In five Olympic hockey tournaments, there had only been two different winners, but Britain and India had never competed together at the Olympics. There was no question the UK would again be absent at their home Olympics, although there were some organizational difficulties. First of all, the four British nations were independently affiliated with the international federation FIH and were not very keen on cooperating. Also, there were no hockey grounds to train on, as these were used by cricketers during the summer. Still, they managed to put together a team, the first real British hockey team at the Olympics (the 1908 and 1920 champions had been composed entirely of English players). Their captain was the versatile Norman Borrett, a first-class cricketer and national squash champion who once qualified for Wimbledon but didn't have time to compete.
The fixtures were announced on 19 June 1948.[2] Revised fixtures were announced on 28 July.[3] Britain and India were seeded, along with Pakistan and the Netherlands. Pakistan had only separated from India the previous year and made their first Olympic appearance in London. One of the team members, Ali Iqtidar Shah Dara, had been on the golden Indian team of 1936. All four ranked teams made the semis, although the Brits were held to a goalless draw by Switzerland, and Pakistan crushed the Dutch 6–1 in their group match. The semi-finals were close, and British observers considered the Indians to be lucky to get away with a 2–1 win against the Dutch. With Britain beating Pakistan, the gold medal match would finally see India play the Britons. Completely focused on its defense, Britain was unable to keep up with the fast-paced Indians, and they lost it 4–0. The bronze went to the Netherlands, beating Pakistan 4–2 in a replay of the first 3rd place match, which had ended in a draw.[4]
Note: The International Olympic Committee medal database shows also only these players as medalists. They all played at least one match during the tournament. The reserve players are not listed as medalists.
See alsoedit
Gold (2018 film), about the Indian national hockey team at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Referencesedit
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
^"OLYMPIC HOCKEY FIXTURES". Malaya Tribune. 21 June 1948. p. 7.
^"HOCKEY DRAW". Malaya Tribune. 29 July 1948. p. 8.
field, hockey, 1948, summer, olympics, field, hockey, tournament, 1948, summer, olympics, sixth, edition, field, hockey, event, summer, olympics, field, hockeyat, games, olympiadvenues4dates31, july, august, 1948no, events1competitors187, from, nationsteams13m. The field hockey tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics was the sixth edition of the field hockey event at the Summer Olympics 1 Field hockeyat the Games of the XIV OlympiadVenues4Dates31 July 13 August 1948No of events1Competitors187 from 13 nationsTeams13Medalists India Great Britain Netherlands 19361952 In five Olympic hockey tournaments there had only been two different winners but Britain and India had never competed together at the Olympics There was no question the UK would again be absent at their home Olympics although there were some organizational difficulties First of all the four British nations were independently affiliated with the international federation FIH and were not very keen on cooperating Also there were no hockey grounds to train on as these were used by cricketers during the summer Still they managed to put together a team the first real British hockey team at the Olympics the 1908 and 1920 champions had been composed entirely of English players Their captain was the versatile Norman Borrett a first class cricketer and national squash champion who once qualified for Wimbledon but didn t have time to compete The fixtures were announced on 19 June 1948 2 Revised fixtures were announced on 28 July 3 