England national field hockey team

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The England national field hockey team represents England in international field hockey. The team finished in fifth-place in the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Mönchengladbach, Germany.

England won the gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Their best placing in a World Cup was as runners-up to champions Australia in 1986, which was also held in London. They won the bronze medal at the inaugural Commonwealth Games field hockey tournament in 1998, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Honours

=World Cup=

*1971 – "Did not compete"
*1973 – "Sixth place"
*1975 – "Sixth place"
*1978 – "Seventh place"
*1982 – "Ninth place"
*1986 – "Second place"
*1990 – "Fifth place"
*1994 – "Sixth place"
*1998 – "Sixth place"
*2002 – "Seventh place"
*2006 – "Fifth place"

Commonwealth Games

Champions Challenge

* 2001 – "Did not compete"
* 2003 – "Fifth place"
* 2005 – "Fourth place"
* 2007 – "Fourth place"

Notable former players

*Louis Baillon
*Paul Barber
*Tom Bertram
*Robert Clift
*Richard Dodds
*David Faulkner
*Harry Freeman
*Russell Garcia
*Eric Green
*Martyn Grimley
*Sean Kerly
*Richard Leman
*Jimi Lewis
*Gerald Logan
*David Luckes
*Jack MacBryan
*Simon Mason
*Barry Middleton
*Rob Moore
*Alan Noble
*Edgar Page
*Craig Parnham
*Percy Rees
*John Yate Robinson
*Imran Sherwani
*Stanley Shoveller
*Paul Swinburn
*Ian Taylor
*Jimmy Wallis
*David Westcott
*Cyril Wilkinson
*Harvey Wood
*Soma Singh
*Mark Pearn
*Danny Hall

Current Squad

*Richard Alexander
*Jon Bleby
*Nick Brothers
*Jon Brown
*Jonty Clarke
*Scott Cordon
*Matt Daly
*Jonathan Ebsworth
*James Fair
*Brett Garrard
*Jerome Goudie
*Ben Hawes
*Martin Jones
*Glenn Kirkham
*Jimi Lewis
*Richard Mantell
*Simon Mantell
*Ben Marsden
*Barry Middleton
*Rob Moore
*James Stedman
*James Tindall
*Andrew West
*Alastair Wilson
*Ashley Jackson

Coaches

*Head Coach Jason Lee
*Team Manager Pete Nicholson

ee also

*England women's national field hockey team
*England Hockey
*National Hockey Stadium

External links

* [http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/default.asp England hockey]