1929–30 British Ice Hockey season

Sports season

1929–30 British Ice Hockey season

League| Southern and Northern British league
Scottish League
Sport| ice hockey
Seasons

1930–31 →

The 1929–30 British Ice Hockey season was the inaugural season where an organised league structure was implemented. The format consisted of a Southern and Northern British league and a Scottish League.[1]

In the BIHA Championship the leading teams from the southern and northern leagues would play off to determine who met in the final and compete for the Patton Cup. In the final London Lions beat Glasgow 2–1 with Blaine Sexton, who had founded the London Lions in 1924, and Bushell scoring for London and Macdonald scoring for Glasgow.[2]

The Patton cup was named after Major Peter Patton a past president of the British Ice Hockey Association.[3] Patton had founded 'Princes' in December 1896, the first ice hockey club in Great Britain. In the 1913/14 season he also founded the British Ice Hockey Association (BIHA). The 1929/1930 season was the only time Scottish teams were linked with the Patton Cup.[4]

## Southern League

[edit]

The southern league was competed for by five teams playing home and away. Oxford University and Cambridge University only played each other once in the annual varsity match which awarded double league points.

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

1  | London Lions | 8  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | -- | 0
2  | Prince's | 8  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | -- | 0
3  | United Services  | 8  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | -- | 0
4  | Cambridge University  | 7  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | -- | 0
5  | Oxford University  | 7  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | -- | 0

Source: [citation needed]

### BIHA Southern League Championship semi finals

[edit]

Date  | Venue  | Team 1  | Team 2  | Score

|
|
|
|

April 30 | Grosvenor House | Prince's | Cambridge University | 3-0
May 1 | Golders Green | London Lions | United Services | 2-1

### Southern Final

[edit]

Date  | Venue  | Team 1  | Team 2  | Score

|
|
|
|

May 3 | Golders Green | London Lions | Prince's | 4-1

## Northern League

[edit]

The Northern League consisted of five teams from Manchester and Glasgow.

### BIHA Northern League Championship Final

[edit]

Team 1  | Team 2  | Score

|
|

Glasgow | Manchester |

## BIHA Grand Final (Patton Cup)

[edit]

Date  | Venue  | Team 1  | Team 2  | Score

|
|
|
|

May 3 | Golders Green | London Lions | Glasgow | 2-1

## Scottish League

[edit]

Ten teams first participated in the Points Competition which was played to separate the top teams from the bottom. The top five teams from the Points Competition went on to form the First Division, while the bottom five finishers were consigned to the Second Division. The Glasgow Mohawks won the championship as the top team in the First Division.[5]

### Points Competition

[edit]

Scores
Date  | Team 1  | Score  | Team 2

|
|
|

10/4 | Bridge of Weir | 2 - 1 | Mohawks
10/8 | Kelvingrove | 6 - 0 | Dennistoun
10/11 | Doonside | 5 - 1 | Glasgow Skating Club
10/15 | Queens | 2 - 2 | Achtungs
10/18 | Bearsden | 5 - 4 | Mohawks
10/22 | Dennistoun | 3 - 3 | Glasgow University
10/25 | Glasgow Skating Club | 2 - 0 | Bridge of Weir
10/29 | Queens | 6 - 1 | Kelvingrove
11/5 | Bearsden | 6 - 1 | Doonside
11/8 | Mohawks | 4 - 1 | Glasgow Skating Club
11/12 | Queens | 2 - 0 | Dennistoun
11/15 | Bridge of Weir | 4 - 0 | Doonside
11/19 | Achtungs | 8 - 0 | Kelvingrove
11/22 | Queens | 2 - 0 | Glasgow University
12/3 | Achtungs | 4 - 0 | Dennistoun
12/6 | Kelvingrove | 3 - 2 | Glasgow University
12/10 | Bearsden | 3 - 2 | Bridge of Weir
12/13 | Achtungs | 8 - 2 | Glasgow University
12/17 | Bearsden | 3 - 2 | Glasgow Skating Club
12/20 | Mohawks | 7 - 0 | Doonside

Table
Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

1  | Bearsden  | 4  | 4  | 0  | 0  | 17  | 9  | +8  | 8
2  | Achtungs  | 4  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 22  | 4  | +18  | 7
3  | Queens  | 4  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 12  | 3  | +9  | 7
4  | Glasgow Mohawks  | 4  | 2  | 2  | 0  | 16  | 8  | +8  | 4
5  | Bridge of Weir  | 4  | 2  | 2  | 0  | 8  | 6  | +2  | 4
6  | Kelvingrove  | 4  | 2  | 2  | 0  | 10  | 16  | −6  | 4
7  | Glasgow Skating Club  | 4  | 1  | 3  | 0  | 6  | 12  | −6  | 2
8  | Doonside  | 4  | 1  | 3  | 0  | 6  | 18  | −12  | 2
9  | Glasgow University  | 4  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 7  | 16  | −9  | 1
10  | Dennistoun  | 4  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 3  | 15  | −12  | 1

Source: [citation needed]

### Championship round

[edit]

#### First Division

[edit]

Scores
Date  | Team 1  | Score  | Team 2

|
|
|

1/3 | Mohawks | 3 - 0 | Queens
1/14 | Achtungs | 3 - 2 | Bearsden
2/7 | Achtungs | 3 - 1 | Bridge of Weir
2/28 | Queens | 6 - 2 | Achtungs
3/14 | Mohawks | 3 - 0 | Bridge of Weir
3/18 | Queens | 3 - 2 | Bearsden
3/28 | Mohawks | 2 - 0 | Achtungs
4/1 | Queens | 8 - 0 | Bridge of Weir
4/8 | Bearsden | 3 - 1 | Bridge of Weir
4/15 | Mohawks | 4 - 1 | Bearsden

