Bandy and Ice Hockey in the Netherlands (1890-1945)

Bandy

History

The sport of bandy was first introduced to the Netherlands during the harsh winter season of 1890-91 by William Johan Herman (Pim) Mulier, an avid sportsman who spearheaded the development of multiple sports in the country. Mulier, who had spent time studying in England, was friends with Charles Goodman Tebbutt, the captain of the venerable Bury Fen Bandy Club.

On January 3, 1891, after prior discussions with Mulier, Tebbutt and his Bury Fen Bandy Club departed from Harwich, en route to the Netherlands via boat. Mulier wished for Bury Fen to play three exhibition bandy matches, in order to acquaint the locals with the sport.

The first game was staged in Haarlem on January 5, with Bury Fen taking on the IJsclub Haarlem en Omstreken (Ice Club Haarlem and surroundings). Mulier played for Haarlem. The English side won by a convincing margin of 14-1. Bury Fen's latter two matches were played in Amsterdam; the first pitting them against a local selection Amsterdamsche IJsclub (bolstered by Mulier) and the second featuring a rematch against Haarlem. The Dutch were again defeated by the English in both matches, but despite the losses, the early seeds for the development of the sport had been sewn.

On January 28, 1892, the Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club (AH&BC) was established. Other clubs including the Leeuwarder Bandy Club in Leeuwarden, the Bolswarder Bandy Club in Bolswald, the Thialf IJs-Kolfvereniging in Heerenveen, and the Zwolsche Atletische Club in Zwolle soon sprung up.

Tebbutt and Mulier arranged for Bury Fen Bandy Club to embark on a second tour of the Netherlands in the winter of 1892-93. The Dutch were much more successful against the English side this time, with the Haarlem squad defeating the English with an emphatic 8-0 victory.

The first unofficial Dutch Championship in bandy was held during the winter of 1895. Teams from Amsterdam, Haarlem, Zwolle, and Delft competed in the championship. Haarlem was crowned champions.

The Amsterdamsche Courant of January 19, 1897, reported that a match between Hockey en Bandyclub Haarlem en Omstreken and a team of Amsterdam students had taken part on the previous Sunday. The same paper reported on January 23 that the Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club had created a junior department for those under 18.

A central governing body for the sport was formed with the creation of the Nederlandsche Hockey en Bandy Bond on October 8, 1898. The Haagsche Hockey en Bandy Club won the first official Dutch Championship in 1899. The Boek de sporten published a chapter on the sport in 1900.

In 1901, the Dutch played their first international bandy matches in Davos, Switzerland. Between 1901 and 1905, Haarlem competed in the Davos International Bandy Tournament every year. The 1905 tournament also served as the European Championship.

Although bandy was played in 1908 and 1909, a string of mild winters in the Netherlands caused the sport to die out in the country.

Teams

Team	City	Foundation
Bandy Club Haarlem	Haarlem	1891-92
Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club	Amsterdam	1892
Heerenveensche IJs-Kolfvereniging	Heerenveen	1892-93
Bolswarder Bandy Club	Bolsward	1892-93
Leeuwarder Bandy Club	Leeuwarden	1892-93
Zwolsche Atletische Club	Zwolle	1892-93
Hockey en Bandyclub Haarlem en Omstreken	Haarlem	1895
Delftsche Studenten Hockey en Bandyteam	Delft	1895
Hilversum	Hilversum	1897
Leidsche Studenten Hockey en Bandyteam	Leiden	1897
Haagsche Hockey en Bandyclub	The Hague	1897
Velzen	Velzen	1898
Utrechts Studenten Hockey en Bandyteam	Utrecht	1898
Victoria	Rotterdam	1899
Dordrecht	Dordrecht	1905
Bredase Hockey en Bandyclub	Breda	1906
Gooische Hockey en Bandy Club	Bussum	1906

