1909 Inter-State Series

The 1909 Inter-State Series was the inaugural inter-state ice hockey championship in Australia.

1909 Inter-State Series
1 2 3 Total Victoria 1 1 6 2 New South Wales 2 0 1 1
* – Denotes overtime period(s)
Location(s)	Melbourne, Victoria: Melbourne Glaciarium
Format	best-of-three
Coaches	Victoria: New South Wales: F. Dixon
Dates	August 31 – September 4
Series-winning goal	Keith Curwen Walker
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The series

The first ice hockey team representing Victoria 1909

The first ice hockey team representing New South Wales 1909

The first 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 2 games to 1.^[1] New South Wales was represented by a newly formed team in 1909 and traveled to Melbourne on 29 August 1909 which marked the first national interstate competition for senior men's hockey in Australia.^[2]

Game one

31 August 1909 as the first interstate ice hockey championship series to take place in Australia, there was anticipation for the event in the media. The scoring in the game began with a goal by New South Wales captain, Norman Ducker. The score remained 1-0 for the visiting New South Wales team by the end of the first half of play. The second half started off with a quick goal by Les Turnbull to increase the score to 2–0 in favor of New South Wales. Victoria were able to only score one goal later in the second half with a goal by Andrew Reid to bring the score to 2–1. The final score of the game saw the larger New South Wales team defeat Victoria 2–1.^[3][4]

Game two

Friday 3 September 1909 the Victorian team defeated the New South Wales team 1–0, giving Victorian goaltender Charles Watt the first recorded shutout in Interstate series history.^[5][4]

Game three

Saturday 4 September 1909 saw both teams enter the final game of the inaugural interstate competition having one game each. The first goal was scored by Andrew Reid of Victoria. The second goal was from a rush by Keith Walker to increase the lead for team Victoria to 2-0 and the end of the first half of game play. Within approximately 3 minutes of the 2nd half of the game, Norman Ducker was on a rush with Arthur Cuthbertson following close behind and shot at the net with making the save but Cuthbertson quickly buried the rebound. Victoria would go on to dominate the game with Victoria captain Robert Jackson scoring 3 quick goals and in the final moments of the game Walker scored from a pass by Andrew Reid. Victoria defeated New South Wales 6-1 and became the first team to win the interstate championship in Australia.^[6][4]

Game-by-game		Away Team	Score	Home Team	Scoring Summary	Location
1	August 31	New South Wales	2–1	Victoria	NSW – Ducker, Turnbull VIC – A. Reid	Melbourne Glaciarium
2	September 3	New South Wales	0–1	Victoria	VIC – K. Walker
3	September 4	New South Wales	1–6	Victoria	VIC – Jackson (3), Walker (2), A. Reid NSW – Cuthbertson
Victoria win best-of-three series 2 games to 1

Teams

Victoria

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  Victoria 1909
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  New South Wales 1909

Representations based on photographs and written descriptions.

The Victoria team was made from the following players^[7]

• Robert Jackson (Captain)
• Andrew Reid
• Walter Purbrick
• Keith Walker
• J. Blair
• Charles Watt (Goaltender)

New South Wales

The New South Wales team was made from the following players^[7]

• Norman Ducker (Captain)
• Arthur Cuthbertson
• Les Turnbull
• Jack Pike
• W. Forsyth
• Cyril Lane (Goaltender)

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the interstate championship for points.

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Robert Edward Jackson	Victoria	3	3	0	3
Keith Curwen Walker	Victoria	3	3	0	3
Norman Ducker	New South Wales	3	1	1	2
Andrew Reid	Victoria	3	2	1	3
Arthur Cuthbertson	New South Wales	3	1	0	1
Les Turnbull	New South Wales	3	1	0	1
Walter Purbrick	Victoria	3	0	0	0
J Blair	Victoria	3	0	0	0
Jack Pike	New South Wales	3	0	0	0
W Forsyth	New South Wales	3	0	0	0

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders led the interstate championship for goals against average.

Player	Team	GP	W	L	GA	SO	GAA
Charles Watt	Victoria	3	2	1	3	1	1.00
Cyril Lane	New South Wales	3	1	2	8	0	2.67

See also

• Ice hockey portal
• Australia portal

• Goodall Cup
• Ice Hockey Australia
• "30 Aug 1909 – The Argus – p4". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
• Australian Ice Hockey League