Field hockey at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Men's field hockey
at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Tournament details
Host country	United Kingdom
City	London
Dates	October 29 - October 31
Teams	6
Venue(s)	White City Stadium
Top three teams
Champions	England (1st title)
Runner-up	Ireland
Third place	Scotland  Wales
Tournament statistics
Goals scored	36
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At the 1908 Summer Olympics, a field hockey tournament was contested for the first time. Six teams entered from three states.^[1] The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was represented by a team from each of the four Home Nations: England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Germany sent a championship club team, while France sent a team composed of players from three clubs.

England won the gold medal, Ireland the silver, and Scotland and Wales the bronze medals.

Squads

France R. P. Aublin David Baidet Raoul Benoist André Bonnal Louis Gautier Daniel Maurice Girard Charles Pattin Louis Poupon Frédéric Roux René Salarnier (GK) Louis Saulnier

Germany Alfons Brehm Elard Dauelsberg Franz Diederichsen Carl Ebert (GK) Jules Fehr Mauricio Galvao Raulino Galvao Fritz Möding Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe Albert Studemann Friedrich Uhl

 Great Britain

England Louis Baillon Harry Freeman Eric Green Gerald Logan Alan Noble Edgar Page Reggie Pridmore Percy Rees John Yate Robinson Stanley Shoveller Harvey Wood (GK)  Ireland Edward Allman-Smith Henry Brown Walter Campbell William Graham Richard Gregg Edward Holmes (GK) Robert Kennedy Henry Murphy Walter Peterson Charles Power Frank Robinson

Scotland Alexander Burt (GK) John Burt Alastair Denniston Charles Foulkes Hew Fraser James Harper-Orr Ivan Laing Hugh Neilson William Orchardson Norman Stevenson Hugh Walker  Wales Frank Connah Llewellyn Evans Arthur Law Richard Lyne Wilfred Pallott Frederick Phillips Edward Richards Charles Shephard Bertrand Turnbull (GK) Philip Turnbull James Williams

Results

First round

29 October 1908 England  10 – 1  France Green (1) Prindmore (3) Shoveller (3) Logan (2) Rees (1) (1) Poupon

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29 October 1908 Scotland  4 – 0  Germany Burt (2) Laing (2) Walker (1)

Semifinals

There were no playoffs for third place, so the losers of the semifinals received bronze medals.

29 October 1908 Scotland  1 – 6  England Walker (1) (3) Pridmore (2) Shoveller (1) Logan

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29 October 1908 Ireland  3 – 1  Wales Robinson (1) Gregg (1) Power (1) (1) Williams

Extra match

A match between the two continental teams took place between the semifinals and the final. Both France and Germany had lost in the first round, and thus the extra match could be considered to be a fifth and sixth place playoff match, though the official report makes no mention of that.

30 October 1908 Germany  1 – 0  France Möding (1)

Final

The official report ceases its description of the game after England took the lead 5–1, saying only that "by this time England had taken control of the game and won with eight goals to one".^[2]

31 October 1908 England  8 – 1  Ireland Prindmore (4) Shoveller (2) Logan (2) (1) Robinson

Sources

• Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
• De Wael, Herman (2002). "Hockey 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 3 May 2006.

References

1. "Canada will win". Dawson Daily News. 20 October 1908. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
2. Official Report, p. 203

Coordinates: 51°30′49″N 0°13′39″E / 51.5136°N 0.2274°E