1954 Australia season

This was the 1954 ice hockey season in Australia:
==Overview==
The Victorian Championship series in Melbourne was held for the 35th time. The participating teams were the Pirates, Raiders, Demons, Wildcats, Monarchs, Golden Bears, Blackhawks, and the Tigers. The title was won by the Bendigo Raiders. 
The 33rd Goodall Cup Inter-State Series between Victoria and New South Wales was staged from September 10-17, 1954. Victoria won the cup.
The 28th New South Wales Championship took place in Sydney. The Western Suburbs Panthers, St. George Ex-Imperials, Prague Bombers, Glebe Lions, and the Eastern Suburbs Paratells took part in the competition. The Prague Bombers won the championship.
==Results==
;Victorian Championship
Autumn Cup:
*5/7: Tigers - Monarchs Juniors 3:0The Age, 1954-05-08
*5/7: Monarchs Seniors - Demons 1:0
*5/7: Pirates - Red Arrows 2:1 
*5/14: Tigers - Red Arrows 2:0 - semifinalThe Age, 1954-05-15
*5/14: Monarchs - Pirates 2:1 - semifinal
*5/14: Monarchs - Tigers 6:1 - final
Regular season: 
*5/18: Pirates - Raiders 2:1The Age, 1954-05-19
*5/18: Demons - Wildcats 7:3
*5/21: Monarchs - Golden Bears 2:1Sporting Globe, 1954-05-22
*5/21: Blackhawks - Tigers 2:1
*5/25: Monarchs - Wildcats 10:0The Age, 1954-05-26
*5/25: Golden Bears - Tigers 5:3
*5/28: Raiders - Demons 4:0Sporting Globe, 1954-05-29
*5/28: Blackhawks - Pirates 4:1
*6/1: Golden Bears - Wildcats 1:0The Age, 1954-06-02
*6/1: Blackhawks - Demons 3:1
*6/4: Pirates - Tigers 4:0Sporting Globe, 1954-06-05
*6/4: Monarchs - Raiders 1:1 - became walkover for Monarchs
*6/8: Blackhawks - Golden Bears 3:2The Age, 1954-06-09
*6/8: Raiders - Tigers 3:2
*6/11: Pirates - Wildcats 5:2
*6/11: Golden Bears - Demons 3:3 
*6/18: Tigers - Wildcats 4:3Sporting Globe, 1954-06-19
*6/18: Monarchs - Pirates 4:0
*6/22: Raiders - Blackhawks 4:3 - goals: Henke (2), Vesely, Tinkal/Jose, Amess, DerrickThe Argus, 1954-06-23
*6/22: Golden Bears - Pirates 3:1 - goals: Sengotta, Sims, Fry/Nicholas
*6/25: Monarchs - Demons 1:0Sporting Globe, 1954-06-26
*6/25: Blackhawks - Wildcats 3:1
*6/29: Monarchs' - Blackhawks 5:3 - goals: Parrott (2), Rugg, Flanagan, Hansen/Jose (2), CunninghamThe Argus, 1954-06-30
*6/29: Raiders - Golden Bears 4:1 - goals: Henke, G. Endrei, Van der Von, Molloy/Sangotta
*7/2: Monarchs - Tigers 2:1
*7/2: Demons - Pirates 5:1
*7/6: Demons - Tigers 4:0The Age, 1954-07-07
*7/6: Raiders - Wildcats 15:1
*7/13: Monarchs - Golden Bears 7:0 - goals: McEachern (2), Snoek (2), Hansen (2), BuggThe Argus, 1954-07-14
*7/13: Blackhawks - Tigers 9:3 - goals: Amess (3), Derrick, Jose (2), Gerrard, Slater/Bernoulli, Morgan, Kent
*7/16: Raiders - Pirates 6:2The Argus, 1954-07-17
*7/16: Demons - Wildcats 4:2
*7/20: Blackhawks - Pirates 3:0The Age, 1954-07-21
*7/20: Raiders - Demons 4:1
*7/23: Tigers - Golden Bears 3:2Sporting Globe, 1954-07-24
*7/23: Monarchs - Wildcats 13:0
*7/27: Golden Bears - Wildcats 7:1Sporting Globe, 1954-07-31
*7/27: Raiders - Monarchs 3:2
*7/30: Pirates - Tigers 9:1
*7/30: Blackhawks - Demons 3:2
*8/3: Golden Bears - Demons 2:0Sporting Globe, 1954-08-07
