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*5/18: '''Pirates''' - Raiders 2:1<ref name=A519>''The Age'', 1954-05-19</ref>
*5/18: '''Pirates''' - Raiders 2:1<ref name=A519>''The Age'', 1954-05-19</ref>
*5/18: '''Demons''' - Wildcats 7:3<ref name=A519></ref>
*5/18: '''Demons''' - Wildcats 7:3<ref name=A519></ref>
*5/20: '''Monarchs''' - Golden Bears 2:1<ref name=S522>''Sporting Globe'', 1954-05-22</ref>
*5/21: '''Monarchs''' - Golden Bears 2:1<ref name=S522>''Sporting Globe'', 1954-05-22</ref>
*5/20: '''Blackhawks''' - Tigers 2:1<ref name=S522></ref>
*5/21: '''Blackhawks''' - Tigers 2:1<ref name=S522></ref>
*5/25: '''Monarchs''' - Wildcats 10:0<ref name=A526>''The Age'', 1954-05-26</ref>
*5/25: '''Monarchs''' - Wildcats 10:0<ref name=A526>''The Age'', 1954-05-26</ref>
*5/25: '''Golden Bears''' - Tigers 5:3<ref name=A526></ref>
*5/25: '''Golden Bears''' - Tigers 5:3<ref name=A526></ref>
*5/27: '''Raiders''' - Demons 4:0<ref name=S529>''Sporting Globe'', 1954-05-29</ref>
*5/28: '''Raiders''' - Demons 4:0<ref name=S529>''Sporting Globe'', 1954-05-29</ref>
*5/27: '''Blackhawks''' - Pirates 4:1<ref name=S529></ref>
*5/28: '''Blackhawks''' - Pirates 4:1<ref name=S529></ref>
*6/1: '''Golden Bears''' - Wildcats 1:0<ref name=A62>''The Age'', 1954-06-02</ref>
*6/1: '''Golden Bears''' - Wildcats 1:0<ref name=A62>''The Age'', 1954-06-02</ref>
*6/1: '''Blackhawks''' - Demons 3:1<ref name=A62></ref>
*6/1: '''Blackhawks''' - Demons 3:1<ref name=A62></ref>
*6/3: '''Pirates''' - Tigers 4:0<ref name=S65>''Sporting Globe'', 1954-06-05</ref>
*6/4: '''Pirates''' - Tigers 4:0<ref name=S65>''Sporting Globe'', 1954-06-05</ref>
*6/3: Monarchs - Raiders 1:1 - became walkover for Monarchs<ref name=S65></ref>
*6/4: Monarchs - Raiders 1:1 - became walkover for Monarchs<ref name=S65></ref>
*6/8: '''Blackhawks''' - Golden Bears 3:2<ref name=A69>''The Age'', 1954-06-09</ref>
*6/8: '''Blackhawks''' - Golden Bears 3:2<ref name=A69>''The Age'', 1954-06-09</ref>
*6/8: '''Raiders''' - Tigers 3:2<ref name=A69></ref>
*6/8: '''Raiders''' - Tigers 3:2<ref name=A69></ref>
*6/10: '''Pirates''' - Wildcats 5:2
*6/11: '''Pirates''' - Wildcats 5:2
*6/10: Golden Bears - Demons 3:3  
*6/11: Golden Bears - Demons 3:3  
*6/17: '''Tigers''' - Wildcats 4:3<ref name=S619>''Sporting Globe'', 1954-06-19</ref>
*6/18: '''Tigers''' - Wildcats 4:3<ref name=S619>''Sporting Globe'', 1954-06-19</ref>
*6/17: '''Monarchs''' - Pirates 4:0<ref name=S619></ref>
*6/18: '''Monarchs''' - Pirates 4:0<ref name=S619></ref>
*6/22: '''Raiders''' - Blackhawks 4:3 - goals: Henke (2), Vesely, Tinkal/Jose, Amess, Derrick<ref name=A623>''The Argus'', 1954-06-23</ref>
*6/22: '''Raiders''' - Blackhawks 4:3 - goals: Henke (2), Vesely, Tinkal/Jose, Amess, Derrick<ref name=A623>''The Argus'', 1954-06-23</ref>
*6/22: '''Golden Bears''' - Pirates 3:1 - goals: Sengotta, Sims, Fry/Nicholas<ref name=A623></ref>
*6/22: '''Golden Bears''' - Pirates 3:1 - goals: Sengotta, Sims, Fry/Nicholas<ref name=A623></ref>
*6/24: '''Monarchs''' - Demons 1:0<ref name=S626>''Sporting Globe'', 1954-06-26</ref>
*6/25: '''Monarchs''' - Demons 1:0<ref name=S626>''Sporting Globe'', 1954-06-26</ref>
*6/24: '''Blackhawks''' - Wildcats 3:1<ref name=S626></ref>
*6/25: '''Blackhawks''' - Wildcats 3:1<ref name=S626></ref>
*6/29: '''Monarchs'''' - Blackhawks 5:3 - goals: Parrott (2), Rugg, Flanagan, Hansen/Jose (2), Cunningham<ref name=A630>''The Argus'', 1954-06-30</ref>
*6/29: '''Monarchs'''' - Blackhawks 5:3 - goals: Parrott (2), Rugg, Flanagan, Hansen/Jose (2), Cunningham<ref name=A630>''The Argus'', 1954-06-30</ref>
*6/29: '''Raiders''' - Golden Bears 4:1 - goals: Henke, G. Endrei, Van der Von, Molloy/Sangotta<ref name=A630></ref>
*6/29: '''Raiders''' - Golden Bears 4:1 - goals: Henke, G. Endrei, Van der Von, Molloy/Sangotta<ref name=A630></ref>
*7/1: '''Monarchs''' - Tigers 2:1
*7/2: '''Monarchs''' - Tigers 2:1
*7/1: '''Demons''' - Pirates 5:1
*7/2: '''Demons''' - Pirates 5:1
*7/6: '''Demons''' - Tigers 4:0<ref name=A77>''The Age'', 1954-07-07</ref>
*7/6: '''Demons''' - Tigers 4:0<ref name=A77>''The Age'', 1954-07-07</ref>
*7/6: '''Raiders''' - Wildcats 15:1<ref name=A77></ref>
*7/6: '''Raiders''' - Wildcats 15:1<ref name=A77></ref>
 
