InterVarsity Hockey

InterVarsity Hockey refers to Field Hockey competitions in Australia between rival Universities. InterVarsity Hockey has been a part of the Australian University Games since 1993. Regular InterVarsity Hockey Competition has been operating within Australia since 1909.

Contents 1 Beginnings 2 Early Women's InterVarsity Results 3 Early Men's InterVarsity Results 4 The Syme Cup 4.1 Champions 4.2 Number of Wins 5 Women's Hockey Cup 5.1 Champions 5.2 Number of Wins 6 Combined University Teams 7 References

Beginnings

The first Women's InterVarsity match was played in 1908 when a team from The University of Melbourne travelled to Adelaide, SA, where they were entertained with a range of activities - a concert, a dance, a drive to the hills and a skating rink evening, and even a special fire brigade practice. The University of Adelaide won the contest 3-1.^[1] A return match was played in 1909 on The University of Melbourne Oval, and won by Melbourne 3-0.^[2]

The first Men's InterVarsity competition is believed to have occurred in 1909 between The University of Melbourne Hockey Club and The University of Sydney Hockey Club. "An invitation was received from the Melbourne University to send a team over some time during the season, which was accepted after due consideration by the committee. It is probable that the visit will take place during the June vacation and a match en route against Wagga or Wangaratta may be arranged."^[3] This match was won by The University of Melbourne, 6-2.^[4]

Early Women's InterVarsity Results

Initial InterVarsity matches were played between The University of Melbourne Hockey Club and The University of Adelaide Hockey Club from 1908, with the addition of The University of Sydney Hockey Club in 1911, and The University of Queensland Hockey Club after World War I in 1919.

The University of Western Australia Hockey Club first participated in 1925.^[5]

Year	Venue	Champion
1908	Adelaide, SA	The University of Adelaide
1909	Melbourne, VIC	The University of Melbourne
1910		Not played[6]
1911	Melbourne, VIC	The University of Sydney
1912	Adelaide, SA	The University of Melbourne
1913		The University of Melbourne
1914	Melbourne, VIC	The University of Melbourne
1919	Sydney, NSW	The University of Melbourne
1920	Melbourne, VIC	The University of Melbourne
1921	Sydney, NSW	The University of Melbourne
1922	Melbourne, VIC	The University of Melbourne
1923	Sydney, NSW	The University of Sydney
1924	Brisbane, QLD	The University of Queensland
1925	Adelaide, SA	The University of Melbourne

Competition was suspended 1915-1918 due to World War I, 1940-1945 due to World War II.

Early Men's InterVarsity Results

Initial competitions included only The University of Melbourne Hockey Club and The University of Sydney Hockey Club.

Year	Venue	Champion
1909	Melbourne, VIC	The University of Melbourne
1910	Sydney, NSW	The University of Sydney
1911	Melbourne, VIC	The University of Melbourne
1912	Sydney, NSW	The University of Melbourne
1913	Melbourne, VIC	Not Known
1914	Sydney, NSW	The University of Melbourne
1919	Melbourne, VIC	The University of Melbourne
1920	Sydney, NSW	The University of Melbourne
1921	Melbourne, VIC	The University of Melbourne
1922	Sydney, NSW	The University of Melbourne
1923	Melbourne, VIC	The University of Melbourne
1924	Sydney, NSW	The University of Sydney

The annual games expanded to a triangular competition in 1924 with the addition of The University of Queensland Hockey Club^[7], and then further when The University of Adelaide Hockey Club joined in 1928.^[8]

Competition was suspended 1915-1918 due to World War I, 1940-1944 due to World War II.

The Syme Cup

The Syme Cup^[9] is awarded to the Champion Men's University at InterVarsity Competition. The Syme Cup for Inter University Hockey was awarded for the first time in 1925, donated by Sir George Adlington Syme, a surgeon and member of Melbourne University Council.^[10]

The Cup is affectionately known as "Georgie."