Results

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
January 5, 1891	Bury Fen Bandy Club	14:1	IJsclub Haarlem en Omstreken
January 6, 1891	Bury Fen Bandy Club	6:2	Amsterdamsche IJsclub
January 7, 1891	Bury Fen Bandy Club	6:0	IJsclub Haarlem en Omstreken
February 21, 1892	Amsterdam	0:3	Haarlem
January 3, 1893	Amsterdam	3:4	Haarlem
January 11, 1893	Bury Fen Bandy Club	0:8	Haarlem
January 12, 1893	Bury Fen Bandy Club	5:1	Amsterdam
January 30, 1895	Zwolsche Athletische Club	0:17	Bandy Club Haarlem
February 2, 1895	Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club	3:5	Bandy Club Haarlem
February 3, 1895	Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club	7:0	Delftsche Studenten Hockey en Bandyteam
February 7, 1895	Bolsward	0:1	Heerenveensche IJs-Kolfvereniging
February 10, 1895	Zwolsche Athletische Club	1:6	Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club
February 11, 1895	Bandy Club Haarlem	N/A1	Delftsche Studenten Hockey en Bandyteam
February 12, 1895	Heerenveensche IJs-Kolfvereniging	5:1	Bolsward
February 14, 1895	Bandy Club Haarlem	8:0	Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club
January 17, 1897	Hockey en Bandyclub Haarlem en Omstreken	W:L	Amsterdam students
January 27, 1897	Hilversum	3:7	Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club

Ice Hockey

History

After bandy had faded in the Netherlands, a series of ice hockey (although it was still often referred to as "bandy") matches were arranged in January 1929 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the IJsclub Haarlem en Omstreken. Two teams from Antwerp, Belgium, played a demonstration match against one another as part of the festivities on January 13. A tournament was also staged in Baarn on the same day.

H.H.Y.C. Den Haag was founded in 1933. On April 16, a general meeting was held in The Hague, where a board was elected. On December 6, 1933, the Haarlemsche Courant reported a match having taken place between two school teams of the Haarlemsche IJsclub. On the same day, the Haagsche Courant referenced a training match between two H.H.Y.C. Den Haag sides. On January 5, 1934, H.H.Y.C. played its first international match in Antwerp against a Belgian opposition. IJsclub Haarlem en Omstreken also organized tournaments for schoolchildren in 1933.

The Netherlands Ice Hockey Association (Nederlandse IJshockey Bond) was founded on September 6, 1934, as the successor to the Nederlandse Hockey en Bandy Bond. It later joined the LIHG in 1935. A.IJ.H.C. Amsterdam participated in the 1934 Brussels Tournament while the city of Amsterdam hosted a tournament at its newly-opened ice rink on December 8 and 9, 1934. The first opening match at the rink had been held on November 24. Rinks later opened in The Hague and Tilburg.

On December 20, 1935, an ice hockey club was founded in Amerfoot. Hockey also soon spread to the cities of Alkmaar, Bilthoven, Bussum, Doorn, Heiloo, Naarden and Rotterdam. On January 27, 1936, a youth league containing six to seven teams was announced. Teams were to come from Amsterdam, The Hague, Haarlem, Leiden and Naarden.

The Lippens Beker, a multi-national competition also known as the North West European Cup, featuring a rotating schedule which featured some matches in Amsterdam, was held for the first time during the 1936-37 season. The following year, the national Dutch competition for the Nestor Beker was staged. It was won by Den Haag in 1938 and Amsterdam in 1939.

No national Dutch competition was played in 1940, although an Inter Urban League was staged between Dutch and Belgian teams. During World War II, hockey was played during the winters of 1941 and 1942, but the sport then went on hiatus until 1945. It was decided it was too dangerous to play against teams with Jewish players.

H.H.Y.C. Den Haag's home rink was closed and the team was only able to play away games. As some members of A.IJ.H.C. Amsterdam adhered to fascist ideology, Ijsvogels Amsterdam was created by players loyal to their homeland.

The city of Tilburg was liberated from the Nazis on October 27, 1944. The Canadian troops stationed there soon became aware of the local ice rink and, upon finding it damaged, had new piping imported from France. The first matches in the Netherlands since 1942 were played in Tilburg in January 1945. They all involved various Canadian service branches either playing against one another or the local T.IJ.S.C. Tilburg squad.

