Professional Field Lacrosse In British Columbia 1909-1924 compiled & Edited by David Stewart-Candy Vancouver 2011 1909 BRITISH COLUMBIA LACROSSE ASSOCIATION PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE GP W L T GF GA PTS New Westminster Salmonbellies* 10 7 3 0 69 65 14 Vancouver Lacrosse Club 10 3 7 0 65 69 6 MINTO CUP CHALLENGES New Westminster defeated Regina Capitals in two-game, total-goals series 18-6 (6-4, 12-2) New Westminster defeated Toronto Tecumsehs in two-game, total-goals series 12-9 (6-4, 6-5) EXHIBITIONS Vancouver Lacrosse Club defeated Regina Capitals 8-7 Toronto Tecumsehs defeated Regina Capitals 17-7 May 20, 1909 – MINTO CUP: Regina Capitals 4 at New Westminster Salmonbellies 6 NEW WESTMINSTER: ‘Sandy’ Gray, goaltender; Charlie Galbraith, point; Tom Gifford, coverpoint; Jack Gifford, first defence; George Rennie, second defence; Tom Rennie, third defence; ‘Pat’ Feeney, centre; Cliff Spring, third home; Bill Turnbull, second home; Alex Turnbull, first home; Len Turnbull, outside home; J Bryson, inside home REGINA: Clarke, goaltender; Howard, point; Édouard Lalonde, coverpoint; West, first defence; Shea, second defence; Davidson, third defence; Warwick, centre; Murton, third home; Allen, second home; Gorman, first home; McGregor, outside home; McDoughall, inside home FIRST QUARTER: 1) New Westminster – Bryson 3:31; 2) Regina – Murton 9:30; 3) Regina – Gorman 1:49 SECOND QUARTER: 4) New Westminster – Bryson 2:09; 5) New Westminster – Cliff Spring 3:27; 6) New Westminster – Alex Turnbull 3:08; 7) New Westminster – Tom Rennie 2:22; 8) New Westminster – Bill Turnbull 7:54 THIRD QUARTER: 9) Regina – McGregor 2:17 FOURTH QUARTER: 10) Regina – Warwick 9:01 1st 2nd 3rd 4th NEW WESTMINSTER 1 5 0 0 = 6 REGINA 2 0 1 1 = 4 PENALTIES: NEW WESTMINSTER: Tom Gifford 10 PIM, 1 st Q; REGINA: Warwick 15 PIM, 1 st Q; Howard 5 PIM, 2 nd Q; West 5 PIM, 3 rd Q; Shea 10 PIM, 4 th Q ATTENDANCE: estimated at 5,000 REFEREE: AE Macnaughton (Vancouver); JUDGE OF PLAY: George Matheson (Vancouver); GOAL UMPIRES: RH Cheyne (New Westminster), W McLaughlin (Regina); PENALTY TIMEKEEPERS: HC Major (New Westminster), Weldy Clark (Vancouver); TIMEKEEPERS: JJ Johnston (New Westminster), JW Moir (Calgary) May 24, 1909 – MINTO CUP: Regina Capitals 2 at New Westminster Salmonbellies 12 NEW WESTMINSTER: ‘Sandy’ Gray, goaltender; Charlie Galbraith, point; Tom Gifford, coverpoint; Jack Gifford, first defence; George Rennie, second defence; Tom Rennie, third defence; ‘Pat’ Feeney, centre; Cliff Spring, third home; Bill Turnbull, second home; Alex Turnbull, first home; Len Turnbull, outside home; J Bryson, inside home REGINA: Clarke, goaltender; Howard, point; Édouard Lalonde, coverpoint; West, first defence; Shea, second defence; Davidson, third defence; Warwick, centre; Murton, third home; Allen, second home; Gorman, first home; McGregor, outside home; McDoughall, inside home FIRST QUARTER: 1) New Westminster – Len Turnbull 2:08; 2) New Westminster – Cliff Spring 4:13; 3) New Westminster – Bryson 6:03; 4) New Westminster – Bryson 2:37; 5) New Westminster – Bryson 2:39 SECOND QUARTER: 6) New Westminster – Len Turnbull 4:26; 7) New Westminster – Cliff Spring 3:38; 8) New