Tournament details | |
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Host country | Great Britain |
City | London |
Teams | 13 |
Venue(s) | Guinness Ground, Park Royal Lyons' Ground, Sudbury Polytechnic Ground, Chiswick Wembley Stadium |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 49 |
Goals scored | 118 (2.41 per match) |
Manager: Shahzada Muhammad Yusuf
Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mohammad Attai | 3 | 0 | |||||
G. Jagi | 2 | 0 | |||||
Mohammad Khogaini | 3 | 0 | |||||
Bakhteyar Gulam Mangal | 1928 | 3 | 1 | ||||
Ahmed Jahan Nuristani | 3 | 0 | |||||
Abdul Kadir Nuristani | 1925 | 3 | 0 | ||||
Din Mohammad Nuristani | 1928 | 3 | 0 | ||||
Jahan Gulam Nuristani | 1925 | 2 | 0 | ||||
Mohammad Amin Nuristani | 1928 | 2 | 0 | ||||
Mohammad Jahan Nuristani | 1 | ? | |||||
Mohammad Kadir Nuristani | 1925 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
Ahmad Tajik | ? | 1 | |||||
Khan Nasrullah Totakhail | 1925 | ? | 3 | ? | |||
Ahmad Yusufzai | ? | 1 | ? |
Head coach:
Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roberto Anderson | ? | 3 | 1 | ||||
Luis Bianchi | ? | 3 | 0 | ||||
Juan Brigo | ? | 3 | 0 | ||||
Carlos Mercali | ? | 3 | 0 | ||||
Roberto Márquez | ? | 3 | 2 | ||||
Tommie Quinn | August 19, 1927 | 20 | ? | Hurling Club | 3 | 0 | |
Valerio Sánchez | ? | 1 | 0 | ||||
Luis Scally | June 26, 1915 | 33 | ? | Hurling Club | 3 | 0 | |
Tommy Scally | June 28, 1927 | 21 | ? | Hurling Club | 3 | 2 | |
Tomás Wade | ? | Hurling Club | 3 | 0 | |||
Jorge Wilson | ? | 2 | 0 | ||||
Ángel Zucchi | ? | 3 | 0 |
Head coach:
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B | Adam Bischof | October 13, 1915 | 32 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
FW | Karl Brandl | May 2, 1912 | 36 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
Siegfried Egger | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
B | Karl Holzapfel | October 20, 1923 | 24 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
Wolfgang Klee | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
FW | Johann Koller | April 3, 1921 | 27 | ? | 2 | ? | ||
FW | Franz Lovato | February 28, 1923 | 25 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
FW | Walter Niederle | February 17, 1921 | 27 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
FW | Oskar Nowak | March 25, 1913 | 35 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
FW | Karl Ördögh | March 10, 1908 | 40 | ? | 2 | ? | ||
Josef Pecanka | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
GK | Franz Raule | November 20, 1920 | 27 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
HB | Friedrich Rückert | July 7, 1920 | 28 | ? | 3 | ? | ||
HB | Franz Strachota | October 14, 1918 | 29 | ? | 2 | ? | ||
HB | Ernst Schala | July 13, 1916 | 32 | ? | 3 | ? |
Head coach:
Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lucien Boekmans | December 14, 1922 | 25 | 2 | 0 | |||
Robert Cayman | March 17, 1919 | 28 | 4 | 0 | |||
Henri Delaval | November 1, 1913 | 34 | 3 | 1 | |||
José Delaval | March 27, 1921 | 27 | 4 | 0 | |||
Jean Dubois | October 4, 1926 | 21 | Royal Leopold Club | 4 | 0 | ||
Jean-Jacques Enderle | January 9, 1920 | 28 | 4 | 0 | |||
Roger Goossens | December 7, 1926 | 21 | Royal Leopold Club | 3 | 0 | ||
Jacques Kielbaey | July 28, 1920 | 27 | 4 | 0 | |||
Harold Mechelynck | July 1, 1924 | 24 | 4 | 0 | |||
Henri Niemegeerts | February 15, 1922 | 26 | 4 | 1 | |||