The Dutch Championship was set up for the 1945-46 season, which marked the first full season of hockey in the Netherlands since 1939.

Teams

The following teams were founding members of the Netherlands Ice Hockey Association:

• IJsclub Haarlem en Omstreken.
• Nieuwe 's-Gravenhaagsche IJsvereeniging.
• Gooische Hockey en Bandy Club.
• Enschedeesche Hockey en Bandy Club.
• P.W. de IJsclub Kralingen.
• Amsterdamsche IJsclub.
• Haagsche Hockey en IJshockey Club.
• Schiedamsche IJshockeyclub de Pinguins.
• Amsterdamsche IJshockey Club.
• Leidsche Studenten IJsclub.
• N.V. Sportfondsen Bad afdeling Kunstijsbaan te Amsterdam.

Results

1929

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
January 9, 1929	Musschen A	?	Musschen B
January 12, 1929	Musschen	6:8	Bloemendaal
January 12, 1929	Den Haag Juniors	W:L	Pinguins/Bandy Bond
January 13, 1929	Pinguins Den Haag	2:0	H.F.C. Haarlem
January 13, 1929	Bloemendaal	0:5	Pinguins Den Haag
January 13, 1929	Cercle des Patineurs d'Anvers	3:4	Le Puck Anvers
January 13, 1929	Baarn	9:0*	Brummen
January 13, 1929	Brummen	3:0*	Aerdenhout
January 13, 1929	Brummen	2:0*	Baarn
February 2, 1929	Baarn	11:0	Bloemendaal
February 17, 1929	Amsterdam	4:4	Bloemendaal
February 17, 1929	Amsterdam	1:7	Aerdenhout
February 21, 1929	Rotterdam	0:9	Den Haag

(*These matches were part of the tournament in Baarn.)

1932-33

See: 1933 Anton Beynes Beker, 1933 Louis Bijvoet Beker (January).

1933-34

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
December 6, 1933	Haarlemsche Schoolteam A	?	Haarlemsche Schoolteam B
December 6, 1933	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag A	?	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag B
December 9, 1933	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag A	2:2	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag B
December 10, 1933	Bloemendaal	0:9	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag
December 10, 1933	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag	4:0	H.H.Y.C./Haarlem Combination
January 5, 1934	Antwerpen	4:2	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag

See also: 1933 Louis Bijvoet Beker, played in Haarlem on December 17, 1933.

1934-35

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
November 14, 1934	Haarlem	1:0	Dutch Foreigners
November 14, 1934	Amsterdam	0:1	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag
November 19, 1934	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag	2:0	Haarlem
December 21, 1934	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag/Haarlem	3:0	Amsterdam

See also: 1934 Brussels Tournament, 1934 Amsterdam Tournament, 1934-35 International Club Matches.

1935-36

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
November 1935	Brussels	8:7	Blue Six Amsterdam
November 3, 1935	Blue Six Amsterdam	8:1	Brussels
December 7, 1935	Blue Six Amsterdam	5:8	Stade Francais

These matches were part of the Interville Cup international tournament. Games were played in Brussels and Amsterdam. The Blue Six withdrew on January 21, 1936. See also: 1935-36 International Club Matches.

1937-38

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
October 29, 1937	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag	3:8	A.IJ.H.C. Amsterdam
November 4, 1937	Blauw	10:4	Wit
January 30, 1938	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag Juniors	3:3	A.IJ.H.C. Amsterdam Juniors
March 30, 1938	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag Juniors	1:1	Brussels Juniors
March 30, 1938	Netherlands	?	Belgium

The November 4 game between Blauw (blue) and Wit (white) was a demonstration match. The games on March 30 were part of the Haarlemsche IJsclub Beker. See also: 1937 St. Moritz Tournament, 1938 Dutch Cup, 1937-38 Lippens Beker, 1937-38 International Club Matches.

