Field hockey at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Field hockey
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Field hockey; at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue	White City Stadium
Dates	29–31 October 1908
Teams	6
Medalists
	1920 →

At the 1908 Summer Olympics, a field hockey tournament was contested for the first time. Six teams entered the tournament: England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Germany and France. England won the gold medal, Ireland the silver and Scotland and Wales were awarded bronze medals. All the medals were subsequently credited to Great Britain.^[1]^[2]

Squads

France

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

Germany

Great Britain

England

Ireland

Scotland

Wales

Results

Bracket

First Round		Semi-finals		Final

29 October

England	10
		30 October
France	1
		England	6
29 October
		Scotland	1
Scotland	4
				31 October
Germany	0
				England	8

				Ireland	1

		30 October

		Ireland	3

		Wales	1

First round

29 October 1908
13:45

Scotland	4–0	Germany
Laing 5' Burt 32' ² Walker 67'	Report

Umpires:
E. Fletcher (GBR)
J. Kirkwood (GBR)

29 October 1908
15:00

England	10–1	France
Pridmore 15' ³ Rees ¹ Logan ² Shoveller ³ Green ¹	Report	Poupon ¹

Umpires:
Edward Denny (GBR)
Thomas Burman (GBR)

Semi-finals

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

30 October 1908
13:45

Ireland	3–1	Wales
Robinson ¹ Gregg ¹ Power ¹	Report	Williams 4'

Umpires:
George Lings (GBR)
H. Greening (GBR)

30 October 1908
15:00

England	6–1	Scotland
Pridmore 15', 37' ³ Shoveller ² Logan ¹	Report	Walker ¹

Umpires:
Henry Tennent (GBR)
E. Wilson (GBR)

Extra match

A match between the two continental teams took place between the semifinals and the final.

Given both France and Germany had lost in the first round, this extra match was a de facto fifth and sixth place playoff match, though the official report makes no mention of this.

30 October 1908

Germany	1–0	France
Möding 25'	Report

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".^[3]

31 October 1908
15:00

England	8–1	Ireland
Logan ² Pridmore 20', 40' ⁴ Shoveller ²	Report	Robinson 36'

Umpires:
M. Baker (GBR)
G. Morton (GBR)

Final standings

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

^ "Canada will win". Dawson Daily News. 20 October 1908. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
^ "Hockey at the 1908 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
^ Official Report, p. 203

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[1] "Canada will win". Dawson Daily News. 20 October 1908. Retrieved 20 August 2016.

[SR-2] "Hockey at the 1908 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

[Final-3] Official Report, p. 203

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