Joseph Van Muylders | May 5, 1923 | 25 | 1 | 0 | |||
Lucien Van Weydeveld | November 25, 1926 | 21 | 4 | 0 | |||
André Waterkeyn | August 23, 1917 | 30 | 1 | 0 | |||
Head coach:
Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Preben Blach | December 15, 1920 | 27 | Skovshoved IF, Klampenborg | 4 | 1 | ||
Ernest Bohr | March 7, 1924 | 24 | Orient Lyngby Hockey Club | 2 | 0 | ||
Otto Busch | January 13, 1983 | 34 | København Hockey Club | 1 | 0 | ||
Eigil Hansen | February 3, 1922 | 26 | København Hockey Club | 4 | 0 | ||
Robert Hansen | March 23, 1911 | 37 | Kalundborg HK | 4 | 0 | ||
Vagn Hovard | September 6, 1998 | 33 | København Hockey Club | 1 | 0 | ||
Robert Jensen | February 2, 1916 | 32 | Kalundborg HK | 4 | 0 | ||
Egon Johansen | November 9, 1919 | 28 | Kalundborg HK | 4 | 0 | ||
Svend Jørgensen | December 24, 1904 | 43 | København Hockey Club | 3 | 0 | ||
Vagn Loft | September 24, 1915 | 32 | Orient Lyngby Hockey Club | 2 | 0 | ||
Erling Nielsen | May 1, 1922 | 26 | Kalundborg HK | 3 | 0 | ||
Poul Moll Nielsen | April 21, 1930 | 18 | Slagelse HK | 1 | 0 | ||
Jørgen Boye Nielsen | February 28, 1925 | 23 | Orient Lyngby Hockey Club | 4 | 0 | ||
Hjalmar Thomsen | April 30, 1913 | 35 | Skovshoved IF, Klampenborg | 2 | 0 | ||
Mogens Venge | March 29, 1912 | 36 | København Hockey Club | 3 | 0 | ||
Henrik Sørensen | August 21, 1924 | 23 | Kalundborg HK | 2 | 0 |
Head coach:
Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bernard Boone | September 23, 1919 | 28 | 3 | 0 | |||
Jacques Butin | September 20, 1925 | 22 | 4 | 0 | |||
Guy Chevalier | December 5, 1910 | 37 | Lille MHC, Lille | 2 | 0 | ||
Jean-François Dubessay | April 1, 1921 | 27 | 3 | 0 | |||
Claude Hauet | March 25, 1925 | 23 | 4 | 0 | |||
Jean Hauet | March 25, 1925 | 23 | 4 | 0 | |||
Michel Lacroix | November 10, 1921 | 26 | 4 | 0 | |||
Robert Lucas | October 5, 1922 | 25 | 1 | 0 | |||
Diran Manoukian | March 22, 1919 | 29 | Stade Français Hockey | 4 | 0 | ||
André Meyer | October 5, 1919 | 28 | 3 | 0 | |||
Philippe Reynaud | February 3, 1922 | 26 | 4 | 0 | |||
Jean Rouget | November 7, 1916 | 31 | 1 | 1 | |||
Jacques Thieffry | May 10, 1924 | 24 | 4 | 0 | |||
Pierre Vandame | June 17, 1913 | 35 | 3 | 1 | |||
Head coach:
Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK | Dave Brodie | 29 May 1910 | 38 | Babcock and Wilcox Hockey Club | 5 | 0 | |
HB | George Sime | 28 February 1915 | 33 | Stepps Hockey Club | 5 | 0 | |
LB | William Lindsay | 3 March 1916 | 32 | Corinthian Hockey Club | 5 | 0 | |
HB | Michael Walford | 27 November 1915 | 32 | Sherborne Hockey Club | 5 | 0 | |
HB | Frank Reynolds | 21 August 1917 | 30 | Army Hockey Association | 5 | 1 | |
Robin Lindsay | 11 January 1914 | 34 | Teddington Hockey Club | 5 | 0 | ||
John Peake | 26 August 1924 | 23 | Combined Services | 5 | 1 | ||
Neil White | 2 May 1920 | 28 | University of Cambridge | 4 | 3 | ||
Bob Adlard | 15 November 1915 | 32 | Cheltenham Hockey Club | 5 | 5 | ||
IL | Norman Borrett | 1 October 1917 | 30 | Taunton Vale Hockey Club | 5 | 10 | |
William Griffiths | 26 June 1922 | 26 | Newport Athletic Hockey Club | 5 | 1 | ||
Ronald Davies | 28 December 1914 | 33 | Cardiff Hockey Club | 1 | 0 | ||
Edgar Hitchman | 27 May 1915 | 33 | Cardiff Hockey Club | 0 | 0 | ||
OL | W O Greene | School of Military Engineering (Ripon) | 0 | 0 | |||
David Brynmor Thomas | 29 April 1912 | 36 | Cardiff Hockey Club | 0 | 0 | ||
