1931 English Club Championship

The 1931 English Club Championship was awarded to the London Lions. It was their first English Club Championship, but their second British title. The Lions had won the British Championship the previous year.
Other Icehockey Lions in London
There was originally going to be a playoff for the British Championship, as there was the previous year, but a semifinal between Glasgow and Manchester was not played as the teams were unable to agree on home and away dates.The Times, 10/30/1931
London Lions' captain, Vic Gardner, expressed regret that a league competition had still not begun and criticized the high number of international matches that were played in a March 1931 letter published in The Skating Times. 
This was the last year a club champion was crowned in England. For 1931-32, the winner of the English League was regarded as the country's champion.
A planned league in England was suspended due to the European and World Championships that took place during the season.
These were the intended participants:
* Cambridge University
* Grosvenor House Canadians
* London Lions
* Manchester
* Oxford University
* Prince's, Hammersmith
* Queen's Ice Club, Bayswater
* Sussex
* United Services
==Game results==
*11/15: London - Manchester 4:1 @ Manchester Ice PalaceThe Guardian, 11/17/1930
*11/29: Manchester - Scotland 1:0 OTThe Guardian, 12/1/1930
*11/29: Sussex - Princes IHC 5:4 @ Hove Ice RinkWest Sussex Gazette, 12/4/1930
*12/4: Cambridge University - Hammersmith Ice Club @ Hammersmith
*12/9: Princes A - Queens 3:0 @ Queens
*12/11: Oxford/Cambridge Combo - London LionsThe Bystander, 12/3/1930
*12/13: Hammersmith - Sussex 3:2Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser, 12/19/1930
*12/20: Hammersmith Ice Club - Manchester 1:1 @ Hammersmith Icedrome
Hammersmith roster: A.R. Paterson (goal), T.M Kellough, G.A. Strubbe (defense), K.H. Thomson, G.W. Clode, J. Brown, L. Mills, D.A. Porter, H.G. Parker, R. Cossey (forwards). Manchester roster: S.S. Bookbinder (goal), Dr. W.J. Boyd, Dr. J.E. Grant (defense), J. Fergusson, J. Cock, D.B.M Davies, C.V. Plummer, Dr. Ross, J. Israels (forwards).
*1/1: Hammersmith - Kelvingrove (Glasgow) 3:0 @ HammersmithThe Times, 1/2/1931
Hammersmith roster: A.R. Paterson (goal), T.M. Kellough, G.A Strubbe (defense), K.N. Thomson, G.W. Clode, J. Brown (forwards), R. Cossey, H.G. Parker, L. Mills (reserves). Kelvingrove roster: D. Cross (goal), A.S. Dick, Dr. W. Phinney (defense), J. Campbell, A. Rintoul, R.L. Noble (forwards), E. Finchman, J. Buchanan, D.A. Porter (reserves).
*1/17: London Lions - Manchester 3:1 @ ManchesterThe Guardian, 1/19/1931 
*1/22: Hammersmith Ice Club - Westover Ice Club 10:6 @ Westover Ice RinkBournemouth Graphic, 1/30/1931
*1/24: Hammersmith Ice Club - Sussex 1:0 @ HammersmithThe Times, 1/26/1931
*1/24: The Rest - England 3:2 @ Golders Green - Selection match for World Championship
The Rest roster: T. Smart (goal), C. Erhardt, H. Trautenberg (defense), F.A. de Marwicz, B.H. Fawcett, P.M. Churchill (forwards), Dunne, T. Job, W. Hurst Brown (reserves). England roster: V.G.E. Gardner (goal), B.N. Sexton, W.H. Mackenzie (defense), J.C.P. Magwood, N. Melland, B.G. Carr-Harris (forwards), N.S. Grace, A. Bushell (reserves).
*1/31: Westover Ice Club - London Wasps @ Westover Ice Rink
*2/4: Westover Ice Club - Oxford Cosmopolitans 7:4 @ Westover Ice RinkBournemouth Graphic, 2/6/1931
*2/7: Cambridge - Manchester 4:0The Guardian, 2/9/1931
*2/14: Glasgow - Manchester 4:0 @ Crossmyloof Ice RinkThe Scotsman, 2/16/1931 
*2/14: Iroquois Ice Club - Westover Ice Club 14:7Western Gazette, 2/20/1931 @ Bournemouth
Iroquois roster: J. Elkins; J. Harrington, Karl von Sonnenfield; L. Mills, Count Czernin, d'Arcy Cartwright. Reserves: Don Porter, Gardner, Markheim, Boucher. Westover roster: N. Cliff; S. Gillatt, H. Cook; L. Cliff, C. Cliff, R.H. Bromley. Reserves: Thorne, Smith, Stebbins, Mattocks.
*2/21: Oxford University - Manchester @ Oxford Ice Rink
*2/21: Sussex - Westover Ice Club 8:2 @ Westover Ice RinkBournemouth Graphic, 2/27/1931''
*2/24: England - Cambridge Eskimos 12:3 @ Golders Green - scheduled after United States pulled out of international gameThe Times, 2/25/1931
England roster: C.H. Little (goal), B.N. Sexton, W.H. Mackenzie (defense), N. Melland, H.G. Carr-Harris, L.C. Bonnycastle, H.G. Parker, J. Brown (forwards). Cambridge roster: B.M. Patton (goal), P.M. Churchill, W. Green (defense), F.A. de Marwicz, Baron Von Trautenberg, H.J. MacCallum, K.H. Thomson, P.C. Fair (forwards).
