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Field hockey competition
Field hockeyat the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue White City Stadium Dates 29 (29 ) –31 October 1908 (1908-10-31 ) Teams 6
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
England team, Gold Medal
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
Great Britain
Results
Bracket
First round
Umpires: E. Fletcher (GBR) J. Kirkwood (GBR)
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.
Umpires: George Lings (GBR) H. Greening (GBR)
Umpires: Henry Tennent (GBR) E. Wilson (GBR)
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.
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]
Umpires: M. Baker (GBR) G. Morton (GBR)
Final standings
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Germany
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 .
References
Tournaments Qualifications
Squads
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