1931 English Club Championship

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The 1931 English Club Championship was awarded to the London Lions. It was their first English Club Championship, but their second British title. The Lions had won the British Championship the previous year. [1]

There was originally going to be a playoff for the British Championship, as there was the previous year, but a semifinal between Glasgow and Manchester was not played as the teams were unable to agree on home and away dates.[2]

London Lions' captain, Vic Gardner, expressed regret that a league competition had still not begun and criticized the high number of international matches that were played in a March 1931 letter published in The Skating Times.

This was the last year a club champion was crowned in England. For 1931-32, the winner of the English League was regarded as the country's champion.[3]

A planned league in England was suspended due to the European and World Championships that took place during the season.

These were the intended participants:

  • Cambridge University
  • Grosvenor House Canadians
  • London Lions
  • Manchester
  • Oxford University
  • Prince's, Hammersmith
  • Queen's Ice Club, Bayswater
  • Sussex
  • United Services

Game results

  • 11/15: London - Manchester 4:1 @ Manchester Ice Palace[4]
  • 11/29: Manchester - Scotland 1:0 OT[5]
  • 12/11: Oxford/Cambridge Combo - London Lions[6]
  • 12/13: Hammersmith - Sussex 3:2[7]
  • 12/20: Hammersmith Ice Club - Manchester 1:1 @ Hammersmith Icedrome

Hammersmith roster: A.R. Paterson (goal), T.M Kellough, G.A. Strubbe (defense), K.H. Thomson, G.W. Clode, J. Brown, L. Mills, D.A. Porter, H.G. Parker, R. Cossey (forwards). Manchester roster: S.S. Bookbinder (goal), Dr. W.J. Boyd, Dr. J.E. Grant (defense), J. Fergusson, J. Cock, D.B.M Davies, C.V. Plummer, Dr. Ross, J. Israels (forwards).

Hammersmith roster: A.R. Paterson (goal), T.M. Kellough, G.A Strubbe (defense), K.N. Thomson, G.W. Clode, J. Brown (forwards), R. Cossey, H.G. Parker, L. Mills (reserves). Kelvingrove roster: D. Cross (goal), A.S. Dick, Dr. W. Phinney (defense), J. Campbell, A. Rintoul, R.L. Noble (forwards), E. Finchman, J. Buchanan, D.A. Porter (reserves).

  • 1/17: London Lions - Manchester 3:1 @ Manchester[9]
  • 1/24: Hammersmith Ice Club - Sussex 1:0 @ Hammersmith[10]
  • 1/24: The Rest - England 3:2 @ Golders Green - Selection match for World Championship[10]

The Rest roster: T. Smart (goal), C. Erhardt, H. Trautenberg (defense), F.A. de Marwicz, B.H. Fawcett, P.M. Churchill (forwards), Dunne, T. Job, W. Hurst Brown (reserves). England roster: V.G.E. Gardner (goal), B.N. Sexton, W.H. Mackenzie (defense), J.C.P. Magwood, N. Melland, B.G. Carr-Harris (forwards), N.S. Grace, A. Bushell (reserves).

  • 2/7: Cambridge - Manchester 4:0[11]
  • 2/14: Glasgow - Manchester 4:0 @ Crossmyloof Ice Rink[12]
  • Iroquois Ice Club - Westover Ice Club 14:7[13] @ Bournemouth
  • 2/24: England - Cambridge Eskimos 12:3 @ Golders Green - scheduled after United States pulled out of international game[14]

England roster: C.H. Little (goal), B.N. Sexton, W.H. Mackenzie (defense), N. Melland, H.G. Carr-Harris, L.C. Bonnycastle, H.G. Parker, J. Brown (forwards). Cambridge roster: B.M. Patton (goal), P.M. Churchill, W. Green (defense), F.A. de Marwicz, Baron Von Trautenberg, H.J. MacCallum, K.H. Thomson, P.C. Fair (forwards).