Britain and India were seeded along with Pakistan and the Netherlands Pakistan had only separated from India the previous year and made their first Olympic appearance in London One of the team members Ali Iqtidar Shah Dara had been on the golden Indian team of 1936 All four ranked teams made the semis although the Brits were held to a goalless draw by Switzerland and Pakistan crushed the Dutch 6 1 in their group match The semi finals were close and British observers considered the Indians to be lucky to get away with a 2 1 win against the Dutch With Britain beating Pakistan the gold medal match would finally see India play the Britons Completely focused on its defense Britain was unable to keep up with the fast paced Indians and they lost it 4 0 The bronze went to the Netherlands beating Pakistan 4 2 in a replay of the first 3rd place match which had ended in a draw 4 Contents 1 Participating nations 2 Squads 3 Results 3 1 Group stage 3 1 1 Group A 3 1 2 Group B 3 1 3 Group C 4 Finals 4 1 Semi finals 4 2 Bronze medal match 4 3 Gold medal match 5 Final standings 6 Medal summary 7 See also 8 ReferencesParticipating nations edit nbsp Afghanistan 14 nbsp Argentina 12 nbsp Austria 12 nbsp Belgium 13 nbsp Denmark 16 nbsp France 14 nbsp Great Britain 12 H nbsp India 20 nbsp Netherlands 12 nbsp Pakistan 19 nbsp Spain 14 nbsp Switzerland 15 nbsp United States 14 NOTE There are only players counted which participated in one game at least H HostSquads editA total of 187 field hockey players from 13 nations competed at the London GamesMain article Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics Men s team squadsResults editGroup stage edit The first of each group and also the second of Group C qualified for the Semi finals nbsp Ticket for the 1948 Summer Olympics Hockey Match at the Empire Stadium Wembley Group A edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 nbsp India 3 3 0 0 19 1 18 6 Semi finals 2 nbsp Argentina 3 1 1 1 5 12 7 3 3 nbsp Austria 3 0 2 1 2 10 8 2 4 nbsp Spain 3 0 1 2 3 6 3 1Source FIH 31 July 1948 India nbsp 8 0 nbsp Austria Jansen nbsp Singh Babu nbsp Lal nbsp Rodrigues nbsp Report 1 John Lyons Sports GroundUmpires Erik Husted DEN Rene Lombaert BEL 2 August 1948 18 00 Argentina nbsp 3 2 nbsp Spain Marquez nbsp 5 15 32 Report 2 Gasset nbsp Pratsmaso nbsp Polytechnic Sports GroundUmpires Chanu FRA Basir Ali Sheikh PAK 4 August 1948 18 00 India nbsp 9 1 nbsp Argentina Lal nbsp Jansen nbsp Balbir Singh Sr nbsp Report 3 Marquez nbsp Guinness Sports GroundUmpires Abraham van Donselaar NED Chanu FRA 4 August 1948 19 30 Austria nbsp 1 1 nbsp Spain Holzapfel nbsp Report Gasset nbsp Guinness Sports GroundUmpires Rogge NED Oswald Nazareth PAK 6 August 1948 18 00 Argentina nbsp 1 1 nbsp Austria Scally nbsp 55 Report Nowak nbsp 15 Polytechnic Sports GroundUmpires Molhuysen NED Rogge NED 6 August 1948 19 30 India nbsp 2 0 nbsp Spain Trilochan Singh nbsp 10 Singh Babu nbsp 15 Report 4 Polytechnic Sports GroundUmpires Abraham van Donselaar NED Willy Whitelaw GBR Group B edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 nbsp Great Britain H 3 2 1 0 19 0 19 5 Semi finals 2 nbsp Switzerland 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 4 3 nbsp Afghanistan 3 1 1 1 3 9 6 3 4 nbsp United States 3 0 0 3 1 16 15 0Source FIH H Hosts 31 July 1948 Great Britain nbsp 0 0 nbsp Switzerland 3 August 1948 Afghanistan nbsp 2 0 nbsp United States 5 August 1948 Great Britain nbsp 11 0 nbsp United States 5 August 1948 Afghanistan nbsp 1 1 nbsp Switzerland Mangal nbsp Report Grolimund nbsp 70 Lyons Sports GroundUmpires Ali Shaikh PAK Husted DEN 7 August 1948 Switzerland nbsp 3 1 nbsp United States 7 August 1948 Great Britain nbsp 8 0 nbsp Afghanistan Lyons Sports GroundUmpires Basir Ali Shaikh PAK Rogge NED Group C edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 nbsp Pakistan 4 4 0 0 20 3 17 8 Semi finals 2 nbsp Netherlands 