LB | Peter Whitbread | 28 March 1917 | 31 | Old Kingstonian Hockey Club | 0 | 0 | |
A H Young | Whitecraigs Hockey Club | 0 | 0 |
Head coach: NN Mukherjee
Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HB | Kishan Lal | February 2, 1917 | 31 | Indian Railways | 5 | 2 | |
GK | Ranganathan Francis | March 15, 1920 | 28 | 2 | 0 | ||
GK | Leo Pinto | April 11, 1914 | 34 | Tata Sports Club | 3 | 0 | |
Walter D’Souza | December 16, 1920 | 27 | Lusitanian Hockey Team | 1 | 0 | ||
RB | Trilochan Singh | February 12, 1923 | 25 | Brothers Club | 5 | 2 | |
Akhtar Hussain | August 23, 1926 | 21 | 1 | 0 | |||
B | K. D. Singh 'Babu' | February 22, 1922 | 26 | 5 | 4 | ||
FB | Randhir Singh Gentle | September 22, 1922 | 25 | 3 | 0 | ||
HB | Keshav Dutt | December 29, 1925 | 22 | 5 | 0 | ||
Amir Kumar | August 10, 1923 | 24 | 4 | 0 | |||
Maxie Vaz | 1923 | 25 | 4 | 0 | |||
CF | Balbir Singh Sr. | December 31, 1923 | 23 | Punjab Police | 4 | 8 | |
Patrick Jansen | December 14, 1920 | 27 | 5 | 7 | |||
Latif-ur Rehman | January 1, 1929 | 19 | 1 | 0 | |||
Lawrie Fernandes | 1929 | 19 | 4 | 0 | |||
Gerry Glackan | 1923 | 25 | 1 | 1 | |||
Reginald Rodrigues | May 29, 1922 | 26 | 1 | 1 | |||
Grahanandan Singh | February 18, 1926 | 22 | Services (Indian Navy) | 2 | 0 | ||
CH | Jaswant Singh Rajput | 1926 | 22 | Bhowanipore | 1 | 0 | |
HB | Leslie Claudius | March 25, 1927 | 21 | Bengal Nagpur Railway | 1 | 0 |
Head coach:
Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FW | André Boerstra | December 11, 1924 | 23 | HHIJC | 7 | 3 | |
Henk Bouwman | June 30, 1926 | 33 | Bloemendaal | 1 | 0 | ||
Piet Bromberg | March 4, 1917 | 31 | HHIJC | 7 | 7 | ||
HB | Harry Derckx | March 19, 1918 | 30 | DHV | 7 | 0 | |
HB | Han Drijver | March 11, 1927 | 21 | TOGO | 7 | 0 | |
Dick Esser | July 9, 1918 | 30 | TOGO | 7 | 1 | ||
Wim van Heel | September 27, 1922 | 25 | HHIJC | 7 | 0 | ||
Roepie Kruize | January 18, 1925 | 23 | HHIJC | 6 | 6 | ||
Jenne Langhout | September 27, 1918 | 29 | HMHC | 7 | 0 | ||
GK | Ton Richter | November 16, 1919 | 28 | Be Fair | 7 | 0 | |
CM | Dick Loggere | May 6, 1921 | 27 | Laren | 7 | 0 | |
Eddy Tiel | December 29, 1926 | 21 | HHIJC | 7 | 0 |
Head coach:
Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aziz Malik | April 16, 1916 | 32 | West Punjab Police | 7 | 9 | ||
Mukhtar Bhatti | October 1932 | 16 | Brothers Club | 3 | 0 | ||
Hamidullah Burki | November 10, 1920 | 27 | Brothers Club | 6 | 0 | ||
Ali Dara | April 1, 1915 | 33 | Aryans, Lahore | 7 | 10 | ||
Milton D'Mello | BOAC | 1 | 0 | ||||
Abdul Hamid | January 7, 1927 | 21 | NWFP | 3 | 1 | ||
Abdul Ghafoor Khan | 1920 | 26 | Aryans, Lahore | 4 | 0 | ||
Abdul Qayyum Khan | November 1922 | 25 | Pak Independents | 1 | 0 | ||
Aziz-ur Rehman | 1923 | 24 | Pak Independents | 2 | 0 | ||
Niaz Khan | August 21, 1917 | 30 | Naeem Club | 6 | 0 | ||
Khawaja Muhammad Taqi | 1918 | 30 | Pak Independents | 2 | 0 | ||
Muhammad Khurram | March 1920 | 27 | Aryans, Lahore | 1 | 0 | ||
Masood Ahmed Khan | June 1918 | 28 | Brothers Club | 6 | 1 | ||
Anwar Baig | November 1924 | 22 | Frontier | 6 | 0 | ||
Abdul Razzaq | 1921 | 25 | Aryans, Lahore | 6 | 1 | ||
Syed Muhammad Salim | September 5, 1909 | 38 | Naeem Club, Lahore | 1 | 0 | ||
Shazada Muhammad Shah-Rukh | October 2, 1926 | 21 | Aryans, Lahore | 6 | 0 | ||
Mahmood-ul Hassan | August 10, 1924 | 23 | Burma Shell | 4 | 0 | ||
