Madonna Blyth

Madonna Blyth

Personal information
Born	(1985-11-30) 30 November 1985 (age 39) Brisbane, Queensland
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Queensland Scorchers
National team
Years	Team	Caps	Goals
2004–2016	Australia	342	(70)
Medal record Women's field hockey Representing   Australia World Cup 2006 Madrid Team 2014 The Hague Team Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Team 2010 New Delhi Team 2014 Glasgow Team Champions Trophy 2005 Canberra Team 2009 Sydney Team World League 2012-13 Tucuman Team Oceania Cup 2005 Auckland, Sydney Team 2013 Stratford Team 2015 Stratford Team 2007 Buderim Team 2009 Invercargill Team 2011 Hobart Team

Madonna Blyth (born 30 November 1985) is an Australian field hockey player who competed in the 2008, 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics. ^[1] She also plays for and captains the Queensland Scorchers in the Australian Hockey League. ^[2] Blyth has been the Captain of the Hockeyroos since 2009. Her debut game for Australia was in Argentina, as an 18-year-old at the 2004 Champions Trophy. She started playing hockey when she was 5, and joined the representative scene at 15, winning gold with her team at the 2001 Australian Youth Olympic Festival. ^[3]

She was nominated for the FIH's player of the year in 2013, and has been named on the FIH All-Stars team in 2007, 2009 and 2010, as well as being named Player of the Tournament at the 2009 Champions Trophy. ^[4]

She played her 250th game for Australia in June 2013, and is only the fifth Australian woman to reach this number. ^[4]

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she captained Australia to victory and scored the winning goal in the penalty shootout against England. ^[5]

After playing since she was 5, Madonna has now retired from hockey and is quickly making a name for herself in the Western Australian cricket scene. After a strong start she was quickly promoted into the star studded A grade side alongside Emma King, Heather Graham, Megan Banting and Nicole Bolton. She is a specialist fielder for the Subiaco Floreat Cricket Club women's A grade side.^{[ citation needed ]}

