1931-32 English League season

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The 1931-32 English League season was the first season of the English League, the top level of ice hockey in England. Seven teams participated in the league, and Oxford University won the championship.

Regular season

Scores
  • 10/17: Oxford University - Manchester 5:2[1]
  • 10/17: Princes - Cambridge University 11:0[2]
  • 10/22: London Lions - Cambridge University 11:2[3]
  • 10/23: Princes - Manchester 6:0[4]
  • 10/28: London Lions - Grosvenor House Canadians 2:0[5]
  • 10/30: Oxford University - London Lions 5:1[5]
  • 11/6: Princes - Cambridge University 5:1[6]
  • 11/11: Grosvenor House Canadians - Manchester 6:2[7]
  • 11/13: Oxford University - Grosvenor House Canadians 3:0[6]
  • 11/20: Oxford University - Princes 6:2[8]
  • 11/21: Manchester - Cambridge University 2:1[9]
  • 11/21: Princes - Sussex 5:1[9]
  • 11/25: Princes - Grosvenor House Canadians 0:0 OT[10] - other sources had 1:1
  • 12/4: Princes - London Lions 2:1[11]
  • 12/5: Grosvenor House Canadians - Sussex 3:1[12]
  • 12/9: Grosvenor House Canadians - Sussex 6:0[13]
  • 12/19: Grosvenor House Canadians - Manchester 4:0[14]
  • 1/6: London Lions - Sussex 3:1[15]
  • 1/15: London Lions - Manchester 4:2[16]
  • 1/16: Sussex - Manchester 3:3[17]
  • 1/29: Oxford University - Manchester 8:0[18]
  • 1/29: Grosvenor House Canadians - Princes 3:1[18]
  • 2/1: Oxford University - Sussex 9:1[19]
  • 2/3: Grosvenor House Canadians - Cambridge University 5:2[20]
  • 2/3: London Lions - Princes 3:0[20]
  • 2/6: Oxford University - Cambridge University 7:0 - Varsity Match, game counted for 4 points[21]
  • 2/11: London Lions - Grosvenor House Canadians 3:2[22]
  • 2/12: Oxford University - Princes 3:0[23]
  • 2/19: Oxford University - London Lions 1:0[24]
  • 2/20: Grosvenor House Canadians - Cambridge University 5:0[25]
  • 2/20: Princes and Queens - Manchester 5:0[25]
  • 3/2: Oxford University - Grosvenor House Canadians 3:2
  • 3/11: Oxford University - Sussex 4:0[26]
  • 3/19: London Lions - Manchester 8:2[27]
  • 3/22: Princes and Queens - Sussex 10:1[28]
  • London Lions - Cambridge University
  • London Lions - Sussex
  • Manchester - Sussex
  • Manchester - Cambridge University
  • Sussex - Cambridge University
  • Sussex - Cambridge University
Standings
Club GP W L T GF GA Pts
1. Oxford University 12 12 0 0 54 8 24
2. London Lions 12 9 0 3 36 17 18
3. Princes and Queens 12 7 1 4 47 19 15
4. Grosvenor House Canadians 12 7 1 4 36 17 15
5. Manchester 12 3 1 8 13 50 7
6. Sussex 12 2 1 9 8 43 5
7. Cambridge University 12 0 0 12 6 46 0

Note: Goal totals only include games with known scores.

Other games

  • 9/26: Princes and Queens - London Lions 5:2 @ Southampton[29]
  • 10/16: Scotland - North of England 9:0 @ Liverpool[30]
  • 10/24: Westover Ice Club - Sussex @ Westover Ice Rink
  • 11/6: London Lions - Scotland 7:0 @ Liverpool[31]
  • 11/7: London Lions - Scotland 4:1 @ Birmingham[31]
  • 11/7: Westover Ice Club - Oxfordshire - English League DII @ Westover Ice Rink
  • 11/21: Westover Ice Club - United Services @ Westover Ice Rink
  • 11/28: Westover Ice Club - Princes and Queens @ Westover Ice Rink
  • 12/6: Streatham - Princes and Queens @ Streatham
  • 12/25: London Lions - Westover Ice Club @ Westover Ice Rink
  • 1/1: London Lions - Scottish League 2:2 @ Golders Green[32]
  • 1/3: Sussex - Scottish League 1:1 @ Hove[33]
  • 1/4: Scottish League - Princes IHC 3:0 @ Streatham[34]
  • 1/6: Grosvenor House Canadians - Scottish League 1:1 @ Grosvenor House[35]
  • 1/6: Warwickshire - Oxfordshire 3:3 @ Birmingham[36]
  • 1/7: English League - Scottish League 2:2 (or 1:1) @ Oxford[37]
  • 1/8: English League - Scottish League 2:1 @ Birmingham[37]
  • 1/9: Scottish League - Lancashire 4:1 @ Liverpool[38]
  • 1/13: Westover Ice Club - Princes IHC @ Westover Ice Rink
  • 1/16: Princes and Queens - Warwickshire 8:4 @ Birmingham[39]
  • 1/23: Scotland - Manchester 6:0 @ Glasgow[40]
  • 1/31: London and Select Internationals - Westover and Southern Counties 8:4 @ Westover Ice Rink[41]

