1932-33 English League season

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The 1932-33 English League season was the second season of the English League, the top level of ice hockey in England. Six teams participated in the league, and Oxford University won the championship.

Regular season

Scores
  • 10/21: Oxford University - Princes and Queens 5:2 (3:0, 1:1, 1:0)[1]
  • 10/22: Cambridge University - London Lions postponed
  • 10/22: Manchester - Oxford University postponed
  • 10/26: Grosvenor House Canadians - Princes and Queens 3:0 (1:0, 0:0, 2:0)[2]
  • 11/4: Oxford University - Grosvenor House Canadians 4:0 (2:0, 1:0, 1:0)[3]
  • 11/12: London Lions - Manchester 10:2[4]
  • 11/12: Princes and Queens - Cambridge University 8:1[5] - or 9:1
  • 11/17: London Lions - Cambridge University 9:1[6]
  • 11/19: Manchester - Grosvenor House Canadians postponed
  • 11/19: London Lions - Oxford University postponed
  • 11/24: Grosvenor House Canadians - Cambridge University 12:0[7]
  • 11/26: London Lions - Princes and Queens 2:2[8] - game was protested by Princes
  • 11/26: Oxford University - Manchester 16:0 (7:0, 3:0, 6:0) - seems this match was for 4 points[9]
  • 12/2: London Lions - Princes and Queens 7:1
  • 12/3: Cambridge University - Manchester 4:1[10]
  • 12/17: Princes and Queens - Manchester 4:1[11]
  • 1/7: Grosvenor House Canadians - Manchester postponed
  • 1/21: Oxford University - Cambridge University 1:0 (Varsity Match for 4 points)[12]
  • 1/27: Grosvenor House Canadians - Princes and Queens 2:1[13]
  • 1/28: Cambridge University - Manchester 6:2[14]
  • 2/2: Cambridge University - Princes and Queens 2:2
  • 2/3: Oxford University - London Lions 3:1[15]
  • 2/8: Oxford University - Grosvenor House Canadians 1:0 (0:0, 1:0, 0:0)[16]
  • 2/11: Princes and Queens - Manchester 13:1[17]
  • 2/16: Grosvenor House Canadians - Cambridge University 6:1[18]
  • 2/18: London Lions - Manchester 8:1[19]
  • 2/23: Cambridge University - London Lions 3:2[20]
  • 2/25: Oxford University - London Lions 2:0[21]
  • 2/25: Grosvenor House Canadians - Manchester 12:1 - 4 point game[21]
  • 3/3: Oxford University - Princes and Queens 3:0[22] - The Isis 3/8 had 3:1, Daily Mail also had 3:0
  • 3/8: Grosvenor House Canadians - London Lions 6:0[23]
  • 3/11: Grosvenor House Canadians - London Lions 1:0[24]
Standings
Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. Oxford University 10 10 0 0 35 3 20
2. Grosvenor House Canadians 10 8 0 2 42 8 16
3. London Lions 10 4 1 5 39 22 9
4. Princes and Queens 10 3 2 5 34 27 8
5. Cambridge University 10 3 1 6 18 44 7
6. Manchester 10 0 0 10 9 73 0

Division 2

Known scores
  • 10/29: Warwickshire - Princes and Queens A 11:2 @ Birmingham[25]
  • 11/8: Warwickshire - Oxfordshire 6:1[26]
  • 11/10: London Lions A - Streatham 4:1 @ Streatham [27]
  • 11/26: Warwickshire - Streatham 6:2[28]
  • 12/3: Warwickshire - Bournemouth 3:2[29]
  • 12/17: Warwickshire - Grosvenor House Canadians A 3:0 @ Birmingham[30]
  • 12/17: Bournemouth - Streatham 11:1
  • 12/19: Streatham - Princes and Queens A 1:1[31]
  • 1/6: Grosvenor House Canadians A - Streatham 1:0[32]
  • 1/7: London Lions A - Warwickshire 4:2[33]
  • 2/1: Warwickshire - Grosvenor House Canadians A 3:2[34]
  • 2/8: Streatham - Grosvenor House Canadians A 2:2 @ Grosvenor House[35]
  • 2/25: London Lions A - Streatham 1:1[36]
  • 2/25: Warwickshire - Oxfordshire 5:1 @ Birmingham[37]
  • 3/4: Warwickshire - Streatham 4:1[38]
  • 3/11: Warwickshire - London Lions A 3:2[39]
  • Grosvenor House Canadians A - Bournemouth 3:1
  • Princes and Queens A - Bournemouth 2:1
  • Bournemouth - Southampton 3:2
  • Grosvenor House Canadians A - Oxfordshire 4:1
  • Grosvenor House Canadians A - Southampton 3:2
  • Bournemouth - Oxfordshire 4:3
  • Oxfordshire - Southampton 3:0
  • Bournemouth - Southampton 9:1
  • Southampton - Grosvenor House Canadians A 2:1
  • Oxfordshire - Southampton 4:2
  • Southampton - Princes and Queens A 4:2
  • Southampton - Streatham 4:2
  • Southampton - Warwickshire 4:4
  • Warwickshire - Southampton 11:2
Standings as of 3/3[40]
Club GP W T L GF GA Pts
1. Warwickshire 10 9 0 1 46 19 18
2. London Lions A 11 6 4 1 48 31 16
3. Bournemouth 8 5 0 3 44 17 10
4. Grosvenor House Canadians A 10 3 4 3 22 20 10
5. Streatham 9 2 3 4 19 42 7
6. Princes and Queens A 9 0 5 4 9 27 5
7. Oxfordshire 6 2 0 4 14 27 4
8. Southampton 6 0 0 6 9 28 0