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	20 August 2005	Brisbane, Australia	South Korea	3–0	5–0	Test match
2.	3 November 2005	Sydney, Australia	New Zealand	1–0	4–0	2005 Women's Oceania Cup
3.	1 December 2005	Canberra, Australia	Argentina	1–1	1–1	2005 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
4.	4 December 2005		Netherlands	1–0	3–1
5.	27 January 2005	Córdoba, Argentina	England	2–1	2–2	2006 Women's Four Nations Hockey Tournament
6.	17 March 2006	Melbourne, Australia	Malaysia	4–0	8–0	2006 Commonwealth Games
7.	19 March 2006		Nigeria	1–0	12–0
8.	1 July 2006	Marlow, United Kingdom	Argentina	3–1	5–1	Test match
9.	15 July 2006	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Germany	2–0	2–1	2006 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
10.	17 August 2006	Baltimore, United States	Argentina	1–1	1–2	2006 March on Madrid Hockey Tournament
11.	24 August 2006	Virginia Beach, United States	Netherlands	2–0	3–0
12.	27 September 2006	Madrid, Spain	South Africa	1–0	1–0	2006 Women's Hockey World Cup
13.	14 January 2007	Quilmes, Argentina	Germany	1–1	2–1	2007 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
14.	15 May 2007	Christchurch, New Zealand	New Zealand	1–0	3–0	Test match
15.				2–0
16.	22 July 2007	Port Lincoln, Australia	Japan	1–0	1–0
17.	4 August 2007	Beijing, China	China	1–1	3–2
18.	13 August 2007		China	1–0	2–2 (3–1 p)	2007 Women's Good Luck Beijing Hockey Tournament
19.	11 September 2007	Buderim, Australia	Fiji	2–0	14–0	2007 Women's Oceania Cup
20.				5–0
21.				6–0
22.				10–0
23.	12 September 2007		New Zealand	1–0	1–0
24.	27 October 2007	Dublin, Ireland	Ireland	3–0	5–0	Test match
25.	14 February 2008	Perth, Australia	Great Britain	4–0	5–0
26.	23 February 2008	Toowoomba, Australia	Great Britain	2–0	5–2
27.	22 August 2008	Beijing, China	Great Britain	1–0	2–0	2008 Summer Olympics
28.	30 May 2009	Durban, South Africa	South Africa	4–0	5–0	Test match
29.	31 May 2009		India	2–0	7–0
30.	6 July 2009	Perth, Australia	Germany	2–1	2–2
31.	11 July 2009	Sydney, Australia	Germany	2–0	2–0	2009 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
32.	25 August 2009	Invercargill, New Zealand	Samoa	8–0	16–0	2009 Women's Oceania Cup
33.				16–0
34.	10 September 2009	Mendoza, Argentina	Argentina	1–0	1–0	Test match
35.	11 September 2009		Argentina	2–2	3–2
36.	14 February 2010	Perth, Australia	New Zealand	1–2	3–2
37.	2 March 2010		South Korea	3–1	5–3
38.	24 March 2010	Townsville, Australia	Argentina	1–0	1–2
39.	24 April 2010	Santiago, Chile	Chile	4–0	5–0	2010 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers
40.	29 April 2010		Malaysia	2–0	9–0
41.				3–0
42.				9–0
43.	30 April 2010		Scotland	2–0	2–1
44.	18 June 2010	Bisham, United Kingdom	Great Britain	1–?	1–1	Test match
45.	26 June 2010	Essen, Germany	India	6–2	6–2
46.	30 August 2010	Rosario, Argentina	Japan	2–0	2–1	2010 Women's Hockey World Cup
47.	1 September 2010		India	1–0	6–3
48.	11 October 2010	New Delhi, India	England	1–0	1–0	2010 Commonwealth Games
49.	2 November 2011	Perth, Australia	China	2–0	8–1	Test match
50.	3 November 2011		China	1–0	6–4
51.	9 March 2012		South Korea	1–0	5–0
52.	29 September 2012	Dublin, Ireland	Belgium	4–1	4–1	2012 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I
53.	30 September 2012		India	1–0	8–1
54.				5–1
55.	24 April 2013	Perth, Australia	South Korea	3–1	4–2	Test match
56.	25 April 2013		South Korea	1–0	1–2
57.	27 April 2013		South Korea	4–0	6–0
58.				6–0
59.	17 October 2013		Malaysia	4–0	8–0	2013 Women's International Super Series Hockey 9's
60.	18 October 2013		Canada	2–0	7–0
61.				6–0
62.				7–0
63.	20 October 2013		Argentina	1–0	3–0
64.	31 October 2013	Stratford, New Zealand	Samoa	6–0	23–0	2013 Women's Oceania Cup
65.				11–0
66.	3 November 2013		New Zealand	2–2	2–2 (5–4 p)
67.	28 March 2014	Perth, Australia	Japan	3–0	5–2	Test match
68.	12 April 2015	Hastings, New Zealand	China	1–0	2–2	2015 Hawke's Bay Cup
69.	18 April 2015		China	1–0	3–2
70.	21 June 2015	Antwerp, Belgium	Poland	9–0	9–0	2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals
71.	22 October 2015	Stratford, New Zealand	Samoa	13–0	25–0	2015 Women's Oceania Cup

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Madonna Blyth". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
2. "Hockey Australia: Altiusrt".
3. "Blyth leading Hockeyroos into battle for World Cup spot". 19 June 2013.
4. "Glasgow 2014 - Madonna Blyth Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
5. "Glasgow 2014 - Women's Gold Medal Match". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 12 January 2016.

External links

• Madonna Blyth at the International Hockey Federation
• Madonna Blyth at Olympics.com
• Madonna Blyth at the Australian Olympic Committee
• Madonna Blyth at Olympedia
• Madonna Blyth at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Madonna Blyth at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Madonna Blyth at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Madonna Blyth at Commonwealth Games Australia
• Madonna Blyth at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Madonna Blyth at Commonwealth Games Australia
• Madonna Blyth at HockeyAustralia.altiusrt.com