Field hockey at the 1928 Summer Olympics

The 1928 Summer Olympics saw the third Field Hockey tournament at Olympics. All games took place either in the new Olympisch Stadion or in the nearby Old Stadion. The field hockey tournament was held (together with football) in the first part of this Olympic games. All matches were played between Thursday, May 17 and Saturday, May 26, 1928.

The entry rules allowed one team from each country. And one team was allowed to include 22 players, which means two complete teams. The "Fédération Internationale de Hockey" defined the amateur status as follows: An amateur is one who has never obtained any profit by practising the sport, neither directly or indirectly. If a player or an official accepts from club, association, or federation an amount exceeding what is strictly necessary for travelling and hotel expenses, such an amount will be regarded as profit.

Only a men's competition occurred that year. Nine nations competed, after the retirement of Czechoslovakia.

Contents

Medal summary

Gold Silver Bronze
 India (IND)
Richard Allen
Dhyan Chand
Maurice Gateley
William Goodsir-Cullen
Leslie Hammond
Feroze Khan
George Marthins
Rex Norris
Broome Pinniger
Michael Rocque
Frederic Seaman
Ali Shaukat
Jaipal Singh
Sayed Yusuf
Kher Singh Gill
 Netherlands (NED)
Jan Ankerman
Jan Brand
Rein de Waal
Emile Duson
Gerrit Jannink
Adriaan Katte
August Kop
Ab Tresling
Paul van de Rovaart
Robert van der Veen
Haas Visser 't Hooft
C. J. J. Hardebeck
T. F. Hubrecht
G. Leembruggen
H. J. L. Mangelaar Meertens
Otto Muller von Czernicki
W. J. van Citters
C. J. van der Hagen
Tonny van Lierop
J. J. van Tienhoven van den Bogaard
J. M. van Voorst van Beest
N. Wenholt
 Germany (GER)
Bruno Boche
Georg Brunner
Heinz Förstendorf
Erwin Franzkowiak
Werner Freyberg
Theodor Haag
Hans Haußmann
Kurt Haverbeck
Aribert Heymann
Herbert Hobein
Fritz Horn
Karl-Heinz Irmer
Herbert Kemmer
Herbert Müller
Werner Proft
Gerd Strantzen
Rolf Wollner
Heinz Wöltje
Erich Zander
Fritz Lincke
Heinz Schäfer
Kurt Weiß

Note: The players above the line played at least one game in this tournament, the players below the line were probably only squad members. Nevertheless the International Olympic Committee medal database exclusively credits them all as medalists. If or why they could have received medals is uncertain. However the National Olympic Committee of the Netherlands did not even show the Dutch players as competitors.

Results

Division A

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1.  India (IND) 4 4 0 0 26 0 8 X 9:0 5:0 6:0 6:0
2.  Belgium (BEL) 4 3 0 1 8 9 6 0:9 X 1:0 3:0 4:0
3.  Denmark (DEN) 4 2 0 2 5 8 4 0:5 0:1 X 2:1 3:1
4.  Switzerland (SUI) 4 1 0 3 2 11 2 0:6 0:3 1:2 X 1:0
5.  Austria (AUT) 4 0 0 4 1 14 0 0:6 0:4 1:3 0:1 X

Matches - Division A

Division A
May 17 Old Stadium (att. 1,700)  Switzerland (SUI) 1 - 2  Denmark (DEN)
Teams: Zumstein; Fischer, Pellarin; Mauris, A. Fehr, Poncet; Loubert, Jenny, K. Fehr, Auberson, Luchsinger (0 - 1) Dahlmann; Madsen, Malling; Koefoed, Holst, Monberg; Prahm, Blach, E. Husted, Busch, Heilbuth
Goals: 0:1 (16') E. Husted, 0:2 H. Holst, 1:2 Loubert
Umpires: L. J. Quarles van Ufford (NED), M. J. Vandekerckhove (BEL)

May 17 Old Stadium (att. 1,700)  India (IND) 6 - 0  Austria (AUT)
Teams: Allen; Hammond, Rocque; Goodsir-Cullen, Pinniger, Norris; Gateley, Shaukat, Chand, Marthins, Seaman (3 - 0) Ördögh; Revi, Machu; Stritzko, Herzl, Haladik; Lichtneckert, Massarek, Nossig, Wildam, Winter
Goals: 1:0 (4') Chand, 2:0 (6') Chand, 3:0 Chand, 4:0 Marthins, 5:0 Shaukat, 6:0 Marthins
Umpires: Ch. Roux (FRA), F. Schiff (NED)

