Talk:Victorian Bushrangers

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[edit] Amount of victories by Victorian Bushrangers inconsistent ...

Just a small observation: in the entry on the Pura Cup[1], the Victorian Bushrangers are listed as having won 26 titles over the years that they have been included in the competition. In this entry on the Bushrangers, however, it states that they have won 25 titles.

I have been unable to find out yet which is the correct number, but this should be amended should anyone know how many times the Bushrangers have actually won the Pura Cup in their history.

[edit] Dodgy link?

The article includes a line with the text "(See for a full listing of past players)." there is no link associated with this text, and nor does it refer to anything on the page.

[edit] Nickname

This applies to all the state sides, actually: presumably "Bushrangers" wasn't part of the official team name in 1851, but there's no mention of when the change took place: I'd imagine quite recently. Loganberry (Talk) 15:04, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

I'd be betting it was when they introduced one day cricket. Good one to email the commentators about. MrAngy 07:35, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

No sooner had I said that, did I read this http://www.bulls.com.au/default.asp?PageID=406

The Board of Queensland Cricket made the decision to run with the Bulls name following a surge in the take-up of sporting team names in Brisbane, with rugby league's Brisbane Broncos, basketball's Brisbane Bullets, Australian Football's Brisbane Bears (later to become the Lions), all capturing the following of the sporting public.

Such a concept appealed to the major sponsor of Queensland Cricket, Castlemaine Perkins, and the XXXX Queensland Bulls (later XXXX Gold) were created in time for the 1993-94 season amid a wave of publicity.

The Bulls were the inaugural first-class cricket team in Australia to be identified by a name other than their State home

MrAngy 07:43, 28 August 2007 (UTC)