*8/3: Pirates - Wildcats 6:0
*8/6: Raiders - Tigers 6:1
*8/6: Monarchs - Pirates 5:3
*8/10: Wildcats - Tigers 3:0The Age, 1954-08-11
*8/10: Blackhawks - Bears 1:0
*8/13: Monarchs - Demons 6:1Sporting Globe, 1954-08-14
*8/13: Pirates - Golden Bears 2:2
*8/17: Blackhawks - Wildcats 7:2The Age, 1954-08-18
*8/17: Raiders - Golden Bears 3:0
*8/20: Monarchs - Blackhawks 3:2Sporting Globe, 1954-08-21
*8/20: Pirates - Demons 3:1
*8/24: Raiders - Blackhawks 7:1Sporting Globe, 1954-08-28
*8/24: Monarchs - Tigers 12:2
*8/27: Raiders - Wildcats 8:2
*8/27: Demons - Tigers 2:0
 	Club 	GP	W 	L 	T	Goals	Pts
1.	Monarchs 	14	13	1 	0	77:16	26
2.	Raiders 	14	12	2 	0	68:18	24
3.	Blackhawks 	14	10	4 	0	47:36	20
4.	Pirates 	14	6 	7 	1	39:37	13
5.	Golden Bears	14	5 	7 	2	29:32	12
6.	Demons 	14	5 	8 	1	30:35	11
7.	Tigers 	14	2 	12	0	30:66	4
8.	Wildcats 	14	1 	13	0	20:90	2
Playoffs:
*Pirates - Blackhawks 8:4 - semifinalSporting Globe, 1954-09-04
*Raiders - Monarchs 4:1 - semifinal
*Raiders - Pirates 8:1 - finalSporting Globe, 1954-09-29
There was a Reserve grade lightning premiership on July 8 that was won by the Monarchs.Sporting Globe, 1954-07-10
;New South Wales Championship
*5/25: Glebe Lions - Western Suburbs 6:1The Sydney Morning Herald, 1954-05-26
*5/25: Prague Bombers - Eastern Suburbs 3:1
*6/8: St. George - Glebe Lions 7:1The Daily Telegraph, 1954-06-09
*6/8: Prague Bombers - Western Suburbs 13:2
*6/15: St. George - Western Suburbs 4:1The Sydney Morning Herald, 1954-06-16
*6/15: Eastern Suburbs - Glebe Lions 6:0
*6/22: Prague Bombers - St. George 10:2The Sydney Morning Herald, 1954-06-23
*6/22: Eastern Suburbs - Western Suburbs 4:2
*6/29: Glebe Lions - Western Suburbs 5:0The Sydney Morning Herald, 1954-06-30
*6/29: Prague Bombers - Eastern Suburbs 5:2
*7/6: St. George - Eastern Suburbs 4:2The Sydney Morning Herald, 1954-07-07
*7/6: Prague Bombers - Glebe Lions 8:1
*7/13: Prague Bombers - Western Suburbs 8:2The Sydney Morning Herald, 1954-07-14
*7/13: St. George - Glebe Lions 7:0
Semifinal
*7/27: St. George - Eastern Suburbs 9:3The Daily Telegraph, 1954-07-28
Final
*8/3: St. George - Prague Bombers 7:5The Sydney Morning Herald, 1954-08-04
*8/10: Prague Bombers - St. George 6:5The Sun, 1954-08-14
*8/17: Prague Bombers - St. George 10:4The Sydney Morning Herald, 1954-08-18
Grand Final (knockout competition)
*9/7: Prague Bombers - Eastern Suburbs 8:0The Sydney Morning Herald, 1954-09-08
;Other games
*6/15: Glaciarium Rangers - St. Moritz Bombers 7:2The Age, 1954-06-16
*8/24: Prague Bombers - The Rest 1:1The Daily Telegraph, 1954-08-25
*8/31: New South Wales - The Rest 14:4The Daily Telegraph, 1954-09-01
==Contemporary accounts==
The Age 4-5-54.png|The April 5, 1954, edition of The Age.
The Age 4-7-54.png|The April 7, 1954, edition of The Age.
Sporting Globe 4-21-54.png|The April 21, 1954, edition of Sporting Globe.
The Age 6-12-54.png|The June 12, 1954, edition of The Age.
The Age 7-24-54.png|The July 24, 1954, edition of The Age.
Sporting Globe 9-29-54.png|The September 29, 1954, edition of Sporting Globe.
==References==
Category:1954 in ice hockey