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This was the '''1912 ice hockey season in [[Australia]]''':

==Overview==
The [[Victorian Championship]] series in Australia was held in the [[Melbourne Glaciarium]] for the fourth time. It was won by the Melburnians.

The fourth [[1912 Goodall Cup|Goodall Cup]] Inter-State Series between Victoria and New South Wales was staged from August 23-29, 1912. It was won by New South Wales, 3-games-to-none.

==Results==
;Victorian Championship

Regular season
*5/29: '''Brighton''' - Ottawa 2:1 - goals: C. Berkeley, C. Smith/K. Walker<ref name=A530>''The Argus'', 1912-05-30</ref>
*5/29: '''Melburnians''' - Beavers 1:0<ref name=A530></ref>
*6/5: '''Melburnians''' - Brighton 3:0 - goals: Hal Reid (3)<ref name=A66>''The Argus'', 1912-06-06</ref>
*6/5: '''Beavers''' - Ottawa 3:0 - goals: R. Jackson, A. Reid, M. MacGillicuddy<ref name=A66></ref>
*6/12: '''Beavers''' - Brighton 5:1 - goals: M. MacGillicuddy (4), A. Reid/C. Smith<ref name=A613>''The Argus'', 1912-06-13</ref>
*6/12: '''Melburnians''' - Ottawa 2:0 - goals: S.F. Hunt (2)<ref name=A613></ref>
*6/26: Beavers - Ottawa 3:3 - goals: A.L. Reid, R. Jackson, R. MacGillicuddy/K. Walker, D. Woods, Earp<ref name=A627>''The Argus'', 1912-06-27</ref>
*6/26: '''Melburnians''' - Brighton 6:1<ref name=A627></ref>
*7/3: '''Melburnians''' - Ottawa 1:0 - goals: L. Reid<ref name=A74>''The Age'', 1912-07-04</ref>
*7/3: '''Beavers''' - Brighton 2:0 - goals: A.L. Reid, R. MacGillicuddy<ref name=A74></ref>
Playoffs
*7/10: '''Ottawa''' - Melburnians 3:1 - goals: R. Walker (3)/Schubert - semifinal<ref>''The Argus'', 1912-07-11</ref>
*7/17: '''Brighton''' - Beavers 2:0 - semifinal<ref>''The Argus'', 1912-07-18</ref>
*7/24: '''Ottawa''' - Brighton 3:1 - goals: R. Hunt, D. Woods, K. Walker - final<ref>''The Age'', 1912-07-26</ref><ref>''The Argus'', 1912-07-25</ref>

As winners of the minor premiership (regular season), the Melburnians faced the playoff-winning Ottawa club in the grand final.

*7/31: '''Melburnians''' - Ottawa - grand final
;Other games
*8/17: '''Canadian Cadets''' - Victoria 6:4<ref>''The Age'', 1912-08-19</ref>
==Contemporary accounts==
<gallery>
Argus 5-30-12.png|The May 30, 1912, edition of ''The Argus''.
Punch 7-18-12.png|The July 18, 1912, edition of ''Punch''.
Age 8-19-12.png|The August 19, 1912, edition of ''The Age''.
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Early Australian Hockey}}

[[Category:1912 in ice hockey]]

1912 Australia season - Revision history

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