Malcolm Wilkinson (field hockey)

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Malcolm Wilkinson
Personal information
Born November 1953
Merseyside, England
Playing position Forward
Senior career
YearsTeam
1972–1989 Neston
National team
YearsTeamCapsGoals
England & Great Britain

Malcolm Derek Wilkinson (born November 1953) is a former British hockey international.

Biography

Wilkinson was educated at Calday Grange Grammar School and played club hockey for Neston Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League, where he would later captain the club from 1985 to 1986. [1]

He represented Cheshire at county level [2] and would captain the county from 1978. [3]

In January 1979 he was called up to the full England squad, having previously playing for the England schoolboys and England juniors. [4] He helped Neston win the Rank Xerox National Clubs Championship during the 1982–83 England Hockey League season.

While at Neston he was selected by England for the 1981 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy [5] and for the 1982 Men's Hockey World Cup in Bombay. [6]

He retired from competititve hockey in 1989. [7]

In 2003, he was appointed as head coach for the women's team at Worcester Hockey Club. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Mens History & Honours". Neston Hockey Club. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "Cheshire held by Northumberland" . Alderley & Wilmslow Advertiser. 24 January 1974. Retrieved 28 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Cheshire at top strength" . Liverpool Echo. 15 September 1978. Retrieved 28 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Young hockey players in squad" . Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition). 11 January 1979. Retrieved 28 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Champions Trophy". Sikhs in Hockey. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "England fail" . Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition). 7 January 1982. Retrieved 28 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Warrngton open at Salford" . Liverpool Echo. 8 September 1989. Retrieved 28 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "New Worcester coach". Worcester News. 3 October 2003. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
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