The 1929–30 British Ice Hockey season was the inaugural season where an organised league structure was implemented. The format consisted of a Southern and Northern British league and a Scottish League.[1]
In the BIHA Championship the leading teams from the southern and northern leagues would play off to determine who met in the final and compete for the Patton Cup. In the final London Lions beat Glasgow 2–1 with Blaine Sexton, who had founded the London Lions in 1924, and Bushell scoring for London and Macdonald scoring for Glasgow.[2]
The Patton cup was named after Major Peter Patton a past president of the British Ice Hockey Association.[3] Patton had founded 'Princes' in December 1896, the first ice hockey club in Great Britain. In the 1913/14 season he also founded the British Ice Hockey Association (BIHA). The 1929/1930 season was the only time Scottish teams were linked with the Patton Cup.[4]
The southern league was competed for by five teams playing home and away. Oxford University and Cambridge University only played each other once in the annual varsity match which awarded double league points.
Ten teams first participated in the Points Competition which was played to separate the top teams from the bottom. The top five teams from the Points Competition went on to form the First Division, while the bottom five finishers were consigned to the Second Division. The Glasgow Mohawks won the championship as the top team in the First Division.[5]
Points Competition[]
Scores
Date
Team 1
Score
Team 2
10/4
Bridge of Weir
2 - 1
Mohawks
10/8
Kelvingrove
6 - 0
Dennistoun
10/11
Doonside
5 - 1
Glasgow Skating Club
10/15
Queens
2 - 2
Achtungs
10/18
Bearsden
5 - 4
Mohawks
10/22
Dennistoun
3 - 3
Glasgow University
10/25
Glasgow Skating Club
2 - 0
Bridge of Weir
10/29
Queens
6 - 1
Kelvingrove
11/5
Bearsden
6 - 1
Doonside
11/8
Mohawks
4 - 1
Glasgow Skating Club
11/12
Queens
2 - 0
Dennistoun
11/15
Bridge of Weir
4 - 0
Doonside
11/19
Achtungs
8 - 0
Kelvingrove
11/22
Queens
2 - 0
Glasgow University
12/3
Achtungs
4 - 0
Dennistoun
12/6
Kelvingrove
3 - 2
Glasgow University
12/10
Bearsden
3 - 2
Bridge of Weir
12/13
Achtungs
8 - 2
Glasgow University
12/17
Bearsden
3 - 2
Glasgow Skating Club
12/20
Mohawks
7 - 0
Doonside
Table
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
T
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Bearsden
4
4
0
0
17
9
+8
8
2
Achtungs
4
3
0
1
22
4
+18
7
3
Queens
4
3
0
1
12
3
+9
7
4
Glasgow Mohawks
4
2
2
0
16
8
+8
4
5
Bridge of Weir
4
2
2
0
8
6
+2
4
6
Kelvingrove
4
2
2
0
10
16
−6
4
7
Glasgow Skating Club
4
1
3
0
6
12
−6
2
8
Doonside
4
1
3
0
6
18
−12
2
9
Glasgow University
4
0
3
1
7
16
−9
1
10
Dennistoun
4
0
3
1
3
15
−12
1
Source:[citation needed]
Championship round[]
First Division[]
Scores
Date
Team 1
Score
Team 2
1/3
Mohawks
3 - 0
Queens
1/14
Achtungs
3 - 2
Bearsden
2/7
Achtungs
3 - 1
Bridge of Weir
2/28
Queens
6 - 2
Achtungs
3/14
Mohawks
3 - 0
Bridge of Weir
3/18
Queens
3 - 2
Bearsden
3/28
Mohawks
2 - 0
Achtungs
4/1
Queens
8 - 0
Bridge of Weir
4/8
Bearsden
3 - 1
Bridge of Weir
4/15
Mohawks
4 - 1
Bearsden
Table
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
T
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Glasgow Mohawks
4
4
0
0
12
1
+11
8
2
Queens
4
3
1
0
17
7
+10
6
3
Achtungs
4
2
2
0
8
11
−3
4
4
Bearsden
4
1
3
0
8
11
−3
2
5
Bridge of Weir
4
0
4
0
2
17
−15
0
Source:[citation needed]
Second Division[]
Scores
Date
Team 1
Score
Team 2
1/7
Glasgow University
8 - 0
Doonside
1/10
Kelvingrove
3 - 2
Glasgow Skating Club
2/11
Kelvingrove
4 - 0
Dennistoun
3/4
Doonside
1 - 0
Dennistoun
3/7
Glasgow Skating Club
5 - 2
Glasgow University
3/11
Kelvingrove
1 - 0
Glasgow University
3/21
Glasgow Skating Club
8 - 0
Doonside
4/4
Kelvingrove
5 - 0
Doonside
4/11
Glasgow Skating Club
2 - 1
Dennistoun
4/18
Glasgow University
2 - 2
Dennistoun
Table
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
T
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Kelvingrove
4
4
0
0
13
2
+11
8
2
Glasgow Skating Club
4
3
1
0
17
6
+11
6
3
Glasgow University
4
1
2
1
12
8
+4
3
4
Doonside
4
1
3
0
1
21
−20
2
5
Dennistoun
4
0
3
1
3
9
−6
1
Source:[citation needed]
Mitchell Trophy[]
The 1929–30 Mitchell Trophy was the first edition of the single-elimination cup competition contested in Scotland. The title was won by Glasgow Skating Club.