May 18 Old Stadium (att. 450)  India (IND) 9 - 0  Belgium (BEL)
Teams: Allen; Singh, Rocque; Yusuf, Pinniger, Norris; Shaukat, Khan, Chand, Marthins, Seaman (5 - 0) Koning; Van der Straten, Wellens; Adelot, C. Baudoux, Cattoir; Seeldrayers, Goditiabois, Delheid, Diercxsens, Grosjean
Goals: 1:0 (5') Seaman, 2:0 (19') Marthins, 3:0 (28') Khan, 4:0 (29') Khan, 5:0 (31') Chand, 6:0 (36') Marthins, 7:0 (55') Seaman, 8:0 Khan, 9:0 Khan
Umpires: W. Simon (GER), T. Evekink (NED)

May 18 Old Stadium (att. 140)  Denmark (DEN) 3 - 1  Austria (AUT)
Teams: Dahlmann; Koefoed, Malling; Heimann, Holst, O. Husted; Prahm, Blach, E. Husted, Busch, Heilbuth (3 - 0) Lichtschein; Herzl, Machu; Stritzko, Massarek, Haladik; Lehrfeld, Lichtneckert, Revi, Wildam, Winter
Goals: 1:0 (4') Holst, 2:0 (6') Holst, 3:0 (35') Heilbuth, 3:1 Lichtneckert
Umpires: A. Broese van Croenou (NED), R. Jassoy (GER)

May 20 Old Stadium (att. 700)  Switzerland (SUI) 0 - 3  Belgium (BEL)
Teams: Zumstein; Fischer, Pellarin; Mauris, A. Fehr, Rodé; Loubert, Jenny, K. Fehr, Auberson, Luchsinger (0 - 2) Soubre; Adelot, Van der Straten; C. Baudoux, Wellens, Cattoir; Seeldrayers, Vercken, Delheid, Diercxsens, Grosjean
Goals: 0:1 (15') Delheid, 0:2 (35') Diercxsens, 0:3 (70') Vercken
Umpires: A. Broese van Croenou (NED), F. Schiff (NED)

May 20 Olympisch Stadion (att. 6,300)  India (IND) 5 - 0  Denmark (DEN)
Teams: Allen; Singh, Rocque; Yusuf, Pinniger, Norris; Shaukat, Khan, Chand, Marthins, Seaman (2 - 0) Dahlmann; Koefoed, Malling; Monberg, Holst, O. Husted; Prahm, Blach, E. Husted, Busch, Heilbuth
Goals: 1:0 (6') Marthins, 2:0 (26') Chand, 3:0 (51') Chand, 4:0 (54') Chand, 5:0 (65') Seaman
Umpires: R. Jassoy (GER), J. Daubresse (FRA)

May 22 Olympisch Stadion (att. 750)  India (IND) 6 - 0  Switzerland (SUI)
Teams: Allen; Hammond, Rocque; Goodsir-Cullen, Pinniger, Norris; Yusuf, Gateley, Chand, Marthins, Seaman (2 - 0) Magnin; Fischer, Koch; Piot, Poncet, Rodé; Luchsinger, Auberson, A. Fehr, Olivier, Loubert
Goals: 1:0 (6') Marthins, 2:0 (26') Chand, 3:0 (53') Chand, 4:0 (55') Chand, 5:0 Gateley, 6:0 (65') Chand
Umpires: P. Reinberg (GER), M. Masip Ubis (ESP)

May 22 Olympisch Stadion (att. 200)  Belgium (BEL) 4 - 0  Austria (AUT)
Teams: Soubre; Wellens, Van der Straten; Adelot, C. Baudoux, De Deken; Seeldrayers, Mallieux, Delheid, Diercxsens, Y. Baudoux (1 - 0) Lichtschein; Herzl, Machu; Lehrfeld, Haladik, Wald; Lichtneckert, Massarek, Rosenfeld, Revi, Winter
Goals: 1:0 Diercxsens, 2:0 Diercxsens, 3:0 Diercxsens, 4:0 (68') Y. Baudoux
Umpires: E. W. C. Ricketts (IND), B. Turnbull (IND)

