by Hockey Admin | Jul 6, 2026 | From the Collection, Women's Hockey
Meet Dashing Dora, who was found by doctoral researcher Emmy Sale in the archive of the Leicestershire Museum Collections. Dora’s uniform is typical of the 1920s when most women and girls wore pleated gym slips, long stockings, long-sleeved blouses or slips and shin...
by Hockey Admin | Jun 17, 2026 | 2026 News Items, International Hockey
When Marjorie Daniel turned 100 on 19 May, she wasn’t just expecting to receive a telegram from the King, she was also looking forward to being presented with her England honours cap 74 years after she made her international hockey debut. The cardinal red cap –...
by Hockey Admin | Jun 17, 2026 | 2026 News Items, Grassroots and Club Hockey
When Biddy Burgum died at the venerable age of 98 years old in December 2025, our original obituary described her as “the oldest living England international”. We were then contacted by Sarah Ensor to say that her mother, Marjorie Daniel (née Hammersley), a former...
by Hockey Admin | Jun 17, 2026 | 2026 News Items
At the end of May 2026, brother and sister international hockey players John French and Prudence Carter (née French) visited The Hockey Museum in Woking for a unique pair of presentations. John and Pru are a rare example of two hockey siblings who competed at the...
by Hockey Admin | Jun 16, 2026 | 2026 News Items, Hockey Worldwide, International Hockey
During the June 2026 International Hockey Federation (FIH) Pro League event in London, India men will face Pakistan in one of hockey’s fiercest rivalries. It will be 70 years since the two teams first met on a hockey pitch – a 1–0 Indian victory in the final of the...