Table
Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

1  | Glasgow Mohawks  | 4  | 4  | 0  | 0  | 12  | 1  | +11  | 8
2  | Queens  | 4  | 3  | 1  | 0  | 17  | 7  | +10  | 6
3  | Achtungs  | 4  | 2  | 2  | 0  | 8  | 11  | −3  | 4
4  | Bearsden  | 4  | 1  | 3  | 0  | 8  | 11  | −3  | 2
5  | Bridge of Weir  | 4  | 0  | 4  | 0  | 2  | 17  | −15  | 0

Source: [citation needed]

#### Second Division

[edit]

Scores
Date  | Team 1  | Score  | Team 2

|
|
|

1/7 | Glasgow University | 8 - 0 | Doonside
1/10 | Kelvingrove | 3 - 2 | Glasgow Skating Club
2/11 | Kelvingrove | 4 - 0 | Dennistoun
3/4 | Doonside | 1 - 0 | Dennistoun
3/7 | Glasgow Skating Club | 5 - 2 | Glasgow University
3/11 | Kelvingrove | 1 - 0 | Glasgow University
3/21 | Glasgow Skating Club | 8 - 0 | Doonside
4/4 | Kelvingrove | 5 - 0 | Doonside
4/11 | Glasgow Skating Club | 2 - 1 | Dennistoun
4/18 | Glasgow University | 2 - 2 | Dennistoun

Table
Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

1  | Kelvingrove  | 4  | 4  | 0  | 0  | 13  | 2  | +11  | 8
2  | Glasgow Skating Club  | 4  | 3  | 1  | 0  | 17  | 6  | +11  | 6
3  | Glasgow University  | 4  | 1  | 2  | 1  | 12  | 8  | +4  | 3
4  | Doonside  | 4  | 1  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 21  | −20  | 2
5  | Dennistoun  | 4  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 3  | 9  | −6  | 1

Source: [citation needed]

## Mitchell Trophy

[edit]

The 1929–30 Mitchell Trophy was the first edition of the single-elimination cup competition contested in Scotland. The title was won by Glasgow Skating Club.

### Results

[edit]

Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | Round

|
|
|

Queens | Glasgow Mohawks | 1–0 | 1st
Glasgow Skating Club | Achtungs | 2–1 | 1st
Bearsden | Kelvingrove | 2–0 | 2nd
Dennistoun Eagles | Doonside | 4–0 | 2nd
Glasgow Skating Club | Bridge of Weir | 2–2, 3–1 | 2nd
Queens | Glasgow University | 0–1 | 2nd
Bearsden | Glasgow University | 5–1 | Semis
Glasgow Skating Club | Dennistoun | 4–2 | Semis
Glasgow Skating Club | Bearsden | 3–1 | Final

## References

[edit]

1. ^ ""Ice-Hockey." Times [London, England] 14 Feb. 1930". The Times Digital Archive.
2. ^ ""ICE Hockey." Times [London, England] 19 May 1930". The Times Digital Archive.
3. ^ "Ice Hockey by Major Bethune Minet Patton" (PDF). Oxford University.[permanent dead link‍]
4. ^ "Facts". Ice Hockey Journalists UK. Archived from the original on 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
5. ^ Marshall, William S (2014). Frozen in Time: The Lost History of Scottish Ice Hockey 1895-1940. The Grimsay Press. ISBN 978-1845301514.

* v
* t
* e

British Ice Hockey seasons

British Ice Hockey
(1929–1955)|

* 1929–30
* 1930–31
* 1931–32
* 1932–33
* 1933–34
* 1934–35
* 1935–36
* 1936–37
* 1937–38
* 1938–39
* 1939–40
* Not held between 1940–41 and 1945–46
* 1946–47
* 1947–48
* 1948–49
* 1949–50
* 1950–51
* 1951–52
* 1952–53
* 1953–54
* 1954–55

British National League
(1954–1960)|

* 1954–55
* 1955–56
* 1956–57
* 1957–58
* 1958–59
* 1959–60

British Ice Hockey
(1960–1982)|

* 1960–61
* 1961–62
* 1962–63
* 1963–64
* 1964–65
* 1965–66
* 1966–67
* 1967–68
* 1968–69
* 1969–70
* 1970–71
* 1971–72
* 1972–73
* 1973–74
* 1974–75
* 1975–76
* 1976–77
* 1977–78
* 1978–79
* 1979–80
* 1980–81
* 1981–82

British Hockey League
(1982–1996)|

* 1982–83
* 1983–84
* 1984–85
* 1985–86
* 1986–87
* 1987–88
* 1988–89
* 1989–90
* 1990–91
* 1991–92
* 1992–93
* 1993–94
* 1994–95
* 1995–96

Ice Hockey Superleague
(1996–2003)|

* 1996–97
* 1997–98
* 1998–99
* 1999–2000
* 2000–01
* 2001–02
* 2002–03

Elite Ice Hockey League
(2003–present)|

* 2003–04
* 2004–05
* 2005–06
* 2006–07
* 2007–08
* 2008–09
* 2009–10
* 2010–11
* 2011–12
* 2012–13
* 2013–14
* 2014–15
* 2015–16
* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2021–22
* 2022-23
* 2023–24
* 2024–25

*[Pos]: Position
*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[L]: Lost
*[T]: Tied
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template