May 24 Old Stadium (att. 600)  Denmark (DEN) 0 - 1  Belgium (BEL)
Teams: Dahlmann; Koefoed, Malling; Monberg, Holst, O. Husted; Prahm, Blach, E. Husted, Busch, Heilbuth (0 - 0) Soubre; Wellens, Van der Straten; Adelot, C. Baudoux, De Deken; Seeldrayers, Mallieux, Delheid, Diercxsens, Y. Baudoux
Goals: 0:1 (60') Seeldrayers
Umpires: W. Simon (GER), R. Be-Cavin (SUI)

May 24 Old Stadium (att. 600)  Switzerland (SUI) 1 - 0  Austria (AUT)
Teams: Zumstein; Fischer, Koch; Mauris, A. Fehr, Poncet; Luchsinger, Auberson, K. Fehr, Jenny, Loubert (0 - 0) Ördögh; Revi, Machu; Lehrfeld, Wald, Haladik; Winter; Landesmann, Herzl, Rosenfeld, Nossig
Goals: 1:0 K. Fehr
Umpires: T. Evekink (NED), P. Regibo (BEL)

Division B

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1.  Netherlands (NED) 3 2 1 0 8 2 5 X 2:1 5:0 1:1
2.  Germany (GER) 3 2 0 1 8 3 4 1:2 X 2:0 5:1
3.  France (FRA) 3 1 0 2 2 8 2 0:5 0:2 X 2:1
4.  Spain (ESP) 3 0 1 2 3 8 1 1:1 1:5 1:2 X

Matches - Division B

Division B
May 17 Olympisch Stadion (att. 5,500)  Netherlands (NED) 5 - 0  France (FRA)
Teams: Katte; de Waal, Tresling; Ankerman, Duson, Brand; Kop, Jannink, van de Rovaart, van der Veen, Visser 't Hooft (3 - 0) Salarnier; Chevalier, Peuchot; Simon, Prieur, Lachmann; Robin, Grimonprez, de Lévaque, Poussineau, Rivière
Goals: 1:0 (20') van de Rovaart, 2:0 (23') Tresling, 3:0 (35') Jannink, 4:0 (37') Jannink, 5:0 (65') van der Veen
Umpires: R. Liégeois (BEL), E. de Cindric (HUN)

May 17 Olympisch Stadion (att. 1,300)  Germany (GER) 5 - 1  Spain (ESP)
Teams: Brunner; Proft, Wöltje; Irmer, Haag, Zander; Haverbeck, Müller, Boche, Hobein, Wollner (4 - 0) Isamat; Becerril, Argemí; M. Chávarri, Torres, Lobo; Caralt Mas, Caralt Vidal, E. Chávarri, B. Chávarri, Junquera
Goals: 1:0 (6') Hobein, 2:0 (20') Boche, 3:0 Müller, 4:0 Hobein, 4:1 (40') E. Chávarri, 5:1 Haag
Umpires: E. W. C. Ricketts (IND), P. Regibo (BEL)

May 19 Olympisch Stadion (att. 6,000)  Netherlands (NED) 2 - 1  Germany (GER)
Teams: Katte; de Waal, Tresling; Ankerman, Duson, Brand; Kop, Jannink, van de Rovaart, van der Veen, Visser 't Hooft (2 - 1) Brunner; Proft, Wöltje; Irmer, Heymann, Zander; Haverbeck, Müller, Boche, Hobein, Haag
Goals: 0:1 (7') Wöltje, 1:1 (20') van de Rovaart, 2:1 (32') van der Veen
Umpires: R. Liégeois (BEL), B. Turnbull (IND)

May 19 Olympisch Stadion (att. 500)  France (FRA) 2 - 1  Spain (ESP)
Teams: Salarnier; Chevalier, Six; Simon, Prieur, Petitdidier; Robin, Grimonprez, Lanet, Poussineau, Rivière (1 - 0) Isamat; Becerril, Argemí; Goicochea, Torres, Lobo; Caralt Mas, Caralt Vidal, E. Chávarri, B. Chávarri, Rierola
Goals: 0:1 (29') B. Chávarri, 1:1 (38') Rivière, 2:1 (70') Grimonprez
Umpires: C. Terrier (SUI), C. Ch. Geyl (NED)

