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We have only limited information on field hockey at this time. It appears to be another sport which has developed in England. Field hockey in the United States is esentially a girls sports with the uniform mostly consisting of pleated skirts. Some high school boys's have challenged the legality of excluding boys. An exception here are some exclusive private schools which are based on English private schools. The sport in Europe is widely played by girls, but boys also play it. It is widely played by boys , for example, in the Netherlands. It is also played by boys at at many private English schools. The boys mostly wear short pants uniforms when playing hockey. We note some team photographs, but are unsure as to what country is involved.
The season was a successful and exciting one. The captain was Katie Allen. We won two matches quite convincingly with a couple of goals to spare. The best goalie was Louise Jordan who stopped all the goals. Our backs, Kristy Simpson and Samantha Caddoo, worked well together defending the goal. Another
good player was our centre-forward, Leah Rowcliffe; she was always there to pass to. Thebest player, however, was our left wing, Maxine Burch; she was always racing up the left hand side to score. The best game of the seasonwas against Wells. The toughest team we faced was Edgarley Hall; we did extremely well to keep their ball from our goal. The worst game was against Clayesmore; it was canclled! Half-colours wer awarded to Lorna Blade and Maxine Burch.
Katie Allen and Hannah Sampson, Junior Wyvern (Queen's College Junior School), 1989-90.
The advantages of learning stickwork on an allweather surface were indicated by the results of schoo matches and it was encouraging that more boys were able to take up the crdgels, particularly in the winter term. Noyable a the win against Dt. Piran's , who played game on a more regularbasis and whose indivual shulls were superior. Moorhouse, having donned Sweet's mantle as the side's leading exponent, dtood out for his dribblong and his thrust, Tress for his all-round ability and Hasan, te goalkeeper, who was well grilled in both senses, for his dependability. Most impressive, however, was the determination of the whole side.
RMG, Lambrook Chronicle, 1980.
During the season, our First XI with Piers Kenyon as captain played seven matches. Ramilies avoided playing us again, but we revived an old fixture with Beech Hall, which did wonders for our results card! No, we did not have a very strong side; however, many of them are with us next season and show great promise for next year. A very successful match was played by the Second Eleven against Sunnymede. It was a major surprise for several boys who had lapsed into the contentedly-infit-security of never representing the school at anything. They found themselves impelled into an away match atmosphere, and the whole experience proved totally salutory for them. With the Colts all season succes this year, we borrowed three of their players whenever the opportunity lent itself. They were Guy Barrett, Jmes Mahon, and Nicholas Cartwright, and invaluable they proved to be. The Hockey League for the Seniors was narrowly won by Fytton House, whereas the Junior Shield was won by Clarke. We dhould remind ourselves that the object of the League is to stimulate play amongst as many boys as possible, and therefore winning the league is largely incidental! The parents match was grealy enjoyed this year, and our thanks go to Mr. John Moss for his organization, and his wife for the excellent coffee she laid on. The Staff match proved a novelty well worth repetition. We found that the staff has considerable reserve of talent and even the boys were impressed.
HNBB, The Wheasheaf (Pownall Hall), 1980.
We started off as an unskilled, inexperienced group of boys; then we slowly found our places and began to show some talent. Soon it was our first match. Due to the weather and the inexperience of both teams, there was no score. We found we had an excellent goal-keeper, Jonathan Hooper, and a couple of good backs, James Macey and Edward Barnes. In the next match our halves and forwards worked together much more like a team. We kept on improving every match. David Bell, the captain,set a fine example to the rest of the team. In the last few matches Dipo Omiyale, centre-forward, and the two inside forwards, Tim Jpnes and Adam Bond, produced good skills and together scored lots of goals. Half colours were awarded to David Bell, Tim Jones, Dipo Omiyale and William Pring.
Adam Suchley, Junior Wyvern (Queen's College Junior School), 1989-90.
We were unable to play much hockey for a large part of January because of the snow. Once it was thawed, we began practising in earnest for our first match against St Hugh's, at home. Thi was Dt Hugh's first hockey season and they seemed to hve picked up the game very quickly. Although the St Hugh's tem were much bigger than the Bramcote girls, the sides were very evenly balanced. Bramcote were just in the lead however. whe the final whistle blew, and we won 4-3. We then played a U.12 side against S. Anselm's. They began the match in an attacking manner and by half-time they had a 4-0 lead. We made a spirited reply in the second half and came back well into the game, only to be closely defeated 5-4. In our return match on the s Anselm's hard pitch it took us a while to adapt to the faster pace of the game and we were soundly beaten 6-3. The Foremarke girls also provided a strong and very lively encounter, this time on home territory. They ran on to the ball much more than we did and although they were only leading 2-1 at half time, by the end of the mtch they had a very convincing 5-2 victory. As the season progressed the girls became better at looking where they were passing the ball and their positional play improved. At times they were reluctant to tackle the opposition until the ball came to the backs. We had a very enjoyable match against Ranby at home and although the Ranby team were not as strong as many we have faced, they dominated the first half of the game and led 2-1 at halftime. After the break Sally Damn led the Bramcote team in a very determined way and te Ranby defense weakened under persistent pressure. The final score was a 6-3 win for us. Our return match was a keenly-fought affair. Ranby looked initially very strong and it was a lucky goal that helped us win an exciting match, 2-1. Our next match against St Hugh's produced a draw. ....
The Bramcote Magazine, Autumn 1984.
During the Autumn term we were able to have some useful six-a-side practice on Tuesdays and this paid off in March when we played our matches. Against Stouts Hill we played open, attractive hockey to win 5-2 but were beaten 3-1 by a skillful Pinewood in conditions that were so bad that several players were forced to leave the field becuse of the cold. The 2nd XI visited Stouts Hill again and this time returned victorious by a margin of 1-0.
Beaudesert Park Magazine, Autumn 1978.
