1912 Interstate Series

The Series

The 1912 Goodall Cup Final marks the fourth inter-state ice hockey championship in Australia and the second of these championships won by New South Wales, the first being won in their home arena. Practices for the New South Wales state team was announced on 12 August 1912, inviting the following players:^[1

Game One

23 August 1912 by the end of the first half, New South Wales was ahead 4-1. Jim Kendall scored again and increased the lead to 5-1 but the Victorian team scored one back to make the final score 5-2 and the first game of the series was won by New South Wales.^[2][3][4]

Game Two

27 August 1912 the second game of the series was won by New South Wales, defeating Victoria by a score of 3-1.^[5][6]

Game Three

29 August 1912 New South Wales was dominating the first half of the game and by the end of the 1st half they were up by a score of 3-0. Victoria would score in the second half of the game but New South Wales returned by scoring 3 more to defeat Victoria for the third straight game by a score of 6-1. Jimmy Kendall, who received a nasty cut to his head early in the game, scored all six goals for New South Wales while Henry "Hal" Newman Reid Jr. scored the lone goal for Victoria.^[7][8]

Teams

Uniforms

Newspaper Images

1. "Glaciarium - Inter-state Hockey On The Ice." Referee. 27 July, 1910.
2. "The Victorian Ice Hockey Team" Punch Magazine. 18 August 1910