Other games

  • 10/22: Bournemouth - London Lions 7:5 @ Westover Ice Rink[41]
  • 10/23: Purley - London Lions A 3:0 @ Purley
  • 11/?: Bournemouth - Princes and Queens A 12:1[42]
  • 11/16: Purley - Streatham 1:1 @ Purley
  • 12/11: Bournemouth - Purley IHC 8:1 @ Westover Ice Rink[43]
  • 12/14: Purley - Grosvenor House Canadians A 0:0 @ Purley
  • 12/17: Grosvenor House Canadians - London Lions 8:2 @ Ice Club[44]
  • 12/26: Purley beat London Lions A @ Purley
  • 12/31: Bournemouth - Grosvenor House Canadians 9:3 @ Westover Ice Rink
  • 12/31: Grosvenor House Canadians - Bournemouth 7:4 @ Westover Ice Rink
  • 1/18: Southampton - Purley 3:1 @ Purley
  • 1/21: London Lions - Princes and Queens 8:2 - originally a league game, became friendly due to players sick with flu[45]
  • 2/4: Princes and Queens - Warwickshire 2:1 @ Birmingham[46]
  • 2/9: Streatham - Purley 2:1 @ Purley[35]
  • 2/10: Warwickshire - Liverpool 7:4 @ Liverpool[47]
  • 2/18: United Services - Warwickshire 4:3 @ Birmingham[48]
  • 3/10: Oxford University - Rest of the League 0:0 @ Oxford[49]
  • 3/11: Grosvenor House Canadians - London Lions 1:0 @ Westminster Ice Club[50]
  • 3/25: Princes and Queens - Liverpool 5:0 @ Liverpool[51]
  • 3/25: Hampshire - Warwickshire 3:1 @ Birmingham[52]
  • 3/26: Streatham - Princes and Queens 3:1 @ Streatham[53]
  • 4/9: Middlesex - Surrey 2:1 @ Purley[54]

References

  1. Oxford Times, 1932-10-28
  2. The Times, 1932-10-28
  3. Oxford Times, 1932-11-11
  4. Sunday Mirror, 1932-11-13
  5. Daily Mail, 1932-11-14
  6. The Times, 1932-11-18
  7. The Times, 1932-11-25
  8. The Times, 1932-11-28
  9. Birmingham Daily Gazette, 1932-11-28
  10. Skating Times, Dec. 1932
  11. The Guardian, 1932-12-19
  12. The Times, 1933-01-23
  13. Skating Times, Feb. 1933
  14. The Guardian, 1933-01-30
  15. Daily Mirror, 1933-02-04
  16. Daily Mirror, 1933-02-09
  17. Sunday Mirror, 1933-02-12
  18. The Times, 1933-02-17
  19. The Guardian, 1933-02-20
  20. Daily Mirror, 1933-02-24
  21. 21.0 21.1 The Times, 1933-02-27
  22. The Times, 1933-03-04
  23. The Times, 1933-03-09
  24. Sunday Mirror, 1933-03-12
  25. Birmingham Daily Gazette, 1932-10-31
  26. Coventry Evening Telegraph, 1932-11-09
  27. Norwood News, 1932-11-18
  28. Coventry Evening Telegraph, 1932-11-28
  29. Coventry Evening Telegraph, 1932-12-05
  30. Coventry Evening Telegraph, 1932-12-19
  31. Norwood News, 1932-12-23
  32. Norwood News, 1933-01-13
  33. Birmingham Daily Gazette, 1933-01-09
  34. Birmingham Daily Gazette, 1933-02-04
  35. 35.0 35.1 Norwood News, 1933-02-17
  36. Norwood News, 1933-03-03
  37. Coventry Evening Telegraph, 1933-02-27
  38. Norwood News, 1933-03-10
  39. Coventry Evening Telegraph, 1933-03-13
  40. Coventry Evening Telegraph, 1933-03-03
  41. Bournemouth Graphic, 1932-10-25
  42. Bournemouth Echo article on Ivor Nesbitt
  43. Western Gazette, 1932-12-16
  44. The Times, 1932-12-19
  45. The Guardian, 1933-01-22
  46. Birmingham Daily Gazette, 1933-02-06
  47. The Guardian, 1933-02-11
  48. Coventry Evening Telegraph', 1933-02-20
  49. The Times, 1933-03-11
  50. Sunday Mirror, 1933-03-12
  51. Weekly Dispatch, 1933-03-26
  52. Birmingham Daily Gazette, 1933-03-27
  53. Norwood News, 1933-03-31
  54. Norwood News, 1933-04-21

Credits

Special thanks to Mick Chambers, author of Nottingham Panthers Statistical Guidebook 1946-2000 and Nottingham Panthers Factual Scrapbook 1939-2007, and Martin Harris, author of Homes of British Ice Hockey and Lion in Winter, for supplying some of the information on this page.