1931-32 English League season

The 1931-32 English League season was the first season of the English League, the top level of ice hockey in England. Seven teams participated in the league, and Oxford University won the championship.
==Regular season==
;Scores
*10/17: Oxford University - Manchester 5:2The Guardian, 1931-10-19
*10/17: Princes - Cambridge University 11:0The Times, 1931-10-19
*10/22: London Lions - Cambridge University 11:2'The Times, 1931-10-23
*10/23: Princes - Manchester 6:0The Times, 1931-10-27
*10/28: London Lions - Grosvenor House Canadians 2:0The Times, 1931-11-03
*10/30: Oxford University - London Lions 5:1
*11/6: Princes - Cambridge University 5:1The Times, 1931-11-18
*11/11: Grosvenor House Canadians - Manchester 6:2The Times, 1931-11-12
*11/13: Oxford University - Grosvenor House Canadians 3:0
*11/20: Oxford University - Princes 6:2The Times, 1931-11-21
*11/21: Manchester - Cambridge University 2:1The Times, 1931-11-23
*11/21: Princes - Sussex 5:1
*11/25: Princes - Grosvenor House Canadians 0:0 OTThe Times, 1931-12-01 - other sources had 1:1
*12/4: Princes - London Lions 2:1The Times, 1931-12-05
*12/5: Grosvenor House Canadians - Sussex 3:1The Times, 1931-12-09
*12/9: Grosvenor House Canadians - Sussex 6:0The Times, 1931-12-15
*12/19: Grosvenor House Canadians - Manchester 4:0The Times, 1931-12-21
*1/6: London Lions - Sussex 3:1The Times, 1932-01-12
*1/15: London Lions - Manchester 4:2The Times, 1932-02-05
*1/16: Sussex - Manchester 3:3Worthing Gazette, 1932-01-20
*1/29: Oxford University - Manchester 8:0The Times, 1932-01-30
*1/29: Grosvenor House Canadians - Princes 3:1
*2/1: Oxford University - Sussex 9:1The Times, 1932-02-09
*2/3: Grosvenor House Canadians - Cambridge University 5:2The Times, 1932-02-04
*2/3: London Lions - Princes 3:0
*2/6: Oxford University - Cambridge University 7:0 - Varsity Match, game counted for 4 pointsThe Times, 1932-02-08
*2/11: London Lions - Grosvenor House Canadians 3:2The Times, 1932-02-12
*2/12: Oxford University - Princes 3:0Daily Mirror, 1932-02-13
*2/19: Oxford University - London Lions 1:0The Times, 1932-02-20
*2/20: Grosvenor House Canadians - Cambridge University 5:0The Times, 1932-02-22
*2/20: Princes and Queens - Manchester 5:0
*3/2: Oxford University - Grosvenor House Canadians 3:2Daily Mail, 1932-03-03
*3/11: Oxford University - Sussex 4:0The Times, 1932-03-14
*3/19: London Lions - Manchester 8:2The Guardian, 1932-03-21
*3/22: Princes and Queens - Sussex 10:1Daily Mirror, 1932-03-23
*London Lions beat Cambridge University
*London Lions beat Sussex
*Manchester beat Sussex
*Manchester beat Cambridge University
*Sussex beat Cambridge University
*Sussex beat Cambridge University
Sussex was noted to have had four fixtures unfulfilled (listed above). Seems these were forfeits. Cambridge's fixtures likely were, too. 
;Standings
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Oxford University 	12	12	0	0 	54	8 	24
2.	London Lions 	12	9 	0	3 	36	17	18
3.	Princes and Queens 	12	7 	1	4 	47	19	15
4.	Grosvenor House Canadians	12	7 	1	4 	36	17	15
5.	Manchester 	12	3 	1	8 	13	50	7
6.	Sussex 	12	2 	1	9 	8 	43	5
7.	Cambridge University 	12	0 	0	12	6 	46	0
==Division 2==
Teams: Oxfordshire, Southampton, Westover Ice Club, Princes II, Grosvenor House Canadians A, London Lions A 
*11/3: Oxfordshire - Southampton 7:0
*11/17: Westover Ice Club - Oxfordshire 12:4
*11/20: Oxfordshire - Westover Ice Club 13:3
*11/25: Grosvenor House Canadians A - Southampton 8:0
*11/28: Westover Ice Club - Princes II 12:8
*12/12: Grosvenor House Canadians A - Westover Ice Club 7:4
*12/19: Southampton - London Lions A 3:3
*12/23: Southampton - Westover Ice Club 2:1
*1/21: Westover Ice Club - Southampton 7:3
*2/20: Southampton - Oxfordshire 5:3
*3/12: Princes II - Southampton 9:1
*Grosvenor House Canadians A beat Princes II
*Princes II beat Westover Ice Club
*Grosvenor House Canadians A beat Princes II
*Princes II beat Southampton 
The Grosvenor House Canadians A won 7 out of 9 games to win the title. Oxfordshire finished second and Westover Ice Club (Bournemouth) came in third.
