1894-95 in British hockey

This was the 1894-95 season in British ice hockey:
==Overview==
It was a very cold winter throughout Britain and hockey activities were numerous throughout the country. In Belfast, informal ice hockey games were played at the Ballydrain Lake. On February 19, 1895, the Viceregal party and the officers of the Coldstream played an ice hockey game on the Liffey river in Dublin. In Wales, the Cranham Quarry Pond was home to a game on February 21 between Haverfordwest and Pembroke Country, the latter winning 3-1.
In Scotland, the The February 2, 1895, edition of the Kinross-shire Advertiser reported that "A shinty match, with goals a quarter of a mile apart, was played between teams selected by Mr. W. Pollock Wylie and Mr. J. Laing. In the first half Mr. Wylie’s team had 2 goals to 1. The second half resulted in a draw." The game was played at Loch Leven on January 30. Previously, on December 25, 1894, Le Figaro newspaper in Paris reported that: "The success of Hockey (Polo) is strengthened day after day at Pôle Nord. Rumor tells that a Scottish team will soon compete in France against the members of the Hockey-Club. The match will be played at Pôle Nord." This event did not take place until three years later, when the Scottish Ice Hockey Club played six games in Paris.
In England there were over 20 active bandy clubs in existence. The first documented Varsity Match between Oxford and Cambridge was played this year. Among the sites were matches were played was Ascot, Blenheim Lake, Bluntisham, Burton-on-Trent, Dogmersfield Park, Kingsthorpe, Newark, Stanmore, Stockbridge, Stover Park, Sturminster Newton, Totnes, Virginia Water Lake, Wills Rd. Meadow, Wolvercoate Lake,
Four games were played at Buckingham Palace during January and February. The most notable was a game between a "Palace" team and a "Stanley family" team, which was comprised of Frederick Arthur Stanley and his four sons. The game was played with bandy sticks and a puck, and was won handily by the Stanleys. The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) played in many of the games played on the palace grounds. The lineups of the Palace and Stanley teams were as follows:
*Palace Team: Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), The Duke of York (later King George V), Lord Francis Bingham Mildmay, Sir Francis Astley-Corbett, Sir William Bromley Davenport, and Mr Ronald Moncrieffe. 
*Stanley Team: Frederick Arthur Stanley, Ferdinand Charles Stanley, George Frederick Stanley, Algernon Francis Stanley, Frederick William Stanley, and Lord Luke White Annaly.
Other games played at Buckingham Palace included: Sandringham 8 - House of Commons 5 (January 14), Prince of Wales Team - Duke of York Team (February 8), Sandringham 8 - House of Commons 5 (February 13).
Sidney Tebbutt, part of the notable Tebbutt Family, formed an ice hockey team in Leamington made up of several cricket players. Leamington played its first recorded game on February 16, 1895, tying Northampton HC 5-5. Mr. H.E. Thornely kindly offered to present a Challenge Cup to the Leamington club. 
==Results==
Date 	Team 1 	Score 	Team 2
January 8, 1895 	Bury Fen Bandy Club 	9:2 	Huntingdon
January 10, 1895 	Bury Fen Bandy Club 	2:2 	Virginia Water Hockey Club
January 11, 1895 	Virginia Water Hockey Club	12:0 	Stoke Park
January 12, 1895 	Waterer's XI 	3:1 	Virginia Water Hockey Club
January 12, 1895 	Newbold Revel 	8:5 	Mr. Rotherham's Team
January 31, 1895 	Virginia Water Hockey Club	3:1 	Stoke Park
February 1, 1895 	Camberley 	6:3 	Virginia Water Hockey Club
February 2, 1895 	Newbold Revel 	15:3 	Mr. Rotherham's Team
February 4, 1895 	Bury Fen Bandy Club 	8:0 	March
February 5, 1895 	Stoke Poges Bandy Club 	14:5 	Eton College
February 6, 1895 	Virginia Water Hockey Club	12:4 	Camberley
February 6, 1895 	Melton Town 	3:1 	Melton Hunt
February 7, 1895 	Virginia Water Hockey Club	7:2 	Stoke Poges Bandy Club
February 7, 1895 	Camberley 	7:3 	Staff College
February 7, 1895 	Brackley 	5:2 	Bicester
February 9, 1895 	Virginia Water Hockey Club	8:0 	Camberley
February 9, 1895 	Frittenden 	3:1 	Staplehurst
February 9, 1895 	Salisbury 	5:2 	Downton College
February 9, 1895 	Pyt House 	3:0 	Salisbury Theological College
February 9, 1895 	Oundle 	16:0 	Stamford
February 9, 1895 	Lincoln 	5:1 	Sudbrooke
February 10, 1895	Virginia Water Hockey Club	3:1 	Staines
February 11, 1895	Woodstock 	5:0 	Mansfield College
February 11, 1895	Oundle 	14:5 	Milton
February 11, 1895	Sudbrooke 	5:4 	Lincoln
February 12, 1895	Oundle 	15:2 	Warmington
February 12, 1895	Camberley 	8:1 	Staff College
February 12, 1895	Virginia Water Hockey Club	15:1 	Guards