May 22 Old Stadium (att. 300)  Germany (GER) 2 - 0  France (FRA)
Teams: Brunner; Franzkowiak, Haußmann; Freyberg, Haag, Zander; Horn, Müller, Strantzen, Förstendorf, Kemmer (2 - 0) Salarnier; Chevalier, Peuchot; Simon, Prieur, Petitdidier; Robin, Grimonprez, Arlin, Poussineau, Rivière
Goals: 1:0 (10') Müller, 2:0 (28') Haag
Umpires: R. Liégeois (BEL), E. de Cindric (HUN)

May 23 Old Stadium (att. 2,750)  Netherlands (NED) 1 - 1  Spain (ESP)
Teams: Katte; de Waal, Tresling; Ankerman, Duson, Brand; Kop, Jannink, van de Rovaart, van der Veen, Visser 't Hooft (1 - 0) Isamat; Becerril, Baguñá; Junquera, Torres, Lobo; de Roig, Caralt Vidal, E. Chávarri, B. Chávarri, Rierola
Goals: 1:0 (20') van der Veen, 1:1 (63') de Roig
Umpires: P. Regibo (BEL), R. Be-Cavin (SUI)

Bronze medal match

Bronze medal match
May 26 Olympisch Stadion (att. 23,400)  Germany (GER) 3 - 0  Belgium (BEL)
Teams: Brunner; Proft, Wöltje; Freyberg, Haag, Zander; Horn, Müller, Boche, Hobein, Kemmer (? - ?) Soubre; Wellens, Van der Straten; Goemaere, C. Baudoux, Adelot; Seeldrayers, Jastine, Delheid, Diercxsens, Y. Baudoux
Goals: 1:0 Haag, 2:0 Haag, 3:0 Haag
Umpires: B. Turnbull (IND), E. W. C. Ricketts (IND)

Gold medal match


Gold medal match
May 26 Olympisch Stadion (att. 23,400)  India (IND) 3 - 0  Netherlands (NED)
Teams: Allen; Hammond, Rocque; Yusuf, Pinniger, Norris; Gateley, Marthins, Chand, Seaman, Goodsir-Cullen (1 - 0) Katte; de Waal, Tresling; Ankerman, Duson, Brand; Kop, Jannink, van de Rovaart, van der Veen, Visser 't Hooft
Goals: 1:0 (15') Chand, 2:0 Chand, 3:0 Chand
Umpires: W. Simon (GER), R. Liégeois (BEL)

Participating nations

A total of 137(*) field hockey players from 9 nations competed at the Amsterdam Games:

(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least. Also there are 33 reserve players known.

