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This was the '''1908 ice hockey season in [[Australia]]''':

==Overview==
September 12, 1908, was the date of the formation of the first ice hockey association in Australia in a meeting at the Melbourne Glaciarium which occurred directly after an ice hockey game between the '''Brighton Ice Hockey Club''' and the '''Melburnians''', which resulted in a 2-2 tie. The meeting was for the purpose of organising a club for the following season and the following committee was appointed: Lorimer, Ward, Errol F. Woods, W. Purbrick and Andrew Lambert Reid.
Mr. Purbrick was nominated as honorable Treasurer and Mr. Reid was nominated as the Secretary.<ref name="1stassociationcomittee">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/146722298|title=The Glaciarium|newspaper=Table Talk (magazine) |date=17 September 1908 |accessdate=22 October 2015}}</ref>

The name of the association was the [[Victorian_Ice_Hockey_Association|Victorian Amateur Ice Hockey Association (VAIHA)]]. The association consisted of 4 ice hockey clubs:<ref name="1stchampionshipwin">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/357011|title=Ice Hockey Championship - Won By the Glaciarium|newspaper=The Argus (Melbourne) |date=28 September 1909 |accessdate=27 September 2015}}</ref>

* Beavers
* Brighton
* Glaciarium
* Melburnians
==Results==
*7/8: '''Glaciarium''' - Brighton 3:2<ref>''The Age'', 1908-07-11</ref>
*8/26: '''American Fleet''' - Glaciarium Patrons 5:1 (1:1, 4:0)<ref>''Sydney Evening News'', 1908-08-27</ref>
*9/1: '''Victoria''' - American Fleet 9:2 (4:1, 5:1) - goals: Hal Reid (5), Keith Walker (2), A.L. Reid (2)/Gill, Brainard<ref>''The Argus'', 1908-09-02</ref>
**Victoria: A.L. Reid, Les Reid, Hal Reid, Keith Walker, Dudley Woods. America: Selfridge, Atkins, Burdick, Gill, Brainard.
*9/3: '''Victoria''' - American Fleet 6:4 (2:0, 4:4)<ref>''The Argus'', 1908-09-04</ref>
**Victoria: C. Smith, R. Jackson, C. Kelly, E.F. Woods, L. De Grut, F. Vale, H.J. Blatchley. America: Midshipman Ducy, Dr. Traynor, Midshipman Bardick, Ensign Brainard, Ensign Wood, Midshipman Leizure, Midshipman Gill.
*9/12: Brighton - Melburnians 2:2<ref>''Table Talk'', 1908-09-17</ref>
*9/18: '''Glaciarium A''' - Glaciarium B 3:1 - playoff between the Victorian teams who defeated the American Fleet. goals: Hal Reid, Keith Walker, Leslie Reid<ref>''The Argus'', 1908-09-19</ref>
==Contemporary accounts==
<gallery>
The Argus 9-4-08.png|The September 4, 1908, edition of ''The Argus''.
</gallery>

==References==
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{{Early Australian Hockey}}

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