1938-39

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
November 30, 1938	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag Juniors	2:0	A.IJ.H.C. Amsterdam Juniors
December 15, 1938	A.IJ.H.C. Amsterdam Juniors	4:3	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag Juniors
December 26, 1938	Blue Six Amsterdam	7:5	Tigers
December 26, 1938	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag	10:82	R.IJ.C. Houtrust
January 28, 1939	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag Juniors	3:1	Brussels Juniors
January 29, 1939	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag Juniors	1:3	T.IJ.S.C. Tilburg
February 5, 1939	T.IJ.S.C. Tilburg	2:2	De Snelle Zes
February 12, 1939	White Star Six	5:2	Big Fat Six
February 16, 1939	A.IJ.H.C. Amsterdam Juniors	1:4	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag Juniors
February 19, 1939	White Star Six	5:2	Residentie YC
February 26, 1939	White Star Six	2:3	Big Fat Six
March 5, 1939	White Star Six	0:0 (?)	Big Fat Six

The matches on December 26, 1938, were part of the N.IJ.B. Propaganda Tour. The Anton Beynes Beker, held in Haarlem, was won by Kennemer Lyceum over M.T.S. See also: 1938 Louis Bijvoet Beker, 1939 Dutch Cup, 1938-39 Lippens Beker, 1938-39 International Club Matches.

1939-40

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
January 7, 1940	A.IJ.H.C. Amsterdam	0:2	Blue Six Amsterdam
January 11, 1940	T.IJ.S.C. Tilburg	2:5	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag
January 13, 1940	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag	5:1	R.IJ.C.
January 14, 1940	A.IJ.H.C. Amsterdam	4:2	Blue Six Amsterdam
January 18, 1940	T.IJ.S.C. blauw	3:2	T.IJ.S.C. rood
January 21, 1940	A.IJ.H.C. Amsterdam	4:2	Blue Six Amsterdam
January 28, 1940	A.IJ.H.C. Amsterdam	2:3	Blue Six Amsterdam
February 4, 1940	Blue Six Amsterdam	5:4	A.IJ.H.C. Amsterdam
March 20, 1940	T.IJ.S.C. Tilburg	8:3	Hillegersberg (H.IJ.C.)
March 20, 1940	Bondsteam A (Blue Six)	4:2	Bondsteam B
March 28, 1940	A.IJ.H.C. Amsterdam	3:2	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag/T.IJ.S.C. Tilburg Combination
March 30, 1940	T.IJ.S.C. Tilburg	2:3	White Star Six

The matches between A.IJ.H.C. and Blue Six Amsterdam held between January 21 and February 4 were part of the Zilveren Molen competition. Blue Six won the final game. See also: 1940 Anton Beynes Beker, 1939-40 Inter Urban League.

1940-41

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
December 9, 1940	T.IJ.S.C. Tilburg	3:8	White Star Six
December 11, 1940	IJsvogels Amsterdam	1:2	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag
December 12, 1940	A.IJ.H.C. Amsterdam	2:3	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag/IJsvogels Amsterdam Combination
December 22, 1940	T.IJ.S.C. Tilburg	0:6	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag
December 26, 1940	De Snelle Zes	3:4	IJsvogels Amsterdam
January 5, 1941	Arnhem	W:L	Thialf
January 5, 1941	A.IJ.H.C. Amsterdam	3:2	Blauwe Vogels
January 5, 1941	T.IJ.S.C. Tilburg	1:4	IJsvogels Amsterdam
January 12, 1941	Thialf	7:1	Oosterbeek IJsvereniging
January 12, 1941	Zutphen/Deventer	9:4	Arnhemse IJsclub
January 19, 1941	White Star Six	3;6	Dordrecht
January 20, 1941	Arnhem	2:0	Nijmegen
January 20, 1941	Zutphen	3:5	Deventer
January 20, 1941	Deventer	1:2	Nijmegen
January 29, 1941	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag	3:1*	IJsvogels Amsterdam
January 29, 1941	A.IJ.H.C. Amsterdam	2:2**	Snelle Zes
February 2, 1941	Nijmegen 1	6:2	Arnhem
February 2, 1941	Zutphen	2:2	Arnhem
February 2, 1941	Nijmegen 2	2:5	Zutphen/Deventer
February 2, 1941	Nijmegen 1	3:3	Nijmegen 2
February 2, 1941	T.IJ.S.C. Tilburg	1:2	IJsvogels Amsterdam
February 12, 1941	A.IJ.H.C. Amsterdam	1:2	IJsvogels Amsterdam
February 5, 1941	A.IJ.H.C. Amsterdam	5:0*	T.IJ.S.C. Tilburg
February 16, 1941	T.IJ.S.C. Tilburg	2:1*	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag
February 19, 1941	IJsvogels Amsterdam	2:0	T.IJ.S.C. Tilburg
February 23, 1941	T.IJ.S.C. Tilburg	2:2	Witte Brug
February 24, 1941	Arnhem	3:2	Zutphen
March 11, 1941	De Rode Zes	4:5	De Blauwe Zes

