England women's national field hockey team

The England women's national field hockey team are the current Commonwealth Games champions having previously won silver 3 times. England have also won the 2006 Women's Field Hockey World Cup Qualifier and the 2002 Champions Challenge.

England

Association	England Hockey
Head Coach	David Ralph
Assistant coach(es)	Mark Hickman Simon Letchford Jody Paul
Manager	Samantha Beveridge
Home Away
FIH ranking
Current	8 (19 August 2025)[1]
World Cup
Appearances	11 (first in 1983)
Best result	3rd (2010)
EuroHockey Championship
Appearances	17 (first in 1984)
Best result	1st (1991, 2015)

History

Englands vs India at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Marjorie Pollard played hockey nearly every year for England from 1921 to 1937.^[2]

The team toured New Zealand in 1938 and the US in 1947. Notable players were Barbara and Bridget West, Hilda Light and Mary Russell Vick. The teams had to play in long stockings whatever the heat until they were replaced with split skirts and knee high stockings.^[3]

Competitive record

World Cup

• 1983 – 5th place
• 1986 – 5th place
• 1990 – 4th place
• 1994 – 9th place
• 1998 – 9th place
• 2002 – 5th place
• 2006 – 7th place
• 2010 –
• 2014 – 11th place
• 2018 – 7th place
• 2022 – 8th place

Commonwealth Games

• 1998 –
• 2002 –
• 2006 –
• 2010 –
• 2014 –
• 2018 –
• 2022 –

World League

• 2012–13 –
• 2014–15 – 7th place
• 2016–17 – 4th place

Pro League

• 2021–22 – 7th place
• 2024–25 – 8th place

EuroHockey Nations Championship

• 1984 – 4th place
• 1987 –
• 1991 –
• 1995 – 4th place
• 1999 –
• 2003 – 4th place
• 2005 –
• 2007 –
• 2009 –
• 2011 –
• 2013 –
• 2015 –
• 2017 –
• 2019 – 4th place
• 2021 – 5th place
• 2023 – 4th place
• 2025 – 5th place
• 2027 – Qualified

Champions Challenge

• 2002 –
• 2005 – 4th place
• 2007 –

Champions Trophy

• 2002 – 6th place
• 2003 – 5th place
• 2009 – 6th place
• 2010 –
• 2011 – 5th place
• 2014 – 5th place

Current squad

The squad for the 2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship..^[4]

Head coach: David Ralph

2. Darcy Bourne
4. Lily Walker (C)
6. Anna Toman
13. Elena Rayer
14. Tessa Howard
16. Isabelle Petter
18. Katharine Curtis
19. Olivia Hamilton
21. Fiona Crackles
22. Elizabeth Neal
23. Sophie Hamilton (C)
24. Madeleine Axford
25. Sabrina Heesh (GK)
26. Lily Owsley
28. Flora Peel
30. Martha Taylor
31. Grace Balsdon
40. Miriam Pritchard (GK)

Recent call-ups

The following players have received call-ups to the national team in the last 12 months:

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Abbie Dixon	(2000-06-21) 21 June 2000 (age 25)	4	0	Reading	v.  Belgium; 5 December 2024
DF	Rosemary Hope	(2002-02-05) 5 February 2002 (age 23)	4	0	East Grinstead	v.  Belgium; 5 December 2024
MF	Bethan Alexander	(2003-08-07) 7 August 2003 (age 22)	4	0	Loughborough Students	v.  Belgium; 5 December 2024
MF	Hannah Boss	(2004-11-07) 7 November 2004 (age 20)	3	0	Klein Zwitserland	v.  Belgium; 5 December 2024
MF	Camilla Giglio	(2000-10-28) 28 October 2000 (age 24)	3	1	HV Victoria	v.  Belgium; 5 December 2024
MF	Sofia Martin	(2005-02-02) 2 February 2005 (age 20)	4	0	Hampstead & Westminster	v.  Belgium; 5 December 2024
FW	Megan Crowson	(1996-06-13) 13 June 1996 (age 29)	3	1	Wimbledon	v.  Belgium; 5 December 2024

Results and fixtures

FIH Pro League

China  v  England

1 December 2024 Away 1	China	2–1	England	Hangzhou, China
19:30	Zhang W.  9' Yu  39'	Report	Manton  1'	Stadium: Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium

Belgium  v  England

2 December 2024 Away 2	Belgium	1–3	England	Hangzhou, China
19:30	Blockmans  41'	Report	Bingham  2', 32' Bourne  58'	Stadium: Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium

China  v  England

4 December 2024 Away 3	China	4–0	England	Hangzhou, China
19:30	Chen Ya.  17' Zhang Y.  24' He  28' Chen Yu.  55'	Report		Stadium: Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium

England  v  Belgium

5 December 2024 Away 4	England	2–8	Belgium	Hangzhou, China
19:30	Crowson  15' Giglio  25'	Report	Blockmans  29' Rasir  32' Vanden Borre  41', 58' Bonami  45+' Moors  52' Englebert  57', 59'	Stadium: Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium

India  v  England

15 February 2025 Away 5	India	3-2	England	Bhubaneswar, India
17:15		Report		Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

India  v  England

16 February 2025 Away 6	India	v	England	Bhubaneswar, India
17:15		Report		Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

England  v  Netherlands

21 February 2025 Away 7	England	v	Netherlands	Bhubaneswar, India
15:00		Report		Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

Netherlands  v  England

22 February 2025 Away 8	Netherlands	v	England	Bhubaneswar, India
15:00		Report		Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

England  v  Argentina

14 June 2025 Home 1	England	v	Argentina	London, England
15:30		Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey Stadium

England  v  Argentina

15 June 2025 Home 2	England	v	Argentina	London, England
15:30		Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey Stadium

England  v  Australia

17 June 2025 Home 3	England	v	Australia	London, England
11:00		Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey Stadium

England  v  Australia

18 June 2025 Home 4	England	v	Australia	London, England
17:45		Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey Stadium

England  v  Spain

21 June 2025 Home 5	England	v	Spain	London, England
13:00		Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey Stadium

England  v  Spain

22 June 2025 Home 6	England	v	Spain	London, England
12:00		Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey Stadium

Germany  v  England

28 June 2025 Away 9	Germany	v	England	Berlin, Germany
15:00		Report		Stadium: Ernst Reuter Sportfeld

Germany  v  England

29 June 2025 Away 10	Germany	v	England	Berlin, Germany
11:00		Report		Stadium: Ernst Reuter Sportfeld

See also

• England men's national field hockey team
• Great Britain men's national field hockey team
• Great Britain women's national field hockey team