Field hockey at the 1908 Summer Olympics
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At the 1908 Summer Olympics, a field hockey tournament was contested for the first time.
Six teams entered from three nations. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was represented by a team from each of the four Home Nations. Germany sent a championship club team, while France sent a team comprised of players from three different clubs.
Medal table
| Position | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| — |
France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team rosters
France
- R. P. Aublin
- D. Baidet
- R. Benoit
- André Bonnal
- L. Gautier
- D. M. Girard
- C. Pattin
- L. Poupon
- F. Roux
- René Salarnier (goalkeeper)
- L. Saulnier
Germany
- Alfons Brehm
- Elard Dauelsberg
- Franz Diederichsen
- Carl Ebert (goalkeeper)
- Jules Fehr
- Mauricio Galvao
- Raulino Galvao
- Fritz Möding
- Friedrich 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 (goalkeeper)
Ireland
- Edward Allman-Smith
- Henry Brown
- Walter Campbell
- William Graham
- Richard Gregg
- Edward Holmes (goalkeeper)
- Robert Kennedy
- Henry Murphy
- Walter Peterson
- Charles Power
- Frank Robinson
Scotland
- Alexander Burt (goalkeeper)
- John Burt
- Andrew Dennistoun
- Charles Foulkes
- Hew Fraser
- James Harper-Orr
- Ivan Laing
- Hugh Neilson
- William Orchardson
- Norman Stevenson
- Hugh Walker
Wales
- Frederick Connah
- Llewellyn Evans
- Arthur Law
- Richard Lyne
- Wilfred Pallott
- Frederick Phillips
- Edward Richards
- Charles Shephard
- Bertrand Turnbull (goalkeeper)
- Philip Turnbull
- James Williams
Results
First round
| October 29 | GBR Scotland | 4 | - | 0 | Germany | White City |
| Burt 2, Laing, Walker | (3 | - | 0) | |||
| October 29 | GBR England | 10 | - | 1 | France | White City |
| Green, Logan 2, Pridmore 3, Rees, Shoveller 3 | (4 | - | 0) | Poupon | ||
Semifinals
There were no playoffs for third place, so the losers of the semifinals received bronze medals.
| October 29 | GBR Ireland | 3 | - | 1 | GBR Wales | White City |
| Gregg, Power, Robinson | (2 | - | 1) | Williams | ||
| October 29 | GBR Scotland | 1 | - | 6 | GBR England | White City |
| Walker | (0 | - | 2) | Logan, Pridmore 3, Shoveller 2 | ||
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 5th/6th place playoff match, though the Official Report makes no mention of that.
| October 30 | Germany | 1 | - | 0 | France | White City |
| Möding | (1 | - | 0) | |||
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 oneOfficial Report, p. 203."
| October 31 | GBR England | 8 | - | 1 | GBR Ireland | White City (att. 6,000) |
| Logan 3, Pridmore 2, ??? 3 | (3 | - | 0) | Robinson | ||
Sources
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