*7/13: '''Monarchs''' - Golden Bears 7:0 - goals: McEachern (2), Snoek (2), Hansen (2), Bugg<ref name=A714>''The Argus'', 1954-07-14</ref>
There was a Reserve grade lightning premiership that was won by the Monarchs.<ref>''Sporting Globe'', 1954-07-10</ref>
*7/13: '''Blackhawks''' - Tigers 9:3 - goals: Amess (3), Derrick, Jose (2), Gerrard, Slater/Bernoulli, Morgan, Kent<ref name=A714></ref>
*7/16: '''Raiders''' - Pirates 6:2<ref name=A717>''The Argus'', 1954-07-17</ref>
*7/16: '''Demons''' - Wildcats 4:2<ref name=A717></ref>
*7/20: '''Blackhawks''' - Pirates 3:0<ref name=A721>''The Age'', 1954-07-21</ref>
*7/20: '''Raiders''' - Demons 4:1<ref name=A721></ref>
*7/23: '''Tigers''' - Golden Bears 3:2<ref name=S724>''Sporting Globe'', 1954-07-24</ref>
*7/23: '''Monarchs''' - Wildcats 13:0<ref name=S724></ref>
*7/27: '''Golden Bears''' - Wildcats 7:1<ref name=S731>''Sporting Globe'', 1954-07-31</ref>
*7/27: '''Raiders''' - Monarchs 3:2<ref name=S731></ref>
*7/30: '''Pirates''' - Tigers 9:1<ref name=S731></ref>
*7/30: '''Blackhawks''' - Demons 3:2<ref name=S731></ref>
*8/3: '''Golden Bears''' - Demons 2:0<ref name=S87>''Sporting Globe'', 1954-08-07</ref>
*8/3: '''Pirates''' - Wildcats 6:0<ref name=S87></ref>
*8/6: '''Raiders''' - Tigers 6:1<ref name=S87></ref>
*8/6: '''Monarchs''' - Pirates 5:3<ref name=S87></ref>
*8/10: '''Wildcats''' - Tigers 3:0<ref name=A811>''The Age'', 1954-08-11</ref>
*8/10: '''Blackhawks''' - Bears 1:0<ref name=A811></ref>
*8/13: '''Monarchs''' - Demons 6:1<ref name=S814>''Sporting Globe'', 1954-08-14</ref>
*8/13: Pirates - Golden Bears 2:2<ref name=S814></ref>
*8/17: '''Blackhawks''' - Wildcats 7:2<ref name=A818>''The Age'', 1954-08-18</ref>
*8/17: '''Raiders''' - Golden Bears 3:0<ref name=A818></ref>
*8/20: '''Monarchs''' - Blackhawks 3:2<ref name=S821>''Sporting Globe'', 1954-08-21</ref>
*8/20: '''Pirates''' - Demons 3:1<ref name=S821></ref>
*8/24: '''Raiders''' - Blackhawks 7:1<ref name=S828>''Sporting Globe'', 1954-08-28</ref>
*8/24: '''Monarchs''' - Tigers 12:2<ref name=S828></ref>
*8/27: '''Raiders''' - Wildcats 8:2<ref name=S828></ref>
*8/27: '''Demons''' - Tigers 2:0<ref name=S828></ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! width="30" |
! width="200" | Club
! width="30" | GP
! width="30" | W
! width="30" | L
! width="30" | T
! width="70" | Goals
! width="70" | Pts
|- bgcolor="#e6fae6" align="center"
| 1. ||align="left"| Monarchs || 14 || 13 || 1 || 0 || 77:16 ||'''26'''
|- bgcolor="#e6fae6" align="center"
| 2. ||align="left"| Raiders || 14 || 12 || 2 || 0 ||68:18||'''24'''
|- bgcolor="#e6fae6" align="center"
| 3. ||align="left"| Blackhawks || 14 || 10 || 4 || 0 ||47:36||'''20'''
|- bgcolor="#e6fae6" align="center"
| 4. ||align="left"| Pirates || 14 || 6 || 7 || 1 ||39:37||'''13'''
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center"
| 5. ||align="left"| Golden Bears || 14 || 5 || 7 || 2 ||29:32||'''12'''
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center"
| 6. ||align="left"| Demons || 14 || 5 || 8 || 1 ||30:35||'''11'''
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center"
| 7. ||align="left"| Tigers || 14 || 2 || 12 || 0 ||30:66||'''4'''
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center"
| 8. ||align="left"| Wildcats || 14 || 1 || 13 || 0 ||20:90||'''2'''
|}
Playoffs:
*'''Pirates''' - Blackhawks 8:4 - semifinal<ref name=S94>''Sporting Globe'', 1954-09-04</ref>
