The 1910 Inter-State Series Final was the second Inter-State Series ice hockey championship in Australia and for the first time was held in the Sydney Glaciarium.
The series
The inter-state ice hockey championship was held between a state representative team from Victoria and from New South Wales. This tournament was a best-of-3 format and saw Victoria win the series 3 games to 0. The first winner of 2 games in the series was often quoted in newspapers as "securing / winning the 'rubber ", which is terminology used in the game of Rubber Bridge where in a best of 3 competition a rubber is awarded to the team that first wins 2 games of the 3. The game itself was played in two halves of 10min each with a break in between.
Game one 23 July 1910 was the first game of the series and was held at the Sydney Glaciarium in front of an enthusiastic crowd of 2000 people. Victoria defeated the New South Wales team by a score of 4-2 with goals being scored by Victorians Andrew Reid (who had 2 goals), Robert Jackson and Dudley Woods. Scoring for New South Wales was done by Jack Pike and Les Turnbull.
Game two Wednesday 27 July 1910 proved to be a difficult day for New South Wales as Victoria overwhelmed them by a score of 12-0.
Game three
The evening of Friday 29 July 1910 marked the third straight win for Victoria with a convincing 8-0 victory over New South Wales. The goals were scored by Henry "Hal" Newman Reid Jr., who had five goals and his brother Andrew Reid with three goals.
Game-by-gameAway teamScoreHome teamScoring summaryLocation1July 23Victoria4-2New South Wales VIC – A. Reid (2), Jackson, Woods NSW – Pike, Turnbull Sydney Glaciarium2July 27Victoria12-0New South Wales3July 29Victoria8-0New South Wales VIC – H. Reid (5), A. Reid (3)Victoria win best-of-three series 3 games to 0
Teams
Victoria The Victoria team was made from the following players
E. C. Walker (Captain) Andrew Reid (Vice Captain) J. Blair Robert Jackson Dudley Woods Cyril Macgillicuddy (Goaltender) Emergency list Henry "Hal" Newman Reid Jr. E. Menzies S. Keast Manager R. Whiteford
New South Wales The New South Wales team was made from the following players Les Turnbull (Captain) (forward) Jack Pike (forward) Arthur Cuthbertson (forward) Cyril Lane (Back) Dunbar Poole (Vice Captain) (back) Graham (Goaltender) Emergency list Rowe Bray Knowles Swannel Allport Fowler
Player statistics
Scoring leaders The following players led the interstate championship for points.
Player Team Victoria 3 5 0 5 Victoria 3 4 0 4 Victoria 3 1 0 1 Victoria 3 1 0 1 New South Wales 3 1 0 1 New South Wales 3 1 0 1 Victoria 3 0 0 0 New South Wales 3 0 0 0 New South Wales 3 0 0 0 New South Wales 3 0 0 0
Leading goaltenders The following goaltenders led the interstate championship for goals against average.
Player Team Victoria 3 3 0 2 2 0.67 New South Wales 3 1 3 24 0 8.00
See also
Goodall Cup Ice Hockey Australia Australian Ice Hockey League
References