Field hockey at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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]

Field hockey at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue	White City Stadium
Dates	29 (29)–31 October 1908 (1908-10-31)
Teams	6
Medalists
England  Great Britain  Ireland  Great Britain  Scotland  Great Britain  Wales  Great Britain
1920 →

Squads

England team, Gold Medal

 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

• Alfons Brehm
• Elard Dauelsberg
• Franz Diederichsen
• Carl Ebert (GK)
• Jules Fehr
• Mauricio Galvao
• Raulino Galvao
• Fritz Möding
• Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe
• Albert Stüdemann
• 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
• Jack Peterson
• Walter Peterson
• Charles Power
• Franks Robinson

 Scotland

• Alexander Burt
• John Burt (GK)
• Alastair Denniston
• Charles Foulkes
• Hew Fraser
• James Harper-Orr
• Ivan Laing
• Hugh Neilson
• Gordon Orchardson
• Norman Stevenson
• Hugh Walker

 Wales

• Frank Connah
• Llewellyn Evans
• Arthur Law
• Robert Lyne
• Wilfred Pallott
• Frederick Phillips
• Edwin Richards
• Charles Shephard
• Bertrand Turnbull (GK)
• Philip Turnbull
• James Williams

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)

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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)

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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

1.  England
2.  Ireland
3.  Scotland &  Wales
4. no placing
5.  Germany
6.  France

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.