1951 Australia season

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This was the 1951 ice hockey season in Australia:

Overview

The Victorian Championship series in Melbourne was held for the 32nd time. The title was won by the Bendigo Raiders.

The 30th Goodall Cup Inter-State Series between Victoria and New South Wales was staged. Victoria won the cup, defeating NSW in all four matches played.

The 25th New South Wales Championship took place in Sydney. The St. George Dragons, Eastern Suburbs (Monarchs), Western Suburbs (Tigers), and the Glebe Lions competed.

In Tasmania, the Comets, Mustangs, and the Red Devils faced one another as they vied for the Glaciarium Cup. There was also a competition staged in Western Australia featuring the Collegians, Magpies, Penguins and the Western Dodgers.

Results

Victorian Championship

Participants: Golden Bears, Blackhawks, Tigers, Pirates, Monarchs, Red Arrows, Wildcats, Raiders.

  • Golden Bears - Tigers 2:1[1]
  • Pirates - Golden Bears 7:0[2]
  • Blackhawks - Demons 6:1[2]
  • Wildcats - Pirates 4:3[2]
  • Raiders - Blackhawks 4:2[2]
  • Tigers - Raiders 2:1[3]
  • Red Arrows - Demons 2:1[3]
  • Wildcats - Monarchs 3:1[3]
  • Red Arrows - Blackhawks 3:1[3]
  • Red Arrows - Wildcats 1:0[4]
  • Monarchs - Pirates 3:2[4]
  • Golden Bears - Blackhawks 8:2[4]
  • Golden Bears - Monarchs 3:1[4]

Playoffs:

  • Raiders - Golden Bears - semifinal[5]
  • Pirates - Blackhawks 7:3 - semifinal[5]
  • Pirates - Golden Bears 5:1 - final[6]
  • Raiders - Pirates 7:3 - grand final[7]

Reserve Grade:

  • Monarchs - Tigers 2:0[8]
  • Monarchs - Demons 4:3 - Grand Final[9]
New South Wales Championship
  • 6/7: Glebe Lions - Eastern Suburbs 4:2 - goals: B. Russell (2), H. Cameron, E. Butensky/S. Green, M. McNight[10]
  • 6/14: Western Suburbs - St. George 7:4[11]
  • 6/21: St. George - Glebe Lions 5:3 - goals: J. McLauchlin, K. Lee, L. Ring, D. Groentman (2)/D. Russell (2), E. Butensky[12]
  • 7/26: Eastern Suburbs - Western Suburbs 2:0[13]
  • 8/2: Glebe Lions - Western Suburbs 2:1 - goals: Butensky, D. Russell/R. Hayes[14]
  • 8/9: Eastern Suburbs - St. George 10:3 - goals: L. Brown (3), P. Wendt (2), H. Jackson (2), L. Moat, B. Hayes, S. Green/J. McLauchlin (2), L. Ring[15]
  • 8/30: St. George - Glebe Lions 4:2 - semifinal - goals: J. McLaughlan (2), A. Gardiner, L. Ring/E. Duentsky (2)[16]
  • 8/30: Western Suburbs - Eastern Suburbs 3:1 - " - goals: G. Thorne (2), R. Andrews/S. Green[16]
Tasmania

The following games were played in Tasmania:

  • 2/24: Mustangs - Red Devils 5:1[17]
  • 3/2: Mustangs - Red Devils 3:1[18]
  • 3/14: Mustangs - Red Devils 6:5[19]
  • 3/21: Red Devils - Mustangs 4:3 - goals: Abbott (2), O'Toole, Peters/Chwalczyk (2), Richards[20]
  • 3/29: Red Devils - Mustangs 7:1 - goals: Taylor (4), Ashlan, Abbott, Hall/Chwalczyk[21]
  • 4/5: Red Devils - Mustangs 11:3 - goals: Ford (4), Taylor (3), West (2), Osborne, Cook/Chwalczyk (2), Middleton[22]
  • 5/2: Red Devils - Mustangs 3:2 - goals: G. Taylor (3)/J. Sullivan, A. Chwalczyk[23]

Winter season:

  • 6/6: Mustangs - Red Devils 5:0[24]
  • 6/13: Red Devils - Comets 6:2 - goals: R. O'Toole (3), J. Hall (2), K. Ford/R. Abbott (2)[25]
  • 6/27: Mustangs - Comets 7:1[26]
  • 7/4: Mustangs - Red Devils 3:1 - goals: J. Sullivan (2), A. Richards/H. Malloy[27]
  • 7/11: Red Devils - Comets 6:0 - goals: H. Malloy (4), J. Hall, R. O'Toole[28]
  • 7/18: Mustangs - Comets 7:1 - goals: G. Rufzika (3), A. Chwalczyk (2), J. Sullivan (2)/G. Cook[29]
  • 8/1: Comets - Red Devils 1:0[30]
  • 8/8: Mustangs - Comets 5:3 - goals: G. Ruzicka (3), J. Sutherland, F. Chwalczyk/J. Kucera (3) - match was played in snowstorm[31]
  • 8/15: Mustangs - Red Devils 5:1 - goals: Chwalczyk (2), G. Ruzicka (2), J. Sullivan/R. O'Toole[32]

Summer season:

  • 10/4: Red Devils - Mustangs 13:2 - goals: M. Malloy (8), Wilson (3), Smith, Ford/Solomon (2)[33]
F.C. Brown Memorial Shield
  • 9/15: New South Wales - Victoria 3:2[34]
  • 9/18: New South Wales - Victoria 4:2[35]
  • 9/20: New South Wales - Victoria 5:1[36]

This was the last time the Brown Shield was contested.

Other games

The Canadian Navy played international matches against New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania.

