QUEENSLAND (QLD)
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1916 - BARRY CUP MOTOR CYCLE RACE
The fifty mile Barry Cup road race was best described as the most important motorcycling event held in Queensland in its era, Races were held from 1916 through till 1938.
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1916 - BARRY CUP MOTOR CYCLE RACE 14th October 1916The first newspaper mention of the cup was in September 1916. the report did not state were the race was held.
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1916 - ALDERMAN M. J. BARRYAlderman M. J. Barry later Mayor of Brisbane donated the Barry Cup
1916 - BARRY CUP MOTOR CYCLE RACE 14th October 1916The race was held on the 14th of October 1916 and the results were.
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1917 - BARRY CUP MOTOR CYCLE RACE
To date no newspaper reports have been found of any Barry Cup motorcycle race meetings being held in 1917.
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1918 - BARRY CUP MOTOR CYCLE RACE
To date no newspaper reports have been found of any Barry Cup motorcycle race meetings being held in 1918.
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1919 - BARRY CUP MOTOR CYCLE RACE
To date no newspaper reports have been found of any Barry Cup motorcycle race meetings being held in 1919.
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1920 - BARRY CUP MOTOR CYCLE RACE
In 1920 reports stated that the course was on the Wynnum - Cleveland road, the program consisted of Motor Cycles and Sidecars.
The winner of that years race was A Cooper riding a 7hp Indian taking nearly 76 minutes to cover the 50 mile course.
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1921 - BARRY CUP MOTOR CYCLE RACE
In 1921 the race was held on the 15th of October 1921, The locaction in currently unknown.
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1922 - BARRY CUP MOTOR CYCLE RACE
There is beleived to have been an event run in 1922, To date no Date, Location or Results have been found.
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1923 - BARRY CUP MOTOR CYCLE RACE
There is beleived to have been an event run in 1923. To date no Date, Location or Results have been found.
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1924 - BARRY CUP MOTOR CYCLE RACEIn 1924. They always appeared to be handicap races often of of four different events. The start finish line was at the Tingalpa Hotel.
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1925 - BARRY CUP MOTOR CYCLE RACEAllan Archibald was the winner of the 1925 Barry Cup motorcycle race, The date and the Location of the event is unknown at this point.
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1926 - BARRY CUP MOTOR CYCLE RACEAt this point a Date is not known, However we do know that the location for the race was at the Logan Reserve course. the result were as follows.
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1928 - BARRY CUP MOTOR CYCLE RACE 24th November 1928The 1928 Barry Cup for Motor Cycles was run on the 24th of November 1928, the results were as per the newspaper report.
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1929 - BARRY CUP MOTOR CYCLE RACE
The 1929 event was again run at the Kingston course, The winner was Ian Gillies on his 2 3/4 hp Levies machine, a date is unknown at this point.
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1930 - BARRY CUP MOTOR CYCLE RACE 19th July 1930The 1930 race was run on the 19th of July 1930, Nev Pratt was the winner, Fifteen riders entered this event, a rather large field.
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1931 - BARRY CUP MOTOR CYCLE RACEAt this point the date and the location of the 1931 event is unknown, However we do have the results.
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1932 - BARRY CUP MOTOR CYCLE RACE
The 1932 event was run at the Kingston Course, However the Date is unknown, The winner was Les Sherrin on his Red Hunter Ariel.
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1933 - BARRY CUP MOTOR CYCLE RACEThere was a big build up to the 1933 Barry Cup race when Sydney Champion Don Bain entered the race, but as can be seen by the newspaper report, Bain didnt make the cut.
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1933 - BARRY CUP MOTOR CYCLE RACE CARTOON
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1934 - BARRY CUP MOTOR CYCLE RACE
The 1934 race was held on the 22nd of September 1934 and was won by Les Sherrin on his 3 1/2 hp Rudge, His time was just over 45 miniutes, The first race times were well over one hour.
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1935 - BARRY CUP MOTOR CYCLE RACE
The 1935 race was also won by Les Sherrin, The race date is unknown at this point.
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1936 - BARRY CUP MOTOR CYCLE RACE 22nd September 1936 |
handicap results
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1937 - BARRY CUP MOTOR CYCLE RACEIn 1937 Les Sherrin riding a 3 1/2 hp Norton won this years race.
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1938 - BARRY CUP MOTOR CYCLE RACE 13th June 1938This appears to be the last Barry Cup maybe due to the looming WW2 conflict.
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