and Rockhampton also having strong association football teams. Intercolonial matches were staged and in 1914 Brisbane hosted the second annual conference of the Commonwealth Football Association.

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