| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Joseph Wickham | ||
| Born | 26 May 1990 Morgan, South Australia | ||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Perth Thundersticks | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013– | Australia | 59 | (27) |
Medal record | |||
Thomas Joseph Wickham (born 26 May 1990) is an Australian field hockey player, who plays as a forward. [1]
Tom Wickham was born and raised in Morgan, South Australia. [2]
He played representative hockey for his home state South Australia until 2014, when he chose to represent Western Australia at a national level. [3]
He made his international debut in May 2013 during a test series against Korea. [4]
Following his 2013 debut, Wickham did not represent Australia again until his recall into the senior men's squad in 2017. [5] His first appearance in 2017 was during a test series against Pakistan. [6]
Wickham's most notable performance with Australia was at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in the Gold Coast, Australia, where the Kookaburras won a gold medal. [7]
In 2019, Wickham represented Australia in season one of the FIH Pro League. [6]
He has since represented the team in the FIH Pro League's second season in 2020. [8]
Wickham was selected in the Kookaburras Olympics squad for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The team reached the final for the first time since 2004 but couldn't achieve gold, beaten by Belgium in a shootout. [9]
Goal | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 March 2017 | Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin, Australia |  Pakistan | 3–0 | 6–1 | Test Match | [10] |
| 2 | 29 March 2017 | 1–0 | 3–0 | [11] | |||
| 3 | 2 May 2017 | Azlan Shah Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia |  India | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup | [12] |
| 4 | 17 July 2017 | University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa |  Japan | 6–0 | 7–2 | 2016–17 HWL Semifinals | [13] |
| 5 | 23 July 2017 |  Spain | 8–0 | 8–1 | [14] | ||
| 6 | 11 October 2017 | Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia |  PNG | 9–0 | 30–0 | 2017 Oceania Cup | [15] |
| 7 | 15–0 | ||||||
| 8 | 18–0 | ||||||
| 9 | 24–0 | ||||||
| 10 | 25–0 | ||||||
| 11 | 15 October 2017 |  New Zealand | 1–0 | 6–0 | [16] | ||
| 12 | 6–0 | ||||||
| 13 | 8 November 2017 | State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne, Australia | Pakistan | 8–1 | 9–1 | 2017 Int. Festival of Hockey | [17] |
| 14 | 11 November 2017 | Japan | 5–0 | 6–1 | [18] | ||
| 15 | 9 December 2017 | Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, India |  Germany | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2016–17 HWL Final | [19] |
| 16 | 8 April 2018 | Gold Coast Hockey Centre, Gold Coast, Australia |  Scotland | 3–0 | 6–1 | XXI Commonwealth Games | [20] |
| 17 | 10 February 2019 | Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart, Australia | Germany | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2019 FIH Pro League | [21] |
| 18 | 17 March 2019 | Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia | New Zealand | 1–0 | 5–1 | [22] | |
| 19 | 4–1 | ||||||
| 20 | 7 September 2019 | Kalka Shades Hockey Fields, Rockhampton, Australia | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2019 Oceania Cup | [23] | |
| 21 | 1 February 2020 | Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia |  Great Britain | 2–1 | 4–4 | 2020 FIH Pro League | [24] |
| 22 | 21 February 2020 | Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, India | India | 2–0 | 4–3 | [25] | |
| 23 | 6 March 2020 | Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth, Australia |  Argentina | 2–0 | 3–3 | [26] | |
| 24 | 7 March 2020 | 4–0 | 5–1 | [27] |
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