1952 Australia season

This was the 1952 ice hockey season in Australia:
==Overview==
The Victorian Championship series in Melbourne was held for the 33rd time. The participating teams were the Pirates, Monarchs, Tigers, Red Arrows, Golden Bears, Raiders, Blackhawks, Demons, and Wildcats. The title was won by the Bendigo Raiders. 
The 31st Goodall Cup Inter-State Series between Victoria and New South Wales was staged. Tasmania also joined the competition for the first time. Victoria won the cup, defeating both opponents.
The 26th New South Wales Championship took place in Sydney. The Eastern Suburbs Monarchs, St. George Dragons, Prague Bombers, Glebe Lions, and Western Suburbs Tigers competed. The Prague Bombers won the championship.
In Tasmania, the Comets, Mustangs, and the Red Devils faced one another as they vied for the Glaciarium Cup. 
==Results==
;Victorian Championship
*5/2: Pirates - Monarchs 5:2Sporting Globe, 1952-05-03
*5/2: Red Arrows - Tigers 4:3
*Golden Bears - Raiders 6:4Sporting Globe, 1952-05-17
*Tigers - Pirates 2:0
*Blackhawks - Demons 7:5
*Red Arrows - Blackhawks 2:0Sporting Globe, 1952-05-24
*Demons - Tigers 3:1
*Wildcats - Monarchs
*Wildcats - Golden Bears 1:0Sporting Globe, 1952-05-24
*Demons - Red Arrows 6:1
*Pirates - Blackhawks 4:3
*6/3: Blackhawks - Golden Bears 3:2The Age, 1952-06-04
*6/6: Tigers - Raiders 1:1The Age, 1952-06-07
*6/6: Red Arrows - Wildcats 2:0
*6/10: Raiders - Wildcats 7:3 - goals: Endrei (2), Jones (2), Kurswell, Henke, Vesely/Thompson, Amess (2)The Age, 1952-06-11
*6/13: Pirates - Golden Bears 3:1Sporting Globe, 1952-06-14
*6/13: Monarchs - Demons 4:1
*6/17: Monarchs - Golden Bears 3:2 - goals: Hansen, Harnig, MacEachern/Fry, SengottaThe Age, 1952-06-18
*6/20: Blackhawks - Tigers 3:1Sporting Globe, 1952-06-21
*6/20: Raiders - Red Arrows 7:0
*6/24: Raiders - Pirates 3:2 - goals: Kurswell (2), Vesely/Argue, KristaThe Age, 1952-06-25
*7/1: Blackhawks - Wildcats 5:3 - goals: Sims (2), Lawrence, Derrick, Cunningham/Acton, ThompsonThe Age, 1952-07-02
*7/4: Golden Bears - Demons 4:3The Age, 1952-07-05
*7/4: Pirates - Red Arrows 3:1
*7/8: Bears - Tigers 7:1Sporting Globe, 1952-07-12
*7/11: Raiders - Monarchs 3:3
*7/11: Pirates = Wildcats 4:1
*7/15: Raiders - Blackhawks 6:2 - goals: Henke (2), Frape (2), Jones, Martin/Cunningham (2), LawrenceThe Age, 1952-07-16
*8/5: Blackhawks - Wildcats 6:3 - goals: G. Sims (3), D. Cunningham (2), Derek/Amess (3)The Age, 1952-08-06
*8/12: Golden Bears - Raiders 4:4Sporting Globe, 1952-08-16
*8/15: Demons - Red Arrows 2:0
*8/15: Tigers - Wildcats 4:2
*10/17: Raiders - Pirates - grand final
There was also a "Lightning Premiership" contested on September 4, featuring all nine teams in the Victorian Championships. The games were 15 minutes long with a 30 minute grand final. The Golden Bears won the competition.Sporting Globe, 1952-09-27
;New South Wales Championship
*5/15: Prague Bombers - St. George 3:1The Daily Telegraph, 1952-05-16
*5/15: Eastern Suburbs - Western Suburbs 3:1
*5/22: Eastern Suburbs - Prague Bombers 4:1The Daily Telegraph, 1952-05-23
*5/29: Prague Bombers - Glebe Lions 6:0The Daily Telegraph, 1952-05-30
*5/29: Eastern Suburbs - St. George 3:1
*6/5: Glebe Lions - Eastern Suburbs 5:2The Daily Telegraph, 1952-06-06
*6/5: St. George - Western Suburbs 2:1
*6/12: St. George - Glebe Lions 8:1The Daily Telegraph, 1952-06-13
*6/12: Prague Bombers - Western Suburbs 5:2
*6/19: St. George - Prague Bombers 2:1The Daily Telegraph, 1952-06-20
*6/19: Western Suburbs - Eastern Suburbs 3:1
*6/26: Prague Bombers - Eastern Suburbs 7:3The Daily Telegraph, 1952-06-27
*6/26: Western Suburbs - Glebe Lions 7:1
*7/3: Prague Bombers - Glebe Lions 5:2The Daily Telegraph, 1952-07-04
*7/3: St. George - Eastern Suburbs 5:1
;Tasmania
These matches concluded the summer season which began the previous October:
*Red Devils - Comets 5:4 - finalThe Mercury, 1952-01-11
*Red Devils - Comets 2:2 - grand final - Red Devils won Glaciarium Cup
The new season began in April.