February 12, 1895	Huntingdon 	3:2 	Bury Fen Bandy Club
February 13, 1895	Virginia Water Hockey Club	8:4 	Stoke Poges Bandy Club
February 13, 1895	Salisbury 	3:2 	Downton College
February 13, 1895	Newark-on-Trent 	3:1 	Burton-on-Trent
February 14, 1895	Old Windsor 	6:1 	Virginia Water Hockey Club
February 15, 1895	Camberley 	5:2 	Virginia Water Hockey Club
February 16, 1895	Virginia Water Hockey Club	9:3 	Camberley
February 16, 1895	Leamington 	5:5 	Northampton HC
February 16, 1895	G. Knott Team 	3:2 	E. Taylor Team
February 16, 1895	Salisbury 	2:3 	Downton Agricultural College
February 16, 1895	Stanlake Park 	8:5 	T.W. Rhodes Team
February 16, 1895	Woodstock 	4:1 	Islip
February 16, 1895	Burford 	15:2 	Witney
February 16, 1895	All Saints' School 	5:3 	Adderbury
February 16, 1895	Epping Football Club 	6:4 	Epping Cricket Club
February 16, 1895	Lincoln 	2:1 	Sudbrooke
February 17, 1895	Virginia Water Hockey Club	12:3 	Staines
February 18, 1895	Bury Fen Bandy Club 	2:2 	Huntingdon/St. Ilves
February 18, 1895	Melton Hunt 	4:1 	Leicester Hockey Club
February 18, 1895	Pembroke College 	5:5 	Hensington House
February 18, 1895	Oxford City 	2:2 	Christ Church
February 19, 1895	Camberley 	5:2 	Eton College
February 19, 1895	Mathis Team 	3:2 	Brassey Team
February 19, 1895	Melton Hunt 	3:2 	Belvoir Castle
February 19, 1895	Normanhurst 	7:1 	Battle
February 20, 1895	Idina Brassey Team 	8:8 	T.A. Brassey Team
February 20, 1895	Virginia Water Hockey Club	5:2 	Camberley
February 20, 1895	Epping 	8:6 	Essex Hunt Club
February 22, 1895	Virginia Water Hockey Club	6:0 	Old Windsor
February 22, 1895	Fakenham 	7:6 	Dereham
February 22, 1895	Hensington House 	5:5 	R.M. Holland's Team
February 26, 1895	Virginia Water 	10:3 	Maiden Erlegh
February 27, 1895	Bury Fen Bandy Club 	4:3 	C. Fitzherbert Team
February 27, 1895	Camberley 	10:3 	Blackett Team
February 28, 1895	Camberley 	-:- 	Mr. Wheble Team
February 28, 1895	Camberley 	11:1 	Wellington College
March 1, 1895 	Old Windsor 	4:3 	Virginia Water Hockey Club
March 2, 1895 	Camberley 	2:1 	Maiden Erlegh
1895 	Sudbrooke 	11:2 	Lincoln
1895 	Oxford 	4:1 	Christ Church
1895 	Tebbutt's Team 	14:4 	Virginia Water Hockey Club B
1895 	Oxford 	5:1 	Bicester
1895 	Oxford 	2:2 	Christ Church
1895 	Kensington House 	6:2 	Pembroke
1895 	Kensington House 	5:5 	R.M. Holland Team
1895 	Woodstock 	5:0 	Bicester
1895 	Woodstock 	5:3 	Oxford University
1895 	Burton 	2:2 	Newark
1895 	Newark 	2:1 	Burton
1895 	Burton 	14:0 	Derby
1895 	Newark 	2:1 	Burton
1895 	Leamington 	3:1 	Northampton HC
1895 	Newton Abbott 	5:1 	All Comers
1895 	Newton Abbott 	9:2 	Rest of Devon
1895 	Newton Abbott 	9:8 	Dartmouth
1895 	Newton Abbott 	6:0 	M.F. Huarer Team
1895 	Newton Abbott 	7:3 	Torquay
1895 	Newton Abbott 	5:1 	Totnes
1895 	Totnes 	3:0 	Newton Abbott
1895 	Northampton HC 	W:L 	Towcester
1895 	Pinner 	W:L 	Stanmore
1895 	Pinner 	W:L 	Stanmore
1895 	Stoke Poges Bandy Club 	4:3 	Eton College
1895 	Winchester City 	7:71 	Winchester College
1895 	Winchester City 	5:1 	Winchester College
1895 	Winchester City 	12:4 	Odiham
1895 	Winchester City 	7:2 	Winchester College
1895 	Winchester City 	11:0 	Winchester College
1895 	Winchester City 	14:0 	Stockbridge
1895 	Winchester City 	7:3 	Winchester College
1895 	Winchester College 	8:4 OT	Winchester City
1. Arnold Tebbutt changed sides to College after City took a 5-0 lead and scored six goals for College.
==Contemporary accounts==
NA 1-19-1895.png|The January 19, 1895, edition of the Nuneaton Advertiser.
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GJ 2-9-1895.png|The February 9, 1895, edition of the Grantham Journal.
NA 2-9-1895-1.png|The February 9, 1895, edition of the Nuneaton Advertiser.
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LE 2-12-1895.png|The February 12, 1895, edition of the Lincolnshire Echo. 
BA 2-14-1895.png|The February 14, 1895, edition of the Banbury Advertiser. 
LE 2-15-1895.png|The February 15, 1895, edition of the Lincolnshire Echo.
TST 2-15-1895.png|The February 15, 1895, edition of The Salisbury Times. 
BDP 2-18-1895.png|The February 18, 1895, edition of the Birmingham Daily Post.
LE 2-18-1895.png|The February 18, 1895, edition of the Lincolnshire Echo.
JOJ 2-23-1895.png|The February 23, 1895, edition of Jackson's Oxford Journal. 
SAE 2-23-1895.png|The February 23, 1895, edition of the Sussex Agricultural Express.
RM 2-23-1895.png|The February 23, 1895, edition of the Reading Mercury.
Grantham Journal 2-23-1895.png|The February 23, 1895, edition of the Grantham Journal.
==Credits==
Special thanks to Patrick H. for supplying some of the results found on this page.
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