Remat Ullah Sheikh | February 1921 | 27 | Septans Club, Rawalpindi | 5 | 0 | ||
Head coach:
Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HB | Manuel Agustín | April 12, 1912 | 36 | Barcelona | 3 | 0 | |
FW | Jaime Allende | July 22, 1924 | 24 | 3 | 0 | ||
DF | Ricardo Cabot Boix | January 12, 1917 | 31 | Barcelona | 1 | 0 | |
FW | Juan del Campo | February 1, 1923 | 25 | 2 | 0 | ||
Enrique Estébanez | October 23, 1912 | 35 | Atlético Madrid | 1 | 0 | ||
Pedro Farreras | April 4, 1916 | 32 | Real Club de Polo | 3 | 0 | ||
Pedro Gasset | July 22, 1924 | 24 | Atlètic Terrassa | 3 | 2 | ||
Eduardo Jardón | October 3, 1914 | 33 | Club de Campo | 1 | 0 | ||
Fernando Jardón | August 16, 1916 | 31 | Club de Campo | 3 | 0 | ||
Francisco Jardón | March 29, 1911 | 37 | Club de Campo | 3 | 0 | ||
Luis Pratsmasó | March 30, 1916 | 32 | Junior | 2 | 1 | ||
Manuel Royes | 2 | 0 | |||||
Rafael Ruiz | December 10, 1916 | 31 | 3 | 0 | |||
Enrique Sáinz | August 19, 1917 | 30 | Club de Campo | 3 | 0 | ||
Head coach:
Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Armand Schlée | Black Boys HC, Geneva | 1 | 0 | ||||
Emil Grub | Red Sox Hockey Club, Zürich | 1 | 0 | ||||
Edouard Siegrist | Black Boys HC, Geneva | 3 | 0 | ||||
Fritz Kehrer | Red Sox Hockey Club, Zürich | 3 | 0 | ||||
Fridolin Kurmann | December 12, 1912 | 35 | Red Sox Hockey Club, Zürich | 3 | 0 | ||
Fritz Stühlinger | January 21, 1924 | 24 | Basler Hockey Club, Basel | 2 | 0 | ||
Hugo Walser | HC Olten, Olten | 1 | 0 | ||||
Jean Gruner | October 10, 1916 | 31 | 1 | 0 | |||
Josef Rippstein | August 16, 1916 | 31 | HC Olten, Olten | 2 | 0 | ||
Jean-Pierre Roche | April 10, 1924 | 24 | Lausanne HC | 2 | 0 | ||
Karl Vogt | HC Olten, Olten | 3 | 0 | ||||
Manuel Royes | HC Olten, Olten | 2 | 0 | ||||
Otto Grolimund | HC Olten, Olten | 2 | 1 | ||||
Pierre Pasche | Black Boys HC, Geneva | 2 | 1 | ||||
Roland Jenzer | Basler Hockey Club, Basel | 2 | 0 | ||||
Robert Eger | HC Olten, Olten | 3 | 0 |
Head coach: Henry Goode as playing manager and Kurt Orban as playing coach
No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HB | Donald Buck | September 26, 1916 | 31 | ? | Mt. Washington Club | 2 | 0 | |
David Cauffman | October 29, 1916 | 0 | 0 | |||||
FW | Claus Gerson | November 12, 1917 | 30 | ? | New York Tennis and Hockey Club | 3 | 0 | |
FW | Henry Goode | June 7, 1918 | 30 | ? | 1 | 0 | ||
FW | Frederick Hewitt | September 16, 1916 | 31 | ? | Mt. Washington Club | 2 | 1 | |
HB | William Kurtz | December 18, 1917 | 30 | ? | Philadelphia Field Hockey Association | 2 | 0 | |
HB | Hendrick Lubbers | December 30, 1926 | 21 | ? | 3 | 0 | ||
FW | Harry Marcoplos | January 28, 1926 | 22 | ? | Baltimore Field Hockey Club | 3 | 0 | |
FW | Kurt Orban | August 6, 1916 | 31 | ? | Downtown Athletic Club | 3 | 0 | |
B | John Renwick | May 13, 1921 | 27 | ? | Rye Field Hockey Club | 3 | 0 | |
Phillip Schoettle | ? | 0 | 0 | |||||
HB | Sanders Sims | June 1, 1921 | 26 | ? | Philadelphia Hockey and Tennis Club | 1 | 0 | |
GK | John Slade | May 30, 1908 | 40 | ? | Westchester Field Hockey Club | 2 | 0 | |
B | Walter Stude | December 3, 1913 | 34 | ? | Baltimore Field Hockey Club | 3 | 0 | |
FW/HB/GK | Felix Ucko | January 4, 1919 | 32 | ? | New York Field Hockey Club | 3 | 0 | |
FW | William Wilson | October 26, 1917 | 30 | ? | Westchester Field Hockey Club | 2 | 0 |
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