*4/16: Comets - Red Devils 10:2The Mercury, 1952-04-17
*4/23: Mustangs - Red Devils 5:3 - goals: Verterlaus (3), Metzler, Sullivan/Malloy (3)The Mercury, 1952-04-24
*4/30: Comets - Red Devils 10:5 - goals: Kuldau (3), Kucera (2), Rusika (2), Kasperwica (2), Cleary/Vaterlaus (5)The Mercury, 1952-05-02
*5/14: Mustangs - Red Devils 4:1 - goals: Pavlovitch, Chwalzak, Kullmann, Vaterlaus/MalloyThe Mercury, 1952-05-15
*5/28: Comets - Red Devils 9:8 - goals: D. Kasptowicz (3), G. Kulden (2), J. Kucera (2), W. Cleary, G. Kuzicka/L. Ring (3), M. Malloy (3), D. Osborne (2)The Mercury, 1952-05-29
*6/4: Mustangs - Red Devils 8:7 - goals: Vaterlaus (5), Chwalczyk (2), Sullivan)/Malloy (5), Taylor (2)The Mercury, 1952-06-05
*6/11: Mustangs - Comets 9:6 - goals: W. Vaterlaus (4), A. Metzler (3), F. Chwalczyk (2)/J. Kucera (4), C. Sorrel (2)The Mercury, 1952-06-12
*6/18: Comets - Red Devils 6:1 - goals: Sorrel (3), Kuzika (2), Kucera/J. HallThe Mercury, 1952-06-19
*6/25: Mustangs - Red Devils 4:3 - goals: Vaterlaus (3), Chwalzyk/Malloy, Taylor (2)The Mercury, 1952-06-26
*7/9: Red Devils - Comets 9:6 - goals: Stenerson (4), Malloy (3), Ring (2)/T. Lucern (3), Sorrel (2), RuzikaThe Mercury, 1952-07-10
*7/16: Red Devils - Mustangs 6:1 - goals: Taylor (3), Malloy (2), O'Toole/VaterlausThe Mercury, 1952-07-17
*7/23: Comets - Mustangs 9:4 - goals: Kucera (3), Sorrel (3), Kuldan (2), Barrett/Vaterlaus (2), Metzler (2)The Mercury, 1952-07-24
*7/30: Comets - Red Devils 4:1 - goals: Sorrel (2), Thuldan, Ruzika/O'TooleThe Mercury, 1952-07-31
;Other games
*3/6: Australia - New Zealand 6:1 - this was a game featuring teams composed of Korean War soldiers, played on the Imjin River. Brigadier General J. Rockingham, commander of the Canadian forces, presented the winners with a giant chocolate-covered doughnut.The Mercury, 1952-03-07
The Melbourne Wildcats traveled to Tasmania to face the local Mustangs team for two games at the Hobart Glaciarium in Moonah.
*4/12: Wildcats - Mustangs 7:5 - goals: K. Clarke (2), B. Amos (2), J. Acton (2), K. Thompson/I. Kucera (2), Vaterlaus, Kasperowicz, KulbeaThe Mercury, 1952-04-14
*4/14: Mustangs - Wildcats 7:2 - goals: Vaterlaus (2), Kucera (2), Sorel (2), Kulden/Amos, ClarkeThe Mercury, 1952-04-15
==Contemporary accounts==
Mercury 1-11-52.png|The January 11, 1952, edition of The Mercury.
Mercury 3-7-52.png|The March 7, 1952, edition of The Mercury.
Mercury 4-14-52.png|The April 14, 1952, edition of The Mercury, depicting action in the Wildcats-Mustangs match.
Sporting Globe 5-3-52.png|The May 3, 1952, edition of Sporting Globe.
Sporting Globe 5-10-52.png|The May 10, 1952, edition of Sporting Globe.
Mercury 5-29-52.png|The May 29, 1952, edition of The Mercury.
Sporting Globe 7-12-52.png|The July 12, 1952, edition of Sporting Globe. 
Sporting Globe 9-3-52.png|The September 3, 1952, edition of Sporting Globe.
Sporting Globe 10-17-52.png|The October 17, 1952, edition of Sporting Globe. 
==References==
Category:1952 in ice hockey