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The series

The inter-state ice hockey championship was held between a state representative team from Victoria and from

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. 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

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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

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.

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.

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders led the interstate championship for

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References

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