1929–30 British Ice Hockey season

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.
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.
The Patton cup was named after Major Peter Patton a past president of the British Ice Hockey Association. 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.
==Southern League==
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.
===BIHA Southern League Championship semi finals===
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===
Date 	Venue 	Team 1 	Team 2 	Score
May 3	Golders Green	London Lions	Prince's	4-1
==Northern League==
The Northern League consisted of five teams from Manchester and Glasgow.
===BIHA Northern League Championship Final===
Team 1 	Team 2 	Score
Glasgow	Manchester	
==BIHA Grand Final (Patton Cup)==
Date 	Venue 	Team 1 	Team 2 	Score
May 3	Golders Green	London Lions	Glasgow	2-1
==Scottish League==
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.
===Points Competition===
;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
===Championship round===
====First Division====
;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
====Second Division====
;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
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==Mitchell Trophy==
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===
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 ==
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