Westminster – Len Turnbull 3:31; 9) Regina – Gorman 4:55; 10) Regina – McDougall 1:05 THIRD QUARTER: no scoring FOURTH QUARTER: 11) New Westminster – Cliff Spring 1:01; 12) New Westminster – Cliff Spring 2:35; 13) New Westminster – Bill Turnbull 1:29; 14) New Westminster – George Rennie 0:13 1st 2nd 3rd 4th NEW WESTMINSTER 5 3 0 4 = 12 REGINA 0 2 0 0 = 2 PENALTIES: NEW WESTMINSTER: none; REGINA: Howard 5 PIM, 1 st Q; Davidson 10 PIM, 3 rd Q ATTENDANCE: “close to the 10,000 mark” REFEREE: AE Macnaughton (Vancouver); JUDGE OF PLAY: George Matheson (Vancouver); GOAL UMPIRES: Frank Johns (New Westminster), W McLaughlin (Regina); PENALTY TIMEKEEPERS: HC Major (New Westminster), Weldy Clark (Vancouver); TIMEKEEPERS: JJ Johnston (New Westminster), JW Moir (Calgary) June 12, 1909 – Vancouver Lacrosse Club 5 at New Westminster Salmonbellies 8 NEW WESTMINSTER: ‘Sandy’ Gray, goaltender; Charlie Galbraith, point; Tom Gifford, coverpoint; Jack Gifford, first defence; George Rennie, second defence; Tom Rennie, third defence; ‘Pat’ Feeney, centre; Bill Turnbull, third home; Cliff Spring, second home; Pete Latham, first home; Gordon Spring, outside home; J Bryson, inside home VANCOUVER: Dave Gibbons, goaltender; Jim McConaghy, point; Waldo Matheson, coverpoint; ‘Toots’ Clarkson, first defence; Clark, second defence; Ralph Ravey, third defence; Fred Taylor, centre; George Matheson, third home; ‘Spike’ Hennessey, second home; Angus Allen, first home; Billy O’Brien, outside home; Édouard Lalonde, inside home FIRST QUARTER: no scoring SECOND QUARTER: 1) New Westminster – Cliff Spring 0:30; 2) Vancouver – Hennessey 1:30; 3) New Westminster – Pete Latham 3:00; 4) Vancouver – George Matheson 2:30; 5) Vancouver – Angus Allen 7:30 THIRD QUARTER: 6) New Westminster – Tom Rennie 8:30; 7) Vancouver – Édouard Lalonde 2:00; 8) New Westminster – Cliff Spring 0:45; 9) Vancouver – Angus Allen 2:30; 10) New Westminster – Gordon Spring 1:00 FOURTH QUARTER: 11) New Westminster – Cliff Spring 7:30; 12) New Westminster – Gordon Spring 3:00; 13) New Westminster – Cliff Spring 2:00 1st 2nd 3rd 4th NEW WESTMINSTER 0 2 3 3 = 8 VANCOUVER 0 3 2 0 = 5 PENALTIES: NEW WESTMINSTER: Charlie Galbraith 10 PIM; Tom Gifford 10 PIM; Bill Turnbull 10 PIM; VANCOUVER: Édouard Lalonde 10 PIM ATTENDANCE: “very poor”, “slim attendance” REFEREE: MJ Barr; JUDGE OF PLAY: Fred Lynch; GOAL UMPIRES: H Fowler, F Johns, Barlow Galbraith, R Gifford; PENALTY TIMEKEEPERS: HP Kearry, WB MacDonald; TIMEKEEPERS: J Martin, H Latham June 19, 1909 – New Westminster Salmonbellies 9 at Vancouver Lacrosse Club 8 NEW WESTMINSTER: ‘Sandy’ Gray, goaltender; Charlie Galbraith, point; Tom Gifford, coverpoint; Jack Gifford, first defence; George Rennie, second defence; Tom Rennie, third defence; Bill Turnbull, centre; Irving Wintemute, third home; Cliff Spring, second home; Gordon Spring, first home; Len Turnbull, outside home; J Bryson, inside home; ‘Pat’ Feeney, substitute VANCOUVER: Dave Gibbons, goaltender; Jim McConaghy, point; Waldo Matheson, coverpoint; Bob Springer, first defence; ‘Toots’ Clarkson, second defence; Clark, third defence; Ed Longfellow, centre; George Matheson, third home; ‘Spike’ Hennessey, second home; Angus Allen, first