Lacrosse at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Men's lacrosse
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Venue Wembley Stadium
Competitors 35 from 2 nations

Lacrosse was a demonstration sport at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Teams from Great Britain and the United States played a single match, which ended in a 5-5 draw. The match was played in Wembley Stadium.[1]

Result

Lacrosse at the 1948 Summer Olympics
 Great Britain5 5 United States
1st period
Whittaker, LittleColeman, Myers (2), Wood
2nd period
Wilson
3rd period
4th period
Whittaker, DennisMyers

Teams

Great Britain

An "All-England" team organized by the English Lacrosse Union represented Great Britain.

  • J. Buckland
  • N. R. Coe
  • A. L. Dennis
  • J. Fletcher
  • J. P. Foy
  • H. J. Ginn
  • J. Griffiths
  • J. H. Little
  • B. C. Makin
  • H. Prime
  • R. T. Renshaw
  • J. Swindells
  • R. V. Wilson
  • J. I. Whitehead (Capt.)
  • R. N. Whittaker
  • H. Wyatt
  • R. F. Zimmern

United States

The team from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute represented the United States.

  • R. F. Ball
  • R. F. Barrows
  • A. D. Beard
  • C. G. Bueltman
  • R. Campbell
  • W. L. Coleman
  • D. B. Conron
  • O. H. Cook
  • R. Coons
  • M. T. Davies (Co-Capt.)
  • R. Frick
  • J. F. Green
  • R. Hutcheon
  • D. E. Jordan (Co-Capt.)
  • R. E. Koch
  • M. J. Kutick
  • C. Lane
  • C. J. McCann
  • B. Miles
  • J. A. Myers
  • A. H. Noll
  • L. V. O'Connor
  • R. E. Powell
  • J. D. Rabin
  • R. J. Sneedon
  • S. W. Spaulding
  • D. R. Sutton
  • R. J. Webb
  • R. M. Wood

Source: [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Official Report of the 1948 London Olympics" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 532–533.
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