1954 Australia season

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This was the 1954 ice hockey season in Australia:

Overview

The Victorian Championship series in Melbourne was held for the 35th time. The participating teams were the Pirates, Raiders, Demons, Wildcats, Monarchs, Golden Bears, Blackhawks, and the Tigers. The title was won by the Bendigo Raiders.

The 33rd Goodall Cup Inter-State Series between Victoria and New South Wales was staged from September 10-17, 1954. Victoria won the cup.

The 28th New South Wales Championship took place in Sydney. The Western Suburbs Panthers, St. George Ex-Imperials, Prague Bombers, Glebe Lions, and the Eastern Suburbs Paratells took part in the competition. The Prague Bombers won the championship.

Results

Victorian Championship

Autumn Cup:

  • 5/7: Tigers - Monarchs Juniors 3:0[1]
  • 5/7: Monarchs Seniors - Demons 1:0[1]
  • 5/7: Pirates - Red Arrows 2:1[1]
  • 5/14: Tigers - Red Arrows 2:0 - semifinal[2]
  • 5/14: Monarchs - Pirates 2:1 - semifinal[2]
  • 5/14: Monarchs - Tigers 6:1 - final[2]

Regular season:

  • 5/18: Pirates - Raiders 2:1[3]
  • 5/18: Demons - Wildcats 7:3[3]
  • 5/21: Monarchs - Golden Bears 2:1[4]
  • 5/21: Blackhawks - Tigers 2:1[4]
  • 5/25: Monarchs - Wildcats 10:0[5]
  • 5/25: Golden Bears - Tigers 5:3[5]
  • 5/28: Raiders - Demons 4:0[6]
  • 5/28: Blackhawks - Pirates 4:1[6]
  • 6/1: Golden Bears - Wildcats 1:0[7]
  • 6/1: Blackhawks - Demons 3:1[7]
  • 6/4: Pirates - Tigers 4:0[8]
  • 6/4: Monarchs - Raiders 1:1 - became walkover for Monarchs[8]
  • 6/8: Blackhawks - Golden Bears 3:2[9]
  • 6/8: Raiders - Tigers 3:2[9]
  • 6/11: Pirates - Wildcats 5:2
  • 6/11: Golden Bears - Demons 3:3
  • 6/18: Tigers - Wildcats 4:3[10]
  • 6/18: Monarchs - Pirates 4:0[10]
  • 6/22: Raiders - Blackhawks 4:3 - goals: Henke (2), Vesely, Tinkal/Jose, Amess, Derrick[11]
  • 6/22: Golden Bears - Pirates 3:1 - goals: Sengotta, Sims, Fry/Nicholas[11]
  • 6/25: Monarchs - Demons 1:0[12]
  • 6/25: Blackhawks - Wildcats 3:1[12]
  • 6/29: Monarchs' - Blackhawks 5:3 - goals: Parrott (2), Rugg, Flanagan, Hansen/Jose (2), Cunningham[13]
  • 6/29: Raiders - Golden Bears 4:1 - goals: Henke, G. Endrei, Van der Von, Molloy/Sangotta[13]
  • 7/2: Monarchs - Tigers 2:1
  • 7/2: Demons - Pirates 5:1
  • 7/6: Demons - Tigers 4:0[14]
  • 7/6: Raiders - Wildcats 15:1[14]
  • 7/13: Monarchs - Golden Bears 7:0 - goals: McEachern (2), Snoek (2), Hansen (2), Bugg[15]
  • 7/13: Blackhawks - Tigers 9:3 - goals: Amess (3), Derrick, Jose (2), Gerrard, Slater/Bernoulli, Morgan, Kent[15]
  • 7/16: Raiders - Pirates 6:2[16]
  • 7/16: Demons - Wildcats 4:2[16]
  • 7/20: Blackhawks - Pirates 3:0[17]
  • 7/20: Raiders - Demons 4:1[17]
  • 7/23: Tigers - Golden Bears 3:2[18]
  • 7/23: Monarchs - Wildcats 13:0[18]
  • 7/27: Golden Bears - Wildcats 7:1[19]
  • 7/27: Raiders - Monarchs 3:2[19]
  • 7/30: Pirates - Tigers 9:1[19]
  • 7/30: Blackhawks - Demons 3:2[19]
  • 8/3: Golden Bears - Demons 2:0[20]
  • 8/3: Pirates - Wildcats 6:0[20]
  • 8/6: Raiders - Tigers 6:1[20]
  • 8/6: Monarchs - Pirates 5:3[20]
  • 8/10: Wildcats - Tigers 3:0[21]
  • 8/10: Blackhawks - Bears 1:0[21]
  • 8/13: Monarchs - Demons 6:1[22]
  • 8/13: Pirates - Golden Bears 2:2[22]
  • 8/17: Blackhawks - Wildcats 7:2[23]
  • 8/17: Raiders - Golden Bears 3:0[23]
  • 8/20: Monarchs - Blackhawks 3:2[24]
  • 8/20: Pirates - Demons 3:1[24]
  • 8/24: Raiders - Blackhawks 7:1[25]
  • 8/24: Monarchs - Tigers 12:2[25]
  • 8/27: Raiders - Wildcats 8:2[25]
  • 8/27: Demons - Tigers 2:0[25]
Club GP W L T Goals Pts
1. Monarchs 14 13 1 0 77:16 26
2. Raiders 14 12 2 0 68:18 24
3. Blackhawks 14 10 4 0 47:36 20
4. Pirates 14 6 7 1 39:37 13
5. Golden Bears 14 5 7 2 29:32 12
6. Demons 14 5 8 1 30:35 11
7. Tigers 14 2 12 0 30:66 4
8. Wildcats 14 1 13 0 20:90 2

