Lacrosse at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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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 (the main Olympic Stadium for these Games).
Contents |
[edit] Result
 Great Britain |
5 – 5 |  United States |
| 1st period | ||
| Whittaker, Little | Coleman, Myers (2), Wood | |
| 2nd period | ||
| Wilson | — | |
| 3rd period | ||
| — | — | |
| 4th period | ||
| Whittaker, Dennis | Myers |
[edit] Teams
[edit] 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
- R. N. Whittaker
- H. Wyatt
- R. F. Zimmern
[edit] United States
The team from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute represented the United States.
- R. F. Ball
- A. D. Beard
- R. Campbell
- W. L. Coleman
- O. Cook
- R. Coons
- M. T. Davies
- R. Frick
- R. Hutcheon
- D. E. Jordan
- R. E. Koch
- C. J. McCann
- J.A. Myers
- R. E. Powell
- R. J. Sneedon
- S. W. Spaulding
- D. R. Sutton
- R. M. Wood
[edit] Source
- 1948 London Official Report (digitized copy online)
| Events at the 1948 Summer Olympics (London) |
|---|
| Athletics • Basketball • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Hockey • Lacrosse (demonstration) • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling |
| Lacrosse at the Summer Olympics |  |
|---|---|
| 1904 • 1908 • 1912–1924 • 1928 (demonstration) • 1932 (demonstration) • 1936 • 1948 (demonstration) See also: List of Olympic medalists in lacrosse |
