1938 Australia season

This was the 1938 ice hockey season in Australia:
==Overview==
The Victorian Championship series in Melbourne was held for the 24th time. The participating clubs were Brighton, Essendon, and Hawthorn. The title was won by Hawthorn. 
The 23rd Goodall Cup Inter-State Series between Victoria and New South Wales was staged from August 6-10, 1938. It was won by New South Wales.
The 17th New South Wales Championship took place in Sydney. St. George, Monarchs, Panthers, and the Glebe Lions competed. St. George won the championship. 
==Results==
;New South Wales Championship
*6/22: Monarchs - Panthers 0:0Referee, 1938-06-23
*6/23: St. George - Glebe Lions 8:3 - goals: J. McLauchlain (3), G. Went (3), J. Brown (2)/W. Johnson (2), J. WisemanThe Sydney Morning Herald, 1938-06-24
*6/29: Monarchs - St. George 4:1 - goals: Tory, Ridgeway, Dunnett (2)/CochraneThe Sydney Morning Herald, 1938-06-30
*6/30: Panthers - Glebe Lions 5:1 - goals: Balork (2), Moller, R. Jones, Dawes/Wiseman (2)The Sydney Morning Herald, 1938-07-01
*7/6: Monarchs - Glebe Lions 5:0 - goals: N. Dunett (2), Ridgeway (2), HiortThe Sydney Morning Herald, 1938-07-07
*7/14: St. George - Panthers 4:1 (2:0, 2:1)The Sydney Morning Herald, 1938-07-15
*7/20: Monarchs - Panthers 5:3 - goals: Hiort (2), Jackson (2), Tory/Moller, Payne, A. DawesThe Sydney Morning Herald, 1938-07-21
*7/21: St. George - Glebe Lions 6:3 - goals: Went (3), Brown (2), McLaughlain/Wiseman (2), JohnstoneThe Sydney Morning Herald, 1938-07-22
*7/28: St. George - Monarchs 5:1 - goals: Went (3), McLaughlain, CoulterThe Sydney Morning Herald, 1938-07-29
*8/25: Monarchs - Glebe Lions 8:3 (1:2, 7:1) - goals: Hiort (4), Harvey (2), Griffiths, Hudson/Wiseman, Miller, JohnstoneThe Sydney Morning Herald, 1938-08-26
*8/30: Glebe Lions - Panthers 8:3 (4:0, 4:3) - goals: W. Johnstone (4), Wiseman (4)/Payne, Billingham, McCabeThe Sydney Morning Herald, 1938-08-31
*9/5: St. George - Panthers 4:0 (2:0, 2:0) - goals: Coulter (2), Went (2)The Sydney Morning Herald, 1938-09-06
*9/8: St. George - Glebe Lions 10:2 - goals: Coulter (6), Went (2), McLaughlain, Jeffries/Johnston (2)The Sydney Morning Herald, 1938-09-09
*9/12: Monarchs - Panthers 7:0The Labor Daily, 1938-09-13
*9/15: St. George - Panthers 9:0 (6:0, 3:0) - goals: Coulter (5), Went (2), McLaughlain, JeffriesThe Sydney Morning Herald, 1938-09-16
*10/20: St. George - Glebe Lions 4:3 - goals: James, Langley, West, Rowe/Wells (3)The Sydney Morning Herald, 1938-10-21
;Sydney Inter-Rink competition
*7/7: Glaciarium - Ice Palais 2:0 - goals: Johnstone, WentThe Sydney Morning Herald, 1938-07-08
*7/13: Ice Palais - Glaciarium 2:1 (0:0, 2:1)The Sydney Morning Herald, 1938-07-14
*9/1: Glaciarium - Ice Palais 7:4 (3:0, 4:4) - goals: Johnston (2), Coulter (2), Brown, McLaughlain, Went/Hudson (2), Tory, PayneThe Sydney Morning Herald, 1938-09-02
Glaciarium won the series, 2-games-to-one.