Summary

Place Nation
1  India (IND)
Richard Allen
Dhyan Chand
Maurice Gateley
William Goodsir-Cullen
Leslie Hammond
Feroze Khan
George Marthins
Rex Norris
Broome Pinniger
Michael Rocque
Frederic Seaman
Ali Shaukat
Jaipal Singh
Sayed Yusuf
Kher Singh Gill
2  Netherlands (NED)
Jan Ankerman
Jan Brand
Rein de Waal
Emile Duson
Gerrit Jannink
Adriaan Katte
August Kop
Ab Tresling
Paul van de Rovaart
Robert van der Veen
Haas Visser 't Hooft
C. J. J. Hardebeck
T. F. Hubrecht
G. Leembruggen
H. J. L. Mangelaar Meertens
Otto Muller von Czernicki
W. J. van Citters
C. J. van der Hagen
Tonny van Lierop
J. J. van Tienhoven van den Bogaard
J. M. van Voorst van Beest
N. Wenholt
3  Germany (GER)
Bruno Boche
Georg Brunner
Heinz Förstendorf
Erwin Franzkowiak
Werner Freyberg
Theodor Haag
Hans Haußmann
Kurt Haverbeck
Aribert Heymann
Herbert Hobein
Fritz Horn
Karl-Heinz Irmer
Herbert Kemmer
Herbert Müller
Werner Proft
Gerd Strantzen
Rolf Wollner
Heinz Wöltje
Erich Zander
Fritz Lincke
Heinz Schäfer
Kurt Weiß
4  Belgium (BEL)
Lambert Adelot
Claude Baudoux
Yvon Baudoux
Freddy Cattoir
Louis De Deken
Paul Delheid
Louis Diercxsens
Auguste Goditiabois
Adolphe Goemaere
Georges Grosjean
Joseph Jastine
Charles Koning
René Mallieux
André Seeldrayers
Étienne Soubre
Johnny Van der Straten
Émile Vercken
Corneille Wellens
F. Carez
Ch. de Keyzer
V. de Laveleye
Jacques Rensburg
-  Denmark (DEN)
Arne Blach
Otto Busch
Hagbarth Dahlmann
Aage Heimann
Niels Heilbuth
Henning Holst
Erik Husted
Otto Husted
Peter Koefoed
Henry Madsen
Carl Malling
Børge Monberg
Peter Prahm
Aage Norsker
-  France (FRA)
Gaston Arlin
Guy Chevalier
Pierre de Lévaque
Félix Grimonprez
Marcel Lachmann
Maurice Lanet
Michel Petitdidier
Henri Peuchot
Bernard Poussineau
Pierre Prieur
Jacques Rivière
Jean Robin
Robert Salarnier
Jacques Simon
Albert Six
A. Bié
M. L. Guirard
Paul Imbault
H. E. J. A. Reisenthel
J. Rémusat
-  Switzerland (SUI)
J. J. Auberson
Adolf Fehr
Konrad Fehr
Alfred Fischer
F. Jenny
A. Koch
J. Loubert
Ernst Luchsinger
M. Magnin
E. Mauris
R. Olivier
R. Pellarin
Charles Piot
Henry Poncet
R. Rodé
M. Zumstein
J. Brun
E. Coppetti
F. Hermenjat
L. Joset
C. Piot
A. Rhinow
-  Spain (ESP)
Francisco Argemí Sola
Juan Baguñá Gila
Juan Becerril Antón-Miralles
José María Caralt Mas
José Caralt Vidal
Manuel Chávarri Rodríguez Avial
Bernabé de Chávarri Rodríguez Codes
Enrique de Chávarri Rodríguez Codes
Santiago Goicochea Orsolides
Luis Isamat Bosch
Juan Junquera Baguña
Manuel Lobo Vidal
Luis Rierola Albo
Francisco de Roig Ventura
Fernando Torres Polanco
José de Aguilera Alonso
A. Heraso Lledo
-  Austria (AUT)
E. Haladik
F. Herzl
K. Lehrfeld
E. Landesmann
H. Lichtneckert
Fritz Lichtschein
Willi Machu
P. Massarek
E. Nossig
Karl Ördögh
Alfred Revi
H. Rosenfeld
Otto Stritzko
H. Wald
A. Wildam
A. Winter

Statistics

Scoring

A total of 31 players scored 69 goals in the 18 matches.

Place Name Nation Goals
1. Dhyan Chand  India (IND) 14
2. Feroze Khan  India (IND) 5
George Marthins  India (IND) 5
Theodor Haag  Germany (GER) 5
5. Louis Diercxsens  Belgium (BEL) 4
6. Frederic Seaman  India (IND) 3
Henning Holst  Denmark (DEN) 3
Robert van der Veen  Netherlands (NED) 3
9. Gerrit Jannink  Netherlands (NED) 2
Herbert Hobein  Germany (GER) 2
Paul van de Rovaart  Netherlands (NED) 2
Herbert Müller  Germany (GER) 2
13. Ab Tresling  Netherlands (NED) 1
Erik Husted  Denmark (DEN) 1
J. Loubert  Switzerland (SUI) 1
Ali Shaukat  India (IND) 1
Bruno Boche  Germany (GER) 1
Enrique de Chávarri Rodríguez Codes  Spain (ESP) 1
Niels Heilbuth  Denmark (DEN) 1
H. Lichtneckert  Austria (AUT) 1
Heinz Wöltje  Germany (GER) 1
Bernabé de Chávarri Rodríguez Codes  Spain (ESP) 1
Jacques Rivière  France (FRA) 1
Félix Grimonprez  France (FRA) 1
Paul Delheid  Belgium (BEL) 1
Émile Vercken  Belgium (BEL) 1
Maurice Gateley  India (IND) 1
Yvon Baudoux  Belgium (BEL) 1
Francisco de Roig Ventura  Spain (ESP) 1
André Seeldrayers  Belgium (BEL) 1
Konrad Fehr  Switzerland (SUI) 1

References