The 1912

Goodall Cup The Goodall Cup is a perpetual trophy that is, currently, annually awarded to the playoff champions of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). The trophy is named after Australian born player John Edwin Goodall who originally donated the 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: * 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. ;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. ;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.

Teams

Victoria

The Victoria team was made from the following players * Keith Walker (RW) * Henry "Hal" Newman Reid Jr. (Centre) * Leslie Reid (LW) * Dudley Woods * Andrew Reid * M. Haig (Goaltender)

New South Wales

The New South Wales team was made from the following players * Jim Kendall (Captain) * Jack Pike (RW) * F. Rowe (Center) * W. Knowles (LW) * Les Turnbull * C. Deakin (Goaltender)

Player statistics

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders led the interstate championship for

goals against average Goals against average (GAA) also known as "average goals against" or "AGA" is a statistic used in field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, and water polo that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender or goalkeeper (depending on s ...

References

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