4 3 0 1 11 8 3 6 3 nbsp Belgium 4 2 0 2 6 8 2 4 4 nbsp France 4 0 1 3 4 9 5 1 5 nbsp Denmark 4 0 1 3 4 17 13 1Source FIH 31 July 1948 Denmark nbsp 2 2 nbsp France 31 July 1948 Netherlands nbsp 4 1 nbsp Belgium 2 August 1948 Netherlands nbsp 4 1 nbsp Denmark 2 August 1948 Pakistan nbsp 2 1 nbsp Belgium Dara nbsp MA Khan nbsp Report H Delaval nbsp 10 3 August 1948 Pakistan nbsp 9 0 nbsp Denmark Aziz nbsp 5 Dara nbsp Report 3 August 1948 Netherlands nbsp 2 0 nbsp France 5 August 1948 Belgium nbsp 2 1 nbsp Denmark 5 August 1948 Pakistan nbsp 3 1 nbsp France Malik nbsp 33 Dara nbsp 38 53 Report Lacroix nbsp Lyons Sports GroundUmpires Cowlishaw GBR and Allen GBR 7 August 1948 Pakistan nbsp 6 1 nbsp Netherlands Dara nbsp 3 Hamid nbsp 3 Razzaq nbsp Report Kruize nbsp 7 August 1948 Belgium nbsp 2 1 nbsp FranceFinals edit nbsp Final India v Great Britain at the Empire Stadium Wembley Thursday August 12th India scoring their third goal Semi finalsGold medal match 9 August nbsp India2 12 August nbsp Netherlands1 nbsp India4 9 August nbsp Great Britain0 nbsp Great Britain2 nbsp Pakistan0 Bronze medal match 12 August 13 August nbsp Netherlands replay 1 4 nbsp Pakistan1 1 Semi finals edit 9 August 1948 Great Britain nbsp 2 0 nbsp Pakistan White nbsp 55 Adlard nbsp 60 Report Wembley StadiumUmpires Jean Weymann SUI Erik Husted DEN 9 August 1948 India nbsp 2 1 nbsp Netherlands Jansen nbsp 15 Babu nbsp 25 Report Bromberg nbsp 60 Wembley StadiumUmpires Alec Allen GBR Reginald Gyles GBR Bronze medal match edit 12 August 1948 16 30 Netherlands nbsp 1 1 a e t nbsp Pakistan Kruize nbsp 37 Report Hamid nbsp 12 Wembley StadiumUmpires Cowlishaw GBR Allen GBR 13 August 1948 Netherlands nbsp 4 1 nbsp Pakistan Boerstra nbsp 32 Bromberg nbsp 38 Kruize nbsp Esser nbsp Report MA Khan nbsp 31 Lyons Sports GroundUmpires Cowlishaw GBR Allen GBR Gold medal match edit 12 August 1948 1948 08 12 18 00 Great Britain nbsp 0 4 nbsp India Report Singh Sr nbsp 3 55 Jansen nbsp 10 T Singh nbsp 66 Empire StadiumUmpires Rogge NED Rene Lombaert BEL Final standings edit nbsp team India nbsp team Netherlands Rank Team nbsp nbsp India nbsp nbsp Great Britain nbsp nbsp Netherlands 4 nbsp Pakistan 5 nbsp Argentina nbsp Switzerland nbsp Belgium 8 nbsp Austria nbsp Afghanistan nbsp France 11 nbsp Spain nbsp United States nbsp DenmarkMedal summary editGold Silver Bronze nbsp India IND Leslie ClaudiusKeshav DuttWalter D SouzaLawrie FernandesRanganathan FrancisGerry GlackanAkhtar HussainPatrick JansenAmir KumarKishan Lal c Leo PintoJaswant Singh RajputLatif ur RehmanReginald RodriguesBalbir Singh Sr Randhir Singh GentleGrahanandan SinghK D Singh vc Trilochan SinghMaxie Vaz nbsp Great Britain GBR Robert AdlardNorman BorrettDavid BrodieRonald DavisW O GreeneWilliam GriffithsEdgar HitchmanFrederick LindsayWilliam LindsayJohn PeakeFrank ReynoldsGeorge Sime c David Brynmor ThomasMichael WalfordPeter WhitbreadWilliam WhiteA H Young 5 nbsp Netherlands NED Andre BoerstraHenk BouwmanPiet BrombergHarry DerckxHan DrijverDick EsserRoepie KruizeJenne LanghoutDick LoggereTon RichterEddy TielWim van Heel Note The International Olympic Committee medal database shows also only these players as medalists They all played at least one match during the tournament The reserve players are not listed as medalists See also editGold 2018 film about the Indian national hockey team at the 1948 Summer OlympicsReferences edit Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Hockey at the 1948 London Summer Games Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 13 September 2019 OLYMPIC HOCKEY FIXTURES Malaya Tribune 21 June 1948 p 7 HOCKEY DRAW Malaya Tribune 29 July 1948 p 8 Mens Hockey at Sports Reference Our Hockey Correspondent Hockey Times London England 7 July 1948 The Times 51 33 20 N 0 16 47 W 51 5556 N 0 2797 W 51 5556 0 2797 Retrieved from 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