  • Canadian Navy - New South Wales 4:2 - goals: R. Derry, S. Daoust, L. Paget, A. Maclean/J. Fox, G. Thorne[37]
  • Canadian Navy - New South Wales 3:1 - goals: R. Derry (2), R. Childs/B. Hayes - 11 players were sent off[38]
  • Canadian Navy - Tasmania 9:3 (6:1, 3:2)[39]
  • H.M.C.S. Ontario - Southern Tasmania combination 4:3[40]
  • 6/20: Canadian-Australians - Tasmanian New Australians 7:0[41]
  • 6/22: Canada - Tasmania 12:3 - goals: G. Beriod (5), J. Boohathoos (4), H. Malloy (3)/T. Hall (2), J. Sullivan[42]
  • 8/13: New Australians - Tasmania 8:2[43]
  • 8/28: Tasmania - New Australia 5:4 - goals: Sullivan (3), Smith, Malloy/Ruzicka (3), Kasperowitz[44]
  • 10/28: Australia - New Australia 3:1[45]

There was an interstate series between the Red Devils (Tasmania) and the Red Arrows (Melbourne) played at the Moonah Glaciarium in Hobart.

  • 10/11: Red Devils - Red Arrows 2:2 - goals: O. Kucera, M. Malloy/C. Percy, W. Miles[46]
  • 10/12: Red Arrows - Red Devils 7:4 - goals: W. Miers (3), R. Dunn (2), R. Taylor, C. Percy/O. Kucera (2), M. Malloy (2)[47]
  • 12/12: Tasmania - Canada 7:3 - goals: Kucera (3), Vaterlous (2), J. Hall, D. Osmond/Malloy (3)[48]

Contemporary accounts

  • The March 15, 1951, edition of The Mercury.

    The March 15, 1951, edition of The Mercury.

  • The April 12, 1951, edition of The Sydney Morning Herald.

    The April 12, 1951, edition of The Sydney Morning Herald.

  • The April 19, 1951, edition of The Age.

    The April 19, 1951, edition of The Age.

  • The April 25, 1951, edition of The Mercury.

    The April 25, 1951, edition of The Mercury.

  • The May 30, 1951, edition of The Age.

    The May 30, 1951, edition of The Age.

  • The June 7, 1951, edition of The Mercury.

    The June 7, 1951, edition of The Mercury.

  • The June 9, 1951, edition of Sporting Globe.

    The June 9, 1951, edition of Sporting Globe.

  • The July 27, 1951, edition of The Sydney Morning Herald.

    The July 27, 1951, edition of The Sydney Morning Herald.

  • The August 1, 1951, edition of Sporting Globe.

    The August 1, 1951, edition of Sporting Globe.

  • The August 18, 1951, edition of Sporting Globe.

    The August 18, 1951, edition of Sporting Globe.

  • The August 25, 1951, edition of Sporting Globe.

    The August 25, 1951, edition of Sporting Globe.

  • The October 6, 1951, edition of Sporting Globe.

    The October 6, 1951, edition of Sporting Globe.

  • The October 12, 1951, edition of The Mercury.

    The October 12, 1951, edition of The Mercury.

  • The October 13, 1951, edition of Sporting Globe.

    The October 13, 1951, edition of Sporting Globe.

  • The October 20, 1951, edition of Sporting Globe.

    The October 20, 1951, edition of Sporting Globe.

  • The October 29, 1951, edition of The Sydney Morning Herald.

    The October 29, 1951, edition of The Sydney Morning Herald.

References

  1. ↑ Sporting Globe, 1951-06-09
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Sporting Globe, 1951-08-18
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Sporting Globe, 1951-08-25
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Sporting Globe, 1951-09-01
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sporting Globe, 1951-10-06
  6. ↑ Sporting Globe, 1951-10-13
  7. ↑ Sporting Globe, 1951-10-20
  8. ↑ Sporting Globe, 1951-08-22
  9. ↑ Sporting Globe, 1951-09-05
  10. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald, 1951-06-08
  11. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald, 1951-06-15
  12. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald, 1951-06-22
  13. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald, 1951-07-27
  14. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald, 1951-08-03
  15. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald, 1951-08-10
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 The Daily Telegraph, 1951-08-31
  17. ↑ The Mercury, 1951-02-27
  18. ↑ The Mercury, 1951-03-03
  19. ↑ The Mercury, 1951-03-15
  20. ↑ The Mercury, 1951-03-22
  21. ↑ The Mercury, 1951-03-30
  22. ↑ The Mercury, 1951-04-06
  23. ↑ The Mercury, 1951-05-03
  24. ↑ The Mercury, 1951-06-07
  25. ↑ The Mercury, 1951-06-14
  26. ↑ The Mercury, 1951-06-28
  27. ↑ The Mercury, 1951-07-05
  28. ↑ The Mercury, 1951-07-13
  29. ↑ The Mercury, 1951-07-19
  30. ↑ The Mercury, 1951-08-02
  31. ↑ The Mercury, 1951-08-09
  32. ↑ The Mercury, 1951-08-16
  33. ↑ The Mercury, 1951-10-05
  34. ↑ The Sun, 1951-09-16
  35. ↑ The Daily Telegraph, 1951-09-19
  36. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald, 1951-09-21
  37. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald, 1951-04-12
  38. ↑ The Sun, 1951-04-15
  39. ↑ The Mercury, 4-25-51
  40. ↑ The Mercury, 1951-04-27
  41. ↑ The Mercury, 1951-06-21
  42. ↑ The Mercury, 1951-06-23
  43. ↑ The Mercury, 1951-08-14
  44. ↑ The Mercury, 1951-08-29
  45. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald, 1951-10-29
  46. ↑ The Mercury, 10-12-51
  47. ↑ The Mercury, 1951-10-13
  48. ↑ The Mercury, 1951-12-13


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