by Hockey Admin | Jan 22, 2026 | 2026 News Items
In 2016, The Hockey Museum’s (THM) Statistics Working Group began to interrogate our collection material to create a definitive record of every Great Britain (GB) international hockey player and match from the 1920s onwards. Then, in 2021, our GB honours cap project...
by Hockey Admin | Jan 22, 2026 | From the Collection, Women's Hockey
Mary Foxon was an illustrator for Women’s Hockey Field magazine. She worked alongside the magazine’s writer and editor Marjorie Pollard to produce and illustrate articles which offered commentary on women’s hockey. Her work featured in the first publications of...
by Hockey Admin | Jan 22, 2026 | Obituaries
22 April 1955 – 13 January 2026 David Gordon Collier OBE, one of the most influential and respected sports administrators of his generation, died on 13 January 2026 at the age of 70. His lifetime contribution to sport – most notably hockey, cricket, and later rugby...
by Hockey Admin | Dec 16, 2025 | Grassroots and Club Hockey, Women's Hockey
75 years ago in late December 1950, the Western Counties’ Women’s Hockey Association (WCWHA) Tournament was hosted in Weston-Super-Mare. Players and officials gathered to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of hockey in the western counties, the first of the...
by Hockey Admin | Dec 16, 2025 | 2025 News Items
The Museum has received an enquiry about this medal (pictured) and believe it relates to a hockey competition held in Basra, Mesopotamia (that is to say, Basra in modern-day Iraq) following the First World War. Between 1914-1918, British and Indian Army troops fought...