home; Billy O’Brien, outside home; Édouard Lalonde, inside home FIRST QUARTER: 1) New Westminster – Len Turnbull 2:55; 2.Vancouver – Hennessey 1:38; 3) New Westminster – Gordon Spring 3:54; 4) Vancouver – Angus Allen 3:14 SECOND QUARTER: 5) New Westminster – Gordon Spring 3:29; 6) New Westminster – Bill Turnbull 7:23; 7) New Westminster – Len Turnbull 3:00; 8) New Westminster – Gordon Spring 2:02; 9) Vancouver – George Matheson 2:00; 10) Vancouver – George Matheson 1:00 THIRD QUARTER: 11) Vancouver – Édouard Lalonde 9:21; 12) Vancouver – Édouard Lalonde 1:28; 13) Vancouver – Clarkson 3:49 FOURTH QUARTER: 14) New Westminster – Bryson 0:45; 15) New Westminster – Len Turnbull 5:25; 16) New Westminster – Len Turnbull 6:16; 17) Vancouver – Édouard Lalonde 7:24 1st 2nd 3rd 4th NEW WESTMINSTER 2 4 0 3 = 9 VANCOUVER 2 2 3 1 = 8 PENALTIES: NEW WESTMINSTER: Jack Gifford 10 PIM, 2 nd Q; Len Turnbull 5 PIM, 2 nd Q; George Rennie 12 PIM, 4 th Q; Tom Rennie 5 PIM, 4 th Q; VANCOUVER: Billy O’Brien 10 PIM, 2 nd Q; Bob Springer 5 PIM, 3 rd Q; Clarkson 18 PIM, 4 th Q; Édouard Lalonde 10 PIM, 4 th Q; Billy O’Brien 10 PIM, 4 th Q; Billy O’Brien 5 PIM, 4 th Q; Bob Springer 3 PIM, 4 th Q ATTENDANCE: about 5,000 REFEREE: Wells Gray (New Westminster); JUDGE OF PLAY: Lionel Yorke (Vancouver); GOAL UMPIRES: AE Macnaughton (Vancouver), JB Jardine (New Westminster); PENALTY TIMEKEEPERS: J Martin (Vancouver), HC Major (New Westminster); TIMEKEEPERS: CW Murray (Vancouver), JJ Johnston (New Westminster) June 26, 1909 – MINTO CUP: Toronto Tecumsehs 4 at New Westminster Salmonbellies 6 NEW WESTMINSTER: ‘Sandy’ Gray, goaltender; Charlie Galbraith, point; Tom Gifford, coverpoint; Jack Gifford, first defence; George Rennie, second defence; Tom Rennie, third defence; Cliff Spring, centre; Irving Wintemute, third home; Gordon Spring, second home; Alex Turnbull, first home; Len Turnbull, outside home; J Bryson, inside home TORONTO: Kinsman, goaltender; Griffiths, point; Graydon, coverpoint; Pickering, first defence; Fred Ion, second defence; Rountree, third defence; Felker, centre; Green, third home; Querrie, second home; Gilbert, first home; Durkin, outside home; Adamson, inside home FIRST QUARTER: 1) New Westminster – Alex Turnbull 15:30 SECOND QUARTER: 2) Toronto – Querrie 8:18; 3) New Westminster – Bryson 0:56; 4) Toronto – Gilbert 1:48 THIRD QUARTER: 5) Toronto – Gilbert 3:48; 6) New Westminster – Gordon Spring 3:18; 7) New Westminster – Bryson 3:25; 8) New Westminster – Len Turnbull 2:27; 9) New Westminster – Tom Rennie 0:57 FOURTH QUARTER: 10) Toronto – Adamson 18:58 1st 2nd 3rd 4th NEW WESTMINSTER 1 1 4 0 = 6 TORONTO 0 2 1 1 = 4 PENALTIES: NEW WESTMINSTER: Tom Rennie 5 PIM, 3 rd Q; TORONTO: Fred Ion 5 PIM, 1 st Q; Rountree 5 PIM, 4 th Q REFEREE: Lionel Yorke (Vancouver); JUDGE OF PLAY: T O’Connell (Montréal); GOAL UMPIRES: Édouard Lalonde (Toronto), Spike Hennessy (New Westminster); PENALTY TIMEKEEPERS: Bert Jardine (Toronto), HC Major (New Westminster); TIMEKEEPERS: Dr. Taylor (Toronto), JJ Johnston (New Westminster) June 29, 1909 – MINTO CUP: Toronto Tecumsehs 5 at New Westminster Salmonbellies 6 NEW WESTMINSTER: ‘Sandy’ Gray, goaltender; Charlie Galbraith, point; Tom Gifford,