The match on January 12 was for the F.W. Haagen Wisselbeker. *Indicates match was played as part of the Nestor Beker "A" competition. **Indicates a Nestor Beker "B" match. Games played on January 20 and February 2 involving Arnhem, Nijmegen, Zutphen, and Deventer were part of the Eastern Competition - administered by the N.IJ.B. See also: 1940-41 International Club Matches, 1941 International Week of Winter Sports.

1941-42

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
January 4, 1942	T.IJ.S.C. Tilburg	1:4	White Star Six
January 17, 1942	Arnhelm	4:3	Nijmegen
January 18, 1942	IJsvogels Amsterdam	1:3	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag
January 18, 1942	Zutphen	2:1	Arnhelm
January 18, 1942	Nijmegen	1:2	Deventer
January 18, 1942	White Star Six	3:1	T.IJ.S.C. Tilburg
January 18, 1942	Dordrecht	3:5	T.IJ.S.C. Tilburg
January 20, 1942	IJsvogels Amsterdam	1:3	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag
January 25, 1942	het Gooi	2:4	T.IJ.S.C. Tilburg
February 1, 1942	T.IJ.S.C. Tilburg	0:5	IJsvogels Amsterdam
February 15/16, 1942	T.IJ.S.C. Tilburg	4:2	het Gooi
February 22, 1942	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag II	1:1	IJsvogels Amsterdam Juniors
February 22, 1942	H.H.Y.C. Den Haag	1:2	IJsvogels Amsterdam
March 1, 1942	T.IJ.S.C. Tilburg	1:7	IJsvogels Amsterdam

See also: 1942 Sports Day in Den Haag Tournament.

1944-45

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
January 21, 1945	T.IJ.S.C. Tilburg	2:8	R.A.F. Team
January 28, 1945	T.IJ.S.C. Tilburg	0:2	1st Canadian Workshop
February 1, 1945	R.C.E.M.E.	1:1	3rd Light ACK-ACK
February 1, 1945	R.C. Army Service Corps	3:1	R.C.E.M.E.
February 4, 1945	T.IJ.S.C. Tilburg	-	1st Canadian Army Team
February 5, 1945	11th Canadian Field Park Comp.	2:1	20th Canadian Field Comp.
February 5, 1945	2nd Road Construction Comp.	3:2 OT	33rd Field Company
February 11, 1945	T.IJ.S.C. Tilburg	-	1st Canadian Army Team
February 15, 1945	T.IJ.S.C. Tilburg	-	Adm. Headquarters
February 18, 1945	T.IJ.S.C. Tilburg	3:5	R.A.F. Team
February 25, 1945	T.IJ.S.C. Tilburg	0:2	Canadian Medical Corps

Photographs

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  The Haarlem club during the 1890-91 season.

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  The first ice hockey match in the Netherlands - January 9, 1929.

Notes

1. Delftsche never showed up to the match. 2. Match was also reported as 8-4 score.

References

• Nico Groen - Dutch Hockey Archives
• TYSC Trappers History Site
• Arnout Janmaat (March 7, 2013). "120 jar bandygeschiedenis in Nederland". http://www.bandybond.nl/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/120-jaar-bandygeschiedenis-in-Nederland.pdf. Retrieved 30 June 2015. 
• Amsterdamsche Courant newspaper
• Algemeen Handelsblad newspaper