1912 Goodall Cup Finals
{{Short description|4th interstate Ice Hockey championship}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox Stanley Cup Finals
|year=1912
|name=Goodall Cup Finals
|format=best-of-three
|team1=Victoria
|team1_short=Victoria
|team1_1=2
|team1_2=1
|team1_3=1
|team1_tot=0
|team2=New South Wales
|team2_short=New South Wales
|team2_1=5
|team2_2=3
|team2_3=6
|team2_tot=3
|table-note=* – Denotes overtime period(s)
|team1_coach=
|team2_coach=
|dates= August 23 – August 29
|location1=Sydney, New South Wales: Sydney Glaciarium
|series_winner=
}}
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.
The series
Practices for the New South Wales state team was announced on 12 August 1912, inviting the following players:{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15354629|title=Hockey On Ice - New South Wales v Victoria|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |date=12 August 1912 |accessdate=29 September 2015}}
- Jim Kendall
- Les Turnbull
- T. Rowe
- W. Knowles
- Jack Pike
- S. McCarthy
- W. Smith
- Andrew Reid
- C. Deacon
;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.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page1290971?zoomLevel=1|title=Ice Hockey|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |date=24 August 1912 |accessdate=30 September 2015}}{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/114481080|title=Hockey On The Ice|newspaper=The Evening News (Sydney) |date=24 August 1912 |accessdate=6 May 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10525069|title=Interstate Ice Hockey|newspaper=The Argus (Melbourne) |date=24 August 1912 |accessdate=6 May 2016}}
;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.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page1291035?zoomLevel=3|title=Ice Hockey|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |date=28 August 1912 |accessdate=29 September 2015}}{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15351847|title=Ice Hockey|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |date=28 August 1912 |accessdate=6 May 2016}}
;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.{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/114479185|title=Hockey On Ice|newspaper=The Evening News (Sydney) |date=30 August 1912 |accessdate=6 May 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page1291065?zoomLevel=4|title=Ice Hockey|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |date=30 August 1912 |accessdate=29 September 2015}}
| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|Game-by-game !Away Team !Score !Home Team !Scoring Summary !Location | ||||||
| 1 | August 23 | Victoria | align="center"|2-5 | New South Wales | VIC - H. Reid, K. Walker NSW - J. Kendall (3), T. Rowe (2) | rowspan="4"|Sydney Glaciarium |
| 2 | August 27 | Victoria | align="center"|1-3 | New South Wales | VIC - NSW - | |
| 3 | August 29 | Victoria | align="center"|1-6 | New South Wales | VIC - H. Reid NSW - J. Kendall (6) | |
| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;"|New South Wales win best-of-three series 3 games to 0 |
|---|
Teams
=Victoria=
=New South Wales=
Player statistics
=Leading goaltenders=
The following goaltenders led the interstate championship for goals against average.
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||||||
| style="width: 10em;" | Player
! style="width: 12em;" | Team ! style="width: 3.5em;" | {{abbr|GP|Games played}} ! style="width: 3.5em;" | {{abbr|W|Wins}} ! style="width: 3.5em;" | {{abbr|L|Losses}} ! style="width: 4em;" | {{abbr|GA|Goals against}} ! style="width: 3.5em;" | {{abbr|SO|Shutouts}} ! style="width: 4em;" | {{Abbr|GAA|Goals against average}} | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|C|Deacon}} | style="text-align:left;"| New South Wales | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.33 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|M|Haig}} | style="text-align:left;"| Victoria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 4.67 |
See also
{{Portal|Ice hockey|Australia}}
References
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{{Goodall Cup Finals}}
Category:1912 in Australian sport