Goodall Cup Finals

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Goodall Cup Finals

The Goodall Cup is awarded to the winner of Australia’s ice hockey championship series. It was first awarded in 1911 (possibly earlier) and is the oldest ice hockey trophy outside North America and the oldest in Australia. The final game, the Goodall Cup Final, decides who gets the Cup.

Originally, the Cup was an annual inter-state challenge. It was a best-of-three series between state teams, and the champions would keep the Cup if they won the next year's championship or if the title ended in a tie.

The first interstate championship was in 1909 between Victoria and New South Wales. Victoria won the series 2 games to 1 and became the first Interstate Champions. New South Wales formed a team in 1909 and traveled to Melbourne on 29 August 1909, marking Australia’s first national interstate competition for senior men’s hockey. The Victoria captain was Robert Jackson.

In the first game, New South Wales defeated Victoria 2–1. On 3 September 1909, Victoria won 1–0, giving goaltender Charles Watt the first recorded shutout in interstate history. In the deciding third game, Victoria won 6–1 to become the first Interstate Champions.