*2/25: Oxford University - Hammersmith 4:1 @ HammersmithDaily Mirror, 2/26/1931
*2/28: Westover Ice Club tied Park Lane Ice Club - Park Lane equalized with only a few moments left in the game @ Westover Ice RinkBournemouth Graphic, 3/6/1931
*3/7: Queens - Westover Ice Club 6:5 @ Westover Ice RinkBournemouth Graphic, 3/13/1931
*3/11: Grosvenor House Canadians - Queens 6:3 @ Grosvenor HouseLondon Daily News, 1931-03-12
*3/14: Princes IHC - Westover Ice Club - Princes scored two late goals to give them a one goal win @ Westover Ice RinkBournemouth Graphic, 3/20/1931
*3/21: Queens - Iroquois Ice Club 5:4 @ QueensSunday Mirror, 3/22/1931
*3/21: Manchester - Scotland 2:2The Guardian, 3/23/1931
*3/21: Westover Ice Club - Oxfordshire Ice Club 17:4 @ Westover Ice RinkBournemouth Graphic, 3/27/1931
*3/28: Queens - Grosvenor House Canadians A 3:3 @ Queens
*3/28: Hammersmith Ice Club - Westover Ice Club 10:4 @ Westover Ice RinkWestern Gazette, 4/3/1931
*4/5: Queen's - Sussex 7:7 - goals: E. Ramus (3), E. Gardener (3), J. Goldie/B. Trethewy, J. Crowe (2), J. West, W. Hill, J. Langley, J. Elkins @ Queen's Ice ClubThe Times, 4/6/1931
*4/6: Park Lane Ice Club - Westover Ice Club 7:1 @ Westover Ice RinkBournemouth Graphic, 4/10/1931
*4/11: Grosvenor House Canadians - London Lions 8:4 @ Grosvenor HouseThe Times, 4/13/1931
Grosvenor House roster: C. McEwen (goal), G.A. Strubbe, H.A. Grace (defense), G.H. Park, C.W. Clode, J. Brown, K. Thomson, O. Schmidt, H. Cossey (forwards). Lions roster: V.G.E. Gardner (goal), B.N. Sexton, W.H. Mackenzie (defense), N. Melland, J.C.P. Magwood, B.G. Carr-Harris, H.W. Bushell, K. Sommenfeld, B.H. Fawcett (forwards).
*4/25: London Lions - Manchester 6:4The Guardian, 4/27/1931
*4/25: Queen's - Grosvenor House Canadians 8:1The Times, 4/27/1931
Queen's roster: D'Arcy Cartwright (goal), W. Hurst Brown, A.J. Grace (defense), N.S. Grace, E. Hvalsoe, E.J. Ramus (forwards), F. Murdoch, H. Weinberger, G.A. Goldie (reserves). Grosvenor House roster: B.M. Ansell (goal), T.M Kellough, G.H. Strubbe (defense), G.W. Clode, K. Thomson, O. Schmidt (forwards), D. Porter, A.F. Moseley (reserves).
*4/25: Westover Ice Club - London 5:3 @ Westover Ice RinkBournemouth Graphic, 5/1/1931
*4/26: Westover Ice Club - Oxfordshire Ice Club 8:3 @ Oxford
*4/28: Grosvenor House Canadians - Manchester 7:3 @ Grosvenor HouseThe Times, 4/29/1931
Grosvenor House roster: J. Elkins (goal), T.M Kellough, A.J. Grace (defense), K. Thomson, N.S. Grace, O. Schmidt, L. Mills, D. Porter, G.A. Strubbe (forwards). Manchester roster: S. Bookbinder (goal), Dr. W.J. Boyd, Dr. J.E. Grant (defense), D.B. Davies, J. Cock, J. Ferguson, J.R. Parry, J.L. Thomas, N. Schofield (forwards).
*5/2: Sussex - Grosvenor House Canadians 3:2 @ Grosvenor HouseThe Times, 5/4/1931
Sussex roster: A.F. Langmead (goal), W.B. Trethewey, P. Mareot (defense), R. Hill, H.A. West, C.T. Rhodes, J. Langmead, J. Crowe, R. Morgan (forwards). Grosvenor House roster: C. McEwen (goal), T.M. Kellough, A.J. Grace (defense), D. Porter, K. Thomson, G.A. Strubbe, N.S. Grace, G.W. Clode, O. Schmidt (forwards)
*5/13: London Lions - Queen's 2:2 @ Queen's Ice ClubThe Times, 5/16/1931
Lions roster: B.M. Patton (goal), C.A. Erhardt, B.N. Sexton (defense), H. W. Bushell, N. Melland, J.C.P. Magwood, C. Whitaker (forwards). Queen's roster: H. Elkins (goal), G.A. Goldie, V. Gardner (defense), N.H. Grace, O. Schmidt, E.J. Ramus, A.H. Ramsay, F. Murdoch (forwards).
*5/16: Westover Ice Club - Oxfordshire Ice Club @ Westover Ice Rink 
*5/23: Westover Ice Club - Park Lane Ice Club @ Westover Ice Rink
==References==
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