*'''Raiders''' - Monarchs 4:1 - semifinal<ref name=S94></ref>
*'''Raiders''' - Pirates 8:1 - final<ref>''Sporting Globe'', 1954-09-29</ref>
There was a Reserve grade lightning premiership on July 8 that was won by the Monarchs.<ref>''Sporting Globe'', 1954-07-10</ref>
;New South Wales Championship
;New South Wales Championship
*5/25: '''Glebe Lions''' - Western Suburbs 6:1<ref name=S526>''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 1954-05-26</ref>
*5/25: '''Glebe Lions''' - Western Suburbs 6:1<ref name=S526>''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 1954-05-26</ref>
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*7/6: '''St. George''' - Eastern Suburbs 4:2<ref name=S77>''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 1954-07-07</ref>
*7/6: '''St. George''' - Eastern Suburbs 4:2<ref name=S77>''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 1954-07-07</ref>
*7/6: '''Prague Bombers''' - Glebe Lions 8:1<ref name=S77></ref>
*7/6: '''Prague Bombers''' - Glebe Lions 8:1<ref name=S77></ref>
*7/13: '''Prague Bombers''' - Western Suburbs 8:2<ref name=S714>''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 1954-07-14</ref>
*7/13: '''St. George''' - Glebe Lions 7:0<ref name=S714></ref>
Final
*8/3: '''St. George''' - Prague Bombers 7:5<ref>''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 1954-08-04</ref>
*8/10: '''Prague Bombers''' - St. George 6:5<ref>''The Sun'', 1954-08-14</ref>
*8/17: '''Prague Bombers''' - St. George 10:4<ref>''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 1954-08-18</ref>
Grand Final (knockout competition)
*9/7: '''Prague Bombers''' - Eastern Suburbs 8:0<ref>''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 1954-09-08</ref>
;Other games
;Other games
*6/15: '''Glaciarium Rangers''' - St. Moritz Bombers 7:2<ref>''The Age'', 1954-06-16</ref>
*6/15: '''Glaciarium Rangers''' - St. Moritz Bombers 7:2<ref>''The Age'', 1954-06-16</ref>
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Sporting Globe 4-21-54.png|The April 21, 1954, edition of ''Sporting Globe''.
Sporting Globe 4-21-54.png|The April 21, 1954, edition of ''Sporting Globe''.
The Age 6-12-54.png|The June 12, 1954, edition of ''The Age''.
The Age 6-12-54.png|The June 12, 1954, edition of ''The Age''.
The Age 7-24-54.png|The July 24, 1954, edition of ''The Age''.
Sporting Globe 9-29-54.png|The September 29, 1954, edition of ''Sporting Globe''.
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Revision as of 16:08, 22 May 2017

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

Final

  • 8/3: St. George - Prague Bombers 7:5[35]
  • 8/10: Prague Bombers - St. George 6:5[36]
  • 8/17: Prague Bombers - St. George 10:4[37]

Grand Final (knockout competition)

  • 9/7: Prague Bombers - Eastern Suburbs 8:0[38]
Other games
  • 6/15: Glaciarium Rangers - St. Moritz Bombers 7:2[39]

Contemporary accounts

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 Sydney Morning Herald, 1954-06-16
  31. 31.0 31.1 The Sydney Morning Herald, 1954-06-23
  32. 32.0 32.1 The Sydney Morning Herald, 1954-06-30
  33. 33.0 33.1 The Sydney Morning Herald, 1954-07-07
  34. 34.0 34.1 The Sydney Morning Herald, 1954-07-14
  35. The Sydney Morning Herald, 1954-08-04
  36. The Sun, 1954-08-14
  37. The Sydney Morning Herald, 1954-08-18
  38. The Sydney Morning Herald, 1954-09-08
  39. The Age, 1954-06-16


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