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.

Squads



 * 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


 * 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

 * Louis Baillon
 * Harry Freeman
 * Eric Green
 * Gerald Logan
 * Alan Noble
 * Edgar Page
 * Reggie Pridmore
 * Percy Rees
 * John Yate Robinson
 * Stanley Shoveller
 * Harvey Wood (GK)


 * 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


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


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

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

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.

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".