John Edwin Goodall

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John Edwin Goodall
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Personal information
Full nameJohn Edwin Goodall
NationalityAustralian
Born1893
St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Died19 April 1960
Brighton, Victoria, Australia
Spouse(s)Kathleen Ellen Fanning
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportIce Hockey
Team Melburnians IHC
Victoria

John Edwin Goodall (1893 St Kilda, Victoria, Australia - 1960 in Brighton, Victoria, Australia) was an Australian ice hockey player, president of the Australian Ice Hockey Association (since 1923 [1] ), and founder of the Goodall Cup which he donated to the annual inter-state ice hockey tournament. [2]

St Kilda, Victoria Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Brighton, Victoria Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Brighton is an affluent coastal suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Bayside. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Brighton had a population of 23,253 people in 2016. Brighton is named after Brighton in England.

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Early life

John Edwin Goodall was the second child of Charles Edwin Goodall and Ada Jessie Dougharty. Their first child, Chas John Goodall was born in 1890 but lived for only 10 days. [3] [4]

Ice Hockey

Goodall Cup

John Edwin Goodall was one who gifted a cup, which is referred to as the Goodall Cup at present, to the interstate series. The inaugural interstate series was in 1909 The newly appointed second president of the VAIHA, Philip John Rupert Steele Sr, presented an interstate cup, gifted by John Goodall, to the injured New South Wales captain Jim Kendall on the evening after the final game of this series. [5]

The Goodall Cup is a perpetual trophy that is, currently, annually awarded to the playoff champions of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). The trophy is named after Australian born player John Edwin Goodall who originally donated the cup.

The Victorian Ice Hockey Association, currently trading as Ice Hockey Victoria is the governing body of ice hockey in Victoria, Australia. The Victorian Ice Hockey Association is a branch of Ice Hockey Australia.

Playing Hockey

18 September 1911 was the third match of the interstate series between New South Wales and Victoria. The New South Wales team had won the first two matches which clinched the series, however the second game left New South Wales captain Jim Kendall injured with a split shin bone after a blow to the leg during the hockey match. [6] [5] Due to Kendall's injury rendering him unable to play and Dunbar Poole also absent for the final game, the New South Wales team was short of 2 players. A decision was made to complete the final game of the series with a composite team of Dark Blue and Light Blue teams made up of the Victoria and New South Wales teams and emergency back up players for the Victorian team. John Goodall, listed as a Victorian player, was named in the Dark Blue side. The final score was 6–3 in favor of the Dark Blue team. The newly appointed second president of the VAIHA, Philip John Rupert Steele Sr, presented an interstate cup, gifted by John Goodall, to the injured New South Wales captain Jim Kendall on the evening after the final game of this series. [5]

The 1911 Goodall Cup Final marks the third Inter-State Series ice hockey championship in Australia and the first of these championships won by New South Wales. As the second elected president of the Victorian Amateur Ice Hockey Sports Association, Philip John Rupert Steele Sr. ,presented a cup, gifted by John Edwin Goodall to the Captain of the winning New South Wales Team, Jim Kendall.

Skating

John Goodall became the fourth National Ice Skating Association of Australia (NISAA) National Men's Skating Champion in 1914.

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St. Moritz Ice Rink

The St. Moritz Ice Rink was a popular ice rink housed in a grand venue on The Esplanade, St. Kilda, Victoria, which operated between 1939–1981. As one of only two ice rinks in Melbourne in the 40s and 50s, it played a central role to the sport of ice hockey in Australia. Closed in 1982, it soon suffered a major fire and was then demolished, an event later seen as a major blow to the heritage of St Kilda.

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The 1910 Inter-State Series Final was the second Inter-State Series ice hockey championship in Australia and for the first time was held in the Sydney Glaciarium.

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The 1913 Goodall Cup Final marks the fifth inter-state ice hockey championship in Australia and the last championship played before the series was suspended due to World War I.

The 1921 Goodall Cup Final was the first Goodall Cup series after the end of the First World War.

The 1922 Goodall Cup Final is the return of the series to Melbourne after the Great War. A ladies ice hockey team was also formed to represent New South Wales and would travel to Melbourne to play a Victorian ladies Ice Hockey team for the first interstate ladies ice hockey competition. This would later be a ladies inter-state competition for the Gower Cup.

The 1929 Goodall Cup Final was scheduled to begin on Saturday 10 August 1929, New South Wales had retained the Goodall Cup since 1923 at this point and looked to continue their streak.

The 1925 Goodall Cup inter-state series is the first year that the tournament was changed from a 3-game series where Victoria and New South Wales would visit each other's state in alternate years, to a 6-game series consisting of 3 matches to be played in Victoria and another 3 matches to be played in Sydney.

The 1947 Goodall Cup was the 26th year that the Australian inter-state ice hockey 3 game series was played. Victoria won the Cup for the first time in 25 years.

The Australian Men's National Ice Hockey Championship is an annual elimination tournament for Ice Hockey Australia between each Australian state and territory. It consists of a round robin format tournament, where each state plays another 1 time to determine placement for the sudden death playoff format. The sudden death playoff format consists of 2 semi-final rounds followed by a gold medal game and a bronze medal game.

References

  1. ↑ "The History of Australian Ice Hockey" (PDF). Australian Ice Hockey Federation - the official website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ice Hockey - Contests at the Glaciarium". The Argus (Melbourne) . 4 August 1924. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Pioneer Families In Victoria". Elizabeth Janson. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Family History Search - Births Deaths Marriages". Victoria State Government - Justice and Regulation. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 "Hockey on the Ice - Farewell To Visiting Team". The Argus (Melbourne) . 19 September 1911. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Hockey on the Ice - Interstate Test Match". The Argus (Melbourne) . 16 September 1911. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
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