| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 7 May 1926 Chelsea, London, England | |||||||||||||
| Playing position | Full back | |||||||||||||
| Senior career | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||
| 1944–1947 | Oxford University | |||||||||||||
| 1950–1953 | Hawks | |||||||||||||
| 1955–1957 | City of Oxford | |||||||||||||
| 1958–1961 | Kidderminster | |||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | |||||||||||
| Great Britain | ||||||||||||||
| England | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||
Peter David Rees Smith (born 7 May 1926) is a British former field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the British field hockey team which won the bronze medal. [1]
Smith was educated at Canford School where he played rugby and studied at the University of Oxford. [1] While at Oxford he played hockey for the University team. [1] [2]
He represented Surrey at county level [3] and in March 1950 was selected for England trials. [4] He subsequently played for England on 15 April against Ireland. [5]
He was then selected for Great Britain for the 1951 tour of South Arrica [6] After University, he played club hockey for Hawks HC in Byfleet. [7]
Smith received a call up for the Olympics in May 1952 [8] and subsequently represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, although he had to settle for being an unused substitute. [9]
By 1955 he was playing for the City of Oxford Hockey Club and Oxfordshire. [10] He played for Kidderminster and Worcestershire after moving to the area in 1958. [11]
A fourth different county appearance ensued for Gloucesterhire in 1963 and he captained England in 1965 and played until 1968. [1]
 | ||