  • 2/25: Oxford University - Hammersmith 4:1 @ Hammersmith[15]
  • 3/11: Grosvenor House Canadians - Queen's @ Grosvenor House
  • 3/21: Queens - Iroquois Ice Club 5:4 @ Queens[16]
  • 3/21: Manchester - Scotland 2:2[17]
  • 3/28: Hammersmith Ice Club - Westover Ice Club 10:4 @ Bournemouth[18]
  • 4/5: Queen's - Sussex 7:7 - goals: E. Ramus (3), E. Gardener (3), J. Goldie/B. Trethewy, J. Crowe (2), J. West, W. Hill, J. Langley, J. Elkins @ Queen's Ice Club[19]
  • 4/11: Grosvenor House Canadians - London Lions 8:4 @ Grosvenor House[20]

Grosvenor House roster: C. McEwen (goal), G.A. Strubbe, H.A. Grace (defense), G.H. Park, C.W. Clode, J. Brown, K. Thomson, O. Schmidt, H. Cossey (forwards). Lions roster: V.G.E. Gardner (goal), B.N. Sexton, W.H. Mackenzie (defense), N. Melland, J.C.P. Magwood, B.G. Carr-Harris, H.W. Bushell, K. Sommenfeld, B.H. Fawcett (forwards).

  • 4/25: London Lions - Manchester 6:4[21]
  • 4/25: Queen's - Grosvenor House Canadians 8:1[22]

Queen's roster: D'Arcy Cartwright (goal), W. Hurst Brown, A.J. Grace (defense), N.S. Grace, E. Hvalsoe, E.J. Ramus (forwards), F. Murdoch, H. Weinberger, G.A. Goldie (reserves). Grosvenor House roster: B.M. Ansell (goal), T.M Kellough, G.H. Strubbe (defense), G.W. Clode, K. Thomson, O. Schmidt (forwards), D. Porter, A.F. Moseley (reserves).

  • 4/28: Grosvenor House Canadians - Manchester 7:3 @ Grosvenor House[23]

Grosvenor House roster: J. Elkins (goal), T.M Kellough, A.J. Grace (defense), K. Thomson, N.S. Grace, O. Schmidt, L. Mills, D. Porter, G.A. Strubbe (forwards). Manchester roster: S. Bookbinder (goal), Dr. W.J. Boyd, Dr. J.E. Grant (defense), D.B. Davies, J. Cock, J. Ferguson, J.R. Parry, J.L. Thomas, N. Schofield (forwards).

  • 5/2: Sussex - Grosvenor House Canadians 3:2 @ Grosvenor House[24]

Sussex roster: A.F. Langmead (goal), W.B. Trethewey, P. Mareot (defense), R. Hill, H.A. West, C.T. Rhodes, J. Langmead, J. Crowe, R. Morgan (forwards). Grosvenor House roster: C. McEwen (goal), T.M. Kellough, A.J. Grace (defense), D. Porter, K. Thomson, G.A. Strubbe, N.S. Grace, G.W. Clode, O. Schmidt (forwards)

  • 5/13: London Lions - Queen's 2:2 @ Queen's Ice Club[25]

Lions roster: B.M. Patton (goal), C.A. Erhardt, B.N. Sexton (defense), H. W. Bushell, N. Melland, J.C.P. Magwood, C. Whitaker (forwards). Queen's roster: H. Elkins (goal), G.A. Goldie, V. Gardner (defense), N.H. Grace, O. Schmidt, E.J. Ramus, A.H. Ramsay, F. Murdoch (forwards).

References

  1. ↑ Other Icehockey Lions in London
  2. ↑ The Times, 10/30/1931
  3. ↑ Chambers, Michael A. (ed.) (November 2000). Nottingham Panthers Statistical Guidebook 1946–2000. ISBN 0-9539398-0-4. 
  4. ↑ The Guardian, 11/17/1930
  5. ↑ The Guardian, 12/1/1930
  6. ↑ The Bystander, 12/3/1930
  7. ↑ Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser, 12/19/1930
  8. ↑ The Times, 1/2/1931
  9. ↑ The Guardian, 1/19/1931
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 The Times, 1/26/1931
  11. ↑ The Guardian, 2/9/1931
  12. ↑ The Scotsman, 2/16/1931
  13. ↑ Western Gazette, 2/20/1931
  14. ↑ The Times, 2/25/1931
  15. ↑ Daily Mirror, 1931-02-26
  16. ↑ Sunday Mirror, 1931-03-22
  17. ↑ The Guardian, 3/23/1931
  18. ↑ Western Gazette, 4/3/1931
  19. ↑ The Times, 4/6/1931
  20. ↑ The Times, 4/13/1931
  21. ↑ The Guardian, 4/27/1931
  22. ↑ The Times, 4/27/1931
  23. ↑ The Times, 4/29/1931
  24. ↑ The Times, 5/4/1931
  25. ↑ The Times, 5/16/1931
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