Playoffs:

  • Pirates - Blackhawks 8:4 - semifinal[26]
  • Raiders - Monarchs 4:1 - semifinal[26]
  • Raiders - Pirates 8:1 - final[27]

There was a Reserve grade lightning premiership on July 8 that was won by the Monarchs.[28]

New South Wales Championship
  • 5/25: Glebe Lions - Western Suburbs 6:1[29]
  • 5/25: Prague Bombers - Eastern Suburbs 3:1[29]
  • 6/8: St. George - Glebe Lions 7:1[30]
  • 6/8: Prague Bombers - Western Suburbs 13:2[30]
  • 6/15: St. George - Western Suburbs 4:1[31]
  • 6/15: Eastern Suburbs - Glebe Lions 6:0[31]
  • 6/22: Prague Bombers - St. George 10:2[32]
  • 6/22: Eastern Suburbs - Western Suburbs 4:2[32]
  • 6/29: Glebe Lions - Western Suburbs 5:0[33]
  • 6/29: Prague Bombers - Eastern Suburbs 5:2[33]
  • 7/6: St. George - Eastern Suburbs 4:2[34]
  • 7/6: Prague Bombers - Glebe Lions 8:1[34]
  • 7/13: Prague Bombers - Western Suburbs 8:2[35]
  • 7/13: St. George - Glebe Lions 7:0[35]

Semifinal

  • 7/27: St. George - Eastern Suburbs 9:3[36]

Final

  • 8/3: St. George - Prague Bombers 7:5[37]
  • 8/10: Prague Bombers - St. George 6:5[38]
  • 8/17: Prague Bombers - St. George 10:4[39]

Grand Final (knockout competition)

  • 9/7: Prague Bombers - Eastern Suburbs 8:0[40]
Other games
  • 6/15: Glaciarium Rangers - St. Moritz Bombers 7:2[41]
  • 8/24: Prague Bombers - The Rest 1:1[42]
  • 8/31: New South Wales - The Rest 14:4[43]

Contemporary accounts

  • The April 5, 1954, edition of The Age.

    The April 5, 1954, edition of The Age.

  • The April 7, 1954, edition of The Age.

    The April 7, 1954, edition of The Age.

  • The April 21, 1954, edition of Sporting Globe.

    The April 21, 1954, edition of Sporting Globe.

  • The June 12, 1954, edition of The Age.

    The June 12, 1954, edition of The Age.

  • The July 24, 1954, edition of The Age.

    The July 24, 1954, edition of The Age.

  • The September 29, 1954, edition of Sporting Globe.

    The September 29, 1954, edition of Sporting Globe.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Age, 1954-05-08
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Age, 1954-05-15
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Age, 1954-05-19
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sporting Globe, 1954-05-22
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Age, 1954-05-26
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Sporting Globe, 1954-05-29
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 The Age, 1954-06-02
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Sporting Globe, 1954-06-05
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 The Age, 1954-06-09
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Sporting Globe, 1954-06-19
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 The Argus, 1954-06-23
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Sporting Globe, 1954-06-26
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 The Argus, 1954-06-30
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 The Age, 1954-07-07
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 The Argus, 1954-07-14
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 The Argus, 1954-07-17
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 The Age, 1954-07-21
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Sporting Globe, 1954-07-24
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 Sporting Globe, 1954-07-31
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 Sporting Globe, 1954-08-07
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 The Age, 1954-08-11
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Sporting Globe, 1954-08-14
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 The Age, 1954-08-18
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Sporting Globe, 1954-08-21
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 Sporting Globe, 1954-08-28
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Sporting Globe, 1954-09-04
  27. ↑ Sporting Globe, 1954-09-29
  28. ↑ Sporting Globe, 1954-07-10
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 The Sydney Morning Herald, 1954-05-26
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 The Daily Telegraph, 1954-06-09
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 The Sydney Morning Herald, 1954-06-16
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 The Sydney Morning Herald, 1954-06-23
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 The Sydney Morning Herald, 1954-06-30
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 The Sydney Morning Herald, 1954-07-07
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 The Sydney Morning Herald, 1954-07-14
  36. ↑ The Daily Telegraph, 1954-07-28
  37. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald, 1954-08-04
  38. ↑ The Sun, 1954-08-14
  39. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald, 1954-08-18
  40. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald, 1954-09-08
  41. ↑ The Age, 1954-06-16
  42. ↑ The Daily Telegraph, 1954-08-25
  43. ↑ The Daily Telegraph, 1954-09-01


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