First Recorded Moments in Hockey - Timeline

[Robert Gordon Orr]

First account of a game lasting beyond the first goal? First account of a game being timed?

A game from 1871 between the Elsham Club and Brigg Club is the first known occasion where the time of all goals were published. (Game was played in Elsham, North Lincolnshire)

 

[Robert Gordon Orr]

1899 - First book written on ice hockey - Canada

Art Farrell's 1899 work Hockey: Canada's Royal Winter Game is the earliest known work on the subject.

Iain, I forgot that three years earlier A Handbook of Bandy; or Hockey on the Ice was written by Arnold Tebbutt. That is the earliest known book on the subject.

 

[Iain Fyffe]

Iain, I forgot that three years earlier A Handbook of Bandy; or Hockey on the Ice was written by Arnold Tebbutt. That is the earliest known book on the subject.

True! My fault. For this one I was thinking of Ice Hockey, whereas the topic of this thread is clearly {Ice Hockey}. Apologies.

 

[Iain Fyffe]

For the first timed game in 1871, it may be worth noting that we know that the Elsham match is known to have a pre-defined time limit, rather than someone just timing how long the game was going on. "Brigg gave in a quarter of an hour before time was up."

 

[Iain Fyffe]

Another candidate:

Jan 4 1871 match at Bluntisham-***-Earith as the first known instance of team captains: Charles Robinson for Over & Swavesey and Charles Tebbutt for Bluntisham & Earith.

Edit: Silly profanity filter.

 

[Killion]

...That is the earliest known book on the subject.

Indeed... and Ive made a minor alteration to the Threads title, "First Recorded Moments in Hockey - Timeline". That these are not empirical, subject to change, but that in your own & others research, the earliest recorded dates though not necessarily 110% accurate as information may well surface in future searches, more revelations to be uncovered & unearthed.

 

[Robert Gordon Orr]

A couple of other candidates:

Feb 3, 1857 match Over vs. Swavesey as the first known instance of pre-defined teams meeting in a match, as opposed to the teams being picked from the players on hand.

Jan 4 1871 match at Bluntisham-***-Earith as the first known instance of team captains: Charles Robinson for Over & Swavesey and Charles Tebbutt for Bluntisham & Earith.

Yes, that is correct, although I know of a game with identified captains that was played one day earlier.

The first known captain was William Leeland in 1827. However that was not a contemporary observation, but we know that for example Glossary of North Country Words, in Use from 1829 described that a game was headed by two captains, so we know through a contemporary source that captains were in use at that time. First known contemporary reference so far is from a game played on January 3, 1871 with William Meadows (Bluntisham) and Christopher Smith Billups (Chatteris) as captains.

 

[Robert Gordon Orr]

Indeed... and Ive made a minor alteration to the Threads title, "First Recorded Moments in Hockey - Timeline". That these are not empirical, subject to change, but that in your own & others research, the earliest recorded dates though not necessarily 110% accurate as information may well surface in future searches, more revelations to be uncovered & unearthed.

Thank you Killion.

 

[Iain Fyffe]

First known contemporary reference so far is from a game played on January 3, 1871 with William Meadows (Bluntisham) and Christopher Smith Billups (Chatteris) as captains.

One would think, dealing with the span of time that we are, that being beaten by a single day on such a specific thing would be very unlikely.

 

[Killion]

Thank you Killion.

Indeed. Hopefully mitigate the possibility of any fractious arguments that may or may not erupt.

 

[Stars99Lobo37]

Just wanted to say that this is an awesome thread. Well done.

 

[WhiteTiger]

Terrific thread. A great read.

Many thanks to Robert Gordon Orr for constructing it.