Historical Hockey Stories
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Our collections and research activity means we are constantly uncovering fascinating stories from across hockey’s rich British and international history. Explore them below.
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An Early Easter Hockey Tour
Programme (cover) of The Newport Centrals Hockey Club Fourth Annual Tour, Season 1913-14 ...
What is the Earliest Hockey Trophy?
As competitions were very much frowned upon, certainly in Britain, up until the 1950s it could be...
Finally a Trophy Appears for England Women in 1984
In 1951 the All England Women’s Hockey Association (AEWHA) arranged the first of its 41 London...
Bullets Stopped Play
Yesterday one of our volunteers was going through a collection and found this newspaper cutting...
Hockey Played in Antarctica
"First game of Hockey played on ice near Ship", from The Atlantic magazine, 2013. The...
England vs France, 1920: Match or No Match?
The records of men’s and women’s international hockey are littered with many matches, the...
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