==Other games==
*9/26: Princes and Queens - London Lions 5:2 @ SouthamptonThe Times, 1931-09-28
*10/16: Scotland - North of England 9:0 @ LiverpoolYorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 1931-10-17
*10/24: Westover Ice Club beat Sussex - L. Cliffe scored hat trick @ Westover Ice Rink
*Westover Ice Club - Southampton 11:7 @ Westover Ice Rink
*11/6: London Lions - Scotland 7:0 @ LiverpoolBirmingham Daily Gazette, 1931-11-09
*11/7: London Lions - Scotland 4:1 @ Birmingham
*11/21: Westover Ice Club - United Services @ Westover Ice Rink
*12/5: Southampton - Streatham 4:0 @ Southampton
*12/6: Streatham - Princes and Queens @ Streatham 
*12/25: London Lions - Westover Ice Club @ Westover Ice Rink
*1/1: London Lions - Scottish League 2:2 @ Golders GreenThe Times, 1932-01-02
*1/3: Sussex - Scottish League 1:1 @ HoveThe Times, 1932-01-04
*1/4: Scottish League - Princes IHC 3:0 @ StreathamThe Times, 1932-01-05
*1/6: Grosvenor House Canadians - Scottish League 1:1 @ Grosvenor HouseThe Times, 1932-01-07
*1/6: Warwickshire - Oxfordshire 3:3 @ BirminghamBirmingham Daily Gazette, 1932-01-07
*1/7: English League - Scottish League 2:2 (or 1:1) @ OxfordThe Times, 1932-01-09
*1/8: English League - Scottish League 2:1 @ Birmingham
*1/8: Westover Ice Club - Streatham @ Westover Ice Rink
*1/9: Scottish League - Lancashire 4:1 @ LiverpoolYorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 1932-01-11
*1/13: Westover Ice Club - Princes IHC @ Westover Ice Rink
*1/16: Princes and Queens - Warwickshire 8:4 @ BirminghamBirmingham Daily Gazette, 1932-01-18
*1/23: Scotland - Manchester 6:0 @ GlasgowThe Guardian, 1932-01-25
*1/31: London and Select Internationals - Westover and Southern Counties 8:4 @ Westover Ice RinkBournemouth Graphic, 1932-02-05
London roster: B.M. Patton, A.J. Grace, C.A. Erhardt (captain), Mayes, E.J. Ramus, D.A. Porter, E.H. Jackson, R.T. Rogers: Westover roster: C.K. Harper, G.A. Strubbe, Tretheway, H. Cooke (captain), P.R. Tingley, Rhodes, L. Cliff, Nelson. 
*2/13: Manchester - Warwickshire 11:3 @ BirminghamCoventry Evening Telegraph, 1932-02-15
*2/14: Streatham - London Lions A 4:2 OT (2:2 after regulation) @ StreathamNorwood News, 1932-02-19
*3/4: Oxford University - Rest of the English League 2:1 @ OxfordDaily Mirror, 1932-03-05
*3/12: London Lions A - Streatham 1:1 @ Golders GreenNorwood News, 1932-03-18
*3/13: Streatham - Princes and Queens 4:3 @ Bayswater
*3/16: Grosvenor House Canadians - Princes 3:1 @ Purley
*3/18: Princes and Queens - Lancashire 2:1 @ LiverpoolLiverpool Daily Post, 1932-03-19
*4/15: Grosvenor House Canadians - London Lions 1:0 @ Purley
*4/16: Warwickshire - London Lions A 12:1 @ BirminghamBirmingham Daily Gazette, 1932-04-18
*4/23: London Lions A - Purley @ Purley
*4/27: Warwickshire - Liverpool 8:5 @ LiverpoolLiverpool Echo, 1932-04-28
*5/4: Grosvenor House Canadians A - Streatham 4:3 - first public appearance of Streatham Ice Hockey ClubNorwood News, 1922-05-06
==References==
==Credits==
Special thanks to Mick Chambers, author of Nottingham Panthers Statistical Guidebook 1946-2000 and Nottingham Panthers Factual Scrapbook 1939-2007, and Martin Harris, author of Homes of British Ice Hockey and Lion in Winter, for supplying some of the information on this page.
Category:1931 in ice hockey
Category:1932 in ice hockey