England women's national field hockey team
The England women's national field hockey team has won silver three times at the Commonwealth Games. England have also won the 2006 Women's Field Hockey World Cup Qualifier and the 2002 Champions Challenge.
Association | England Hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coach | Mark Hager | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assistant coach(es) | David Ralph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manager | Maggie Souyave | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Captain | Hollie Pearne-Webb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FIH ranking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current | 5 (21 December 2020)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appearances | 10 (first in 1983) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best result | 3rd (2010) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
EuroHockey Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appearances | 14 (first in 1984) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best result | 1st (1991, 2015) |
History
Marjorie Pollard played hockey nearly every year for England from 1921 to 1937.[2]
The team toured New Zealand in 1938 and the USA in 1947. Notable players were Barbara and Bridget West and Mary Russell Vick. The teams had to play in long stockings whatever the heat until they were replaced with split skirts and knee high stockings.[3]
Tournament history
World Cup
EuroHockey Nations Championship
Players
Current squad
These are the 18 players selected for the 2019 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship from 16 to 25 August 2019, in Antwerp, Belgium.[4]
Caps and goals (including matches for Great Britain) updated as at 21 August after the match v Belarus.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Maddie Hinch | 8 October 1988 | 140 | 0 | SCHC |
23 | GK | Amy Tennant | 28 August 1994 | 22 | 0 | Reading |
4 | DF | Laura Unsworth | 8 March 1988 | 253 | 10 | East Grinstead |
6 | DF | Anna Toman | 29 April 1993 | 67 | 0 | Wimbledon |
18 | DF | Giselle Ansley | 31 March 1992 | 149 | 20 | Surbiton |
20 | DF | Hollie Pearne-Webb (captain) | 19 September 1990 | 172 | 8 | Surbiton |
31 | DF | Grace Balsdon | 13 April 1993 | 61 | 5 | Hampstead & Westminster |
5 | MF | Sarah Evans | 12 April 1991 | 107 | 5 | Surbiton |
7 | MF | Hannah Martin | 30 December 1994 | 66 | 12 | Surbiton |
9 | MF | Susannah Townsend | 28 July 1989 | 157 | 11 | Canterbury |
14 | MF | Tess Howard | 6 January 1999 | 26 | 5 | East Grinstead |
16 | MF | Emily Defroand | 27 July 1994 | 51 | 1 | Surbiton |
24 | MF | Shona McCallin | 18 May 1992 | 78 | 2 | Holcombe |
13 | FW | Ellie Rayer | 22 November 1996 | 40 | 1 | East Grinstead |
26 | FW | Lily Owsley | 10 December 1994 | 141 | 33 | Hampstead & Westminster |
27 | FW | Jo Hunter | 27 May 1991 | 56 | 3 | Buckingham |
33 | FW | Izzy Petter | 27 June 2000 | 11 | 2 | Loughborough Students |
References
- "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- "Marjorie Pollard | English athlete". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- "Barbara West". The Times. December 2014. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- "Team Details – England". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 7 August 2019.