London roster: B.M. Patton, A.J. Grace, C.A. Erhardt (captain), Mayes, E.J. Ramus, D.A. Porter, E.H. Jackson, R.T. Rogers: Westover roster: C.K. Harper, G.A. Strubbe, Tretheway, H. Cooke (captain), P.R. Tingley, Rhodes, L. Cliff, Nelson.

  • 2/13: Manchester - Warwickshire 11:3 @ Birmingham[42]
  • 2/14: Streatham - London Lions A 4:2 OT (2:2 after regulation) @ Streatham[43]
  • 3/4: Oxford University - Rest of the English League 2:1 @ Oxford[44]
  • 3/12: London Lions A - Streatham 1:1 @ Golders Green[45]
  • 3/13: Streatham - Princes and Queens 4:3 @ Bayswater[45]
  • 4/16: Warwickshire - London Lions A 12:1 @ Birmingham[46]
  • 4/27: Warwickshire - Liverpool 8:5 @ Liverpool[47]
  • 5/4: Grosvenor House Canadians A - Streatham 4:3 - first public appearance of Streatham Ice Hockey Club[48]

References

  1. The Guardian, 1931-10-19
  2. The Times, 1931-10-19
  3. 'The Times, 1931-10-23
  4. The Times, 1931-10-27
  5. 5.0 5.1 The Times, 1931-11-03
  6. 6.0 6.1 The Times, 1931-11-18
  7. The Times, 1931-11-12
  8. The Times, 1931-11-21
  9. 9.0 9.1 The Times, 1931-11-23
  10. The Times, 1931-12-01
  11. The Times, 1931-12-05
  12. The Times, 1931-12-09
  13. The Times, 1931-12-15
  14. The Times, 1931-12-21
  15. The Times, 1932-01-12
  16. The Times, 1932-02-05
  17. Worthing Gazette, 1932-01-20
  18. 18.0 18.1 The Times, 1932-01-30
  19. The Times, 1932-02-09
  20. 20.0 20.1 The Times, 1932-02-04
  21. The Times, 1932-02-08
  22. The Times, 1932-02-12
  23. Daily Mirror, 1932-02-13
  24. The Times, 1932-02-20
  25. 25.0 25.1 The Times, 1932-02-22
  26. The Times, 1932-03-14
  27. The Guardian, 1932-03-21
  28. Daily Mirror, 1932-03-23
  29. The Times, 1931-09-28
  30. Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 1931-10-17
  31. 31.0 31.1 Birmingham Daily Gazette, 1931-11-09
  32. The Times, 1932-01-02
  33. The Times, 1932-01-04
  34. The Times, 1932-01-05
  35. The Times, 1932-01-07
  36. Birmingham Daily Gazette, 1932-01-07
  37. 37.0 37.1 The Times, 1932-01-09
  38. Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 1932-01-11
  39. Birmingham Daily Gazette, 1932-01-18
  40. The Guardian, 1932-01-25
  41. Bournemouth Graphic, 1932-02-05
  42. Coventry Evening Telegraph, 1932-02-15
  43. Norwood News, 1932-02-19
  44. Daily Mirror, 1932-03-05
  45. 45.0 45.1 Norwood News, 1932-03-18
  46. Birmingham Daily Gazette, 1932-04-18
  47. Liverpool Echo, 1932-04-28
  48. Norwood News, 1922-05-06

Credits

Special thanks to Mick Chambers, author of Nottingham Panthers Statistical Guidebook 1946-2000 and Nottingham Panthers Factual Scrapbook 1939-2007, for supplying some of the information on this page.