;F.C. Brown Memorial Shield
*9/24: New South Wales - Victoria 5:1 - goals: J. Wiseman (2), T. Coulter, J. McLauchlain, H. Miller/C. MitchellThe Sun, 1938-09-25
*9/26: New South Wales - Victoria 7:1 - goals: J. Wiseman (3), T. Coulter (2), J. McLauchlain, S. Hiort/J. WhiteThe Sydney Morning Herald, 1938-09-27
*9/28: New South Wales - Victoria 6:3 (2:3, 4:0) - goals: T. Coulter (2), J. Brown (2), J. McLauchlain, F. Harvey/R. Sullivan, A. Massins, E. KellyThe Sydney Morning Herald, 1938-09-29
The Brown Shield was an inter-state tournament for reserve players. 
;Other games
*8/24: Bears - Panthers 3:2The Sun, 1938-08-25
*8/31: Bears - Glebe Lions 8:3 (5:2, 3:1)The Sydney Morning Herald, 1938-09-01
*9/7: Bears - Monarchs 11:0 (5:0, 6:0) - goals: D. Robertson (6), S. Fielder (3), V. Freeman, F. CliftonReferee, 1938-09-08
*9/14: Bears - St. George 1:0 (0:0, 1:0) - goals: RobertsonThe Sydney Morning Herald, 1938-09-15
*9/21: Bears - New South Wales All-Stars 4:2 - goals: Fielder, Robertson, Childs, Hayes/Went (2)The Sydney Morning Herald, 1938-09-22
*9/28: Bears - New South Wales All-Stars 6:6 (4:1, 2:5) - goals: K. Tory (2), S. Fielder (2), F. Clifton, D. Robertson/S. Hudson (2), F. Went (2), B. Moller, W. JohnstonThe Sydney Morning Herald, 1938-09-29
*10/5: Bears - New South Wales All-Stars 9:4 - goals: Clifton (4), Fielder (2), Robertson (2), Balork/Johnson, Went, RidgwayThe Sydney Morning Herald, 1938-10-06
The Bears were a team featuring four imported Canadians who played challenge matches against the other Sydney-based clubs. They created a lot of controversy with their rough style of play, leading to a scheduled match against Glaciarium being cancelled by the New South Wales Association. Many players and enthusiasts did not approve of how the situation was handled, and a new Australian Amateur Ice Hockey Association was created in opposition. The NSW Association then responded by suspending the Bears.
*9/22: St. George - Glebe Lions 4:2 - goals: Cochrane (2), Coulter, Jeffries/Harvey, WisemanThe Sydney Morning Herald, 1938-09-23
*10/6: Glebe Lions - Glaciarium 9:8 (3:5, 6:3)The Sydney Morning Herald, 1938-10-07
*10/12: Tigers - Lions 10:6 - goals: Fielder (5), Johnson (4), Went/Clifton (3), Tory, Hudson, LincolnThe Labor Daily, 1938-10-13
*11/2: W. Johnson's team - K. Tory's team 3:2 - goals: Johnson (2), Robertson/Tory, BalorkThe Sydney Morning Herald, 1938-11-03
There was a series contested between the Bears and Australian selection composed of players from New South Wales and Victoria. The matches were described as "Canada vs. Australia". The series was organized by the breakaway Australian Ice Athletics Association.The Labor Daily, 1938-10-15
*10/15: Canada - Australia 4:1 - goals: Clifton (3), Fielder/KellyTruth, 1938-10-16
*10/19: Canada - Australia 5:4 - goals: Robertson (2), Fielder (2), Clifton/Johnson (2), Mitchell, LloydThe Sun, 1938-10-20
*10/22: Canada - Australia 8:3 - goals: Fielder (5), Tony (2), Robertson/Johnstone (2), KellyTruth, 1938-10-23
==Contemporary accounts==
Sydney Herald 5-6-38.png|The May 6, 1938, edition of The Sydney Morning Herald.
Referee 6-23-38.png|The June 23, 1938, edition of Referee.
Sydney Herald 7-14-38.png|The July 14, 1938, edition of The Sydney Morning Herald.
Sun 8-25-38.png|The August 25, 1938, edition of The Sun.
Sun 9-21-38.png|The September 21, 1938, edition of The Sun.
Sydney Herald 9-23-38.png|The September 23, 1938, edition of The Sydney Morning Herald. 
Sydney Herald 10-24-38.png|The October 24, 1938, edition of The Sydney Morning Herald.
==References==
Category:1938 in ice hockey