1934-35 English League season

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The 1934-35 English League season was the fourth season of the English League, the top level of ice hockey in England. Eight teams participated in the league, and Streatham won the championship.

Regular season

Known scores
  • 10/27: Wembley Canadians - Manchester 5:1[1]
  • 10/31: Streatham - Wembley Canadians 4:2[2]
  • 11/3: Manchester - Warwickshire 4:3[3]
  • 11/6: Richmond Hawks - Wembley Lions 3:3[4]
  • 11/10: Streatham - Manchester 13:0[5]
  • 11/10: Wembley Canadians - Oxford University 4:0[6]
  • 11/10: Queens - Warwickshire 6:3[5]
  • 11/17: Wembley Canadians - Wembley Lions 4:2[7]
  • 11/24: Oxford University - Manchester 4:1[8]
  • 12/2: Wembley Canadians - Streatham 0:0[9]
  • 12/5: Streatham - Oxford University 6:0[10]
  • 12/15: Wembley Lions - Streatham 3:2[11]
  • 12/20: Wembley Lions - Manchester 10:1[12]
  • 1/10: Wembley Lions - Warwickshire 8:3[13]
  • 1/12: Richmond Hawks - Wembley Canadians 6:4[14]
  • 1/12: Queens - Manchester 6:3[15]
  • 1/18: Wembley Lions - Queens 6:3[16]
  • 1/26: Wembley Lions - Queens 18:1[17]
  • 1/29: Richmond Hawks - Oxford University 2:1 - 4 point game[18]
  • 2/5: Wembley Canadians - Oxford University 5:0[19]
  • 2/6: Streatham - Richmond Hawks 4:2[20]
  • 2/7: Wembley Canadians - Wembley Lions 3:4[21] - Lions were deemed to have contravened a rule of the association, and the game was declared forfeited and awarded to the Canadians[22]
  • 2/9: Wembley Lions - Richmond Hawks 5:3[23]
  • 2/12: Wembley Canadians - Richmond Hawks 6:4[24]
  • 2/16: Wembley Lions - Manchester 6:1[25]
  • 2/19: Streatham - Oxford University 4:0[26]
  • 3/7: Wembley Lions - Oxford University 7:3[27]
  • 3/13: Streatham - Wembley Lions 6:3[28]
  • 3/23: Richmond Hawks - Manchester 12:2[29]
  • 3/23: Wembley Lions - Warwickshire 11:6[30]
  • 3/26: Streatham - Richmond Hawks 3:2[31]
  • 3/30: Streatham - Warwickshire 16:3[32]
  • 4/6: Richmond Hawks - Warwickshire 19:6[33]
  • Richmond Hawks - Queens - scratched due to congestion of Hawks fixtures[34] - seems first meeting counted for 4 points
Standings
Club GP W L T GF GA Pts
1. Streatham 14 12 1 1 82 19 25
2. Wembley Canadians 14 11 1 2 54 27 23
3. Wembley Lions 14 10 1 3 92 44 21
4. Richmond Hawks 14 8 1 5 70 41 17
5. Queens 14 6 1 7 32 68 13
6. Oxford University 14 2 3 9 21 45 7
7. Warwickshire 14 1 2 11 41 97 4
8. Manchester 14 1 0 13 14 65 2

Other games

  • 10/23: Richmond Hawks - Oxford University 4:2[35]
  • England - Resident Canadians 5:5
  • 12/21: England - Queens 7:5 @ Queens[36]
  • 12/26: Resident Canadians - England 8:4 @ Streatham[37]
  • 12/27: Wembley Canadians - Scotland 3:1 @ Wembley[38]
  • 12/29: Richmond Hawks - Scotland 8:1 @ Glasgow[39]
  • 1/3: Resident Canadians - England 10:5 @ Wembley[40]
  • 1/20: London Combination - Wembley Lions 10:6 @ Wembley[41]
  • 1/31: Wembley Lions/Canadians - Richmond Hawks/Streatham 5:2 @ Wembley[42]
  • 4/6: Wembley Canadians - Wembley Lions 5:4 - challenge match for Wembley Gold Skate[43]
Wembley Lightning Tournament

The tournament was played on October 27. Each team faced one another in a game of five minutes each way.[44]

  • Wembley Lions - Queen's 2:0
  • Streatham - Richmond Hawks 1:0
  • Richmond Hawks - Wembley Lions 2:1
  • Streatham - Queen's 1:0
  • Richmond Hawks - Queen's 2:0
  • Streatham - Wembley Lions 1:0
Tri-Tournament

Played at Wembley on November 24. Five minutes were played each way, with extra periods of the same length.[45]

  • Resident Canadians - England 1:0 OT
  • Resident Canadians - Scotland 1:0 OT
  • England tied Scotland after 2OT

References

  1. The Guardian, 1934-10-29
  2. The Times, 1934-11-01
  3. The Guardian, 1934-11-05
  4. The Times, 1934-11-07
  5. 5.0 5.1 The Observer, 1934-11-11
  6. The Times, 1934-11-12
  7. The Times, 1934-11-19
  8. The Guardian, 1934-11-26
  9. The Times, 1934-12-03
  10. The Times, 1934-12-06
  11. The Times, 1934-12-17
  12. The Times, 1934-12-21
  13. The Times, 1935-01-11
  14. The Times, 1935-01-14
  15. The Guardian, 1935-01-14
  16. The Times, 1935-01-19
  17. The Times, 1935-01-28
  18. The Times, 1935-01-30
  19. The Times, 1935-02-06
  20. The Times, 1935-02-07
  21. The Times, 1935-02-08
  22. The Observer, 1935-02-17
  23. The Times, 1935-02-11
  24. The Times, 1935-02-13
  25. The Guardian, 1935-02-18
  26. The Times, 1935-02-20
  27. The Times, 1935-03-08
  28. The Times, 1935-03-14
  29. The Guardian, 1935-03-25
  30. The Observer, 1935-03-24
  31. The Times, 1935-03-27
  32. The Times, 1935-04-01
  33. The Observer, 1935-04-07
  34. The Times, 1935-04-09
  35. The Times, 1934-10-24
  36. The Times, 1934-12-22
  37. The Times, 1934-12-27
  38. The Times, 1934-12-28
  39. The Times, 1934-12-31
  40. The Times, 1935-01-04
  41. The Times, 1935-01-21
  42. The Times, 1935-02-01
  43. The Times, 1935-04-08
  44. The Times, 1934-10-29
  45. The Times, 1934-11-26

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.