Champions

Year	Venue	Champion
1925	Melbourne, VIC	The University of Melbourne
1926	Brisbane, QLD	The University of Melbourne
1927		The University of Sydney
1928	Melbourne, VIC	The University of Melbourne
1929	Brisbane, QLD	The University of Melbourne The University of Queensland
1930		The University of Sydney
1931	Sydney, NSW	The University of Sydney
1932		The University of Melbourne
1933		The University of Sydney The University of Queensland
1934	Adelaide, SA	The University of Melbourne
1935	Sydney, NSW	The University of Sydney
1936	Melbourne, VIC	The University of Sydney The University of Melbourne The University of Queensland
1937	Brisbane, QLD	The University of Melbourne
1938		The University of Melbourne
1939		The University of Melbourne
1945	Sydney, NSW	The University of Queensland
1946	Perth, WA	The University of Western Australia
1947	Melbourne, VIC	The University of Adelaide
1948		The University of Adelaide
1949	Hobart, TAS	The University of Queensland
1950	Brisbane, QLD	The University of Queensland
1951	Sydney, NSW	The University of Sydney
1952	Perth, WA	The University of Adelaide The University of Western Australia
1953	Adelaide, SA	The University of Queensland
1954		The University of Queensland
1955	Hobart, TAS	University of Tasmania
1956	Brisbane, QLD	The University of Queensland The University of Adelaide The University of Sydney
1957		The University of Adelaide
1958	Perth, WA	The University of Queensland
1959	Melbourne, VIC	The University of Sydney
1960	Adelaide, SA	The University of Melbourne
1961	Hobart, TAS	The University of Sydney The University of Western Australia
1962	Sydney, NSW	The University of Queensland
1963	Brisbane, QLD	The University of Queensland
1964	Perth, WA	The University of Queensland
1965		The University of Adelaide
1966	Adelaide, SA	The University of Queensland
1967	Canberra, ACT	The University of Queensland
1968	Armidale, NSW	The University of Melbourne
1969	Hobart, TAS	University of Tasmania
1970	Melbourne, VIC	The University of Western Australia
1971	Brisbane, QLD	The University of Queensland
1972	Melbourne, VIC	University of New South Wales
1973	Sydney, NSW	The University of Queensland University of New South Wales
1974	Perth, WA	The University of Western Australia
1975	Adelaide, SA	University of Tasmania
1976	Sydney, NSW	The University of Western Australia
1977	Melbourne, VIC	Australian National University
1978		Australian National University
1979	Hobart, TAS	University of Tasmania
1980	Perth, WA	The University of Western Australia
1981	Brisbane, QLD	The University of Queensland
1982		The University of Western Australia
1983	Perth, WA	Australian National University
1984		Australian National University
1985	Sydney, NSW	The University of Queensland
1986		The University of Melbourne
1987	Brisbane, QLD	University of New South Wales
1988	Newcastle, NSW	The University of New England
1989	Sydney, NSW	The University of New England
1990	Hobart, TAS	The University of Melbourne
1991	Perth, WA	The University of Melbourne
1992		RMIT University
1993	Brisbane, QLD	Queensland University of Technology
1994	Wollongong, NSW	Not Engraved
1995	Darwin, NT	The University of Western Australia
1996	Canberra, ACT	University of Canberra
1997	Melbourne, VIC	University of Tasmania
1998	Melbourne, VIC	University of Canberra
1999	Perth, WA	The University of Melbourne
2000	Ballarat, VIC	The University of Melbourne
2001	Sydney, NSW	RMIT University
2002	Adelaide, SA	Curtin University of Technology
2003	Newcastle, NSW	RMIT University
2004	Perth, WA	The University of Western Australia
2005	Brisbane, QLD	The University of Western Australia
2006[11]	Adelaide, SA	The University of Western Australia
2007[12]	Gold Coast, QLD	The University of Western Australia
2008[13]	Melbourne, VIC	The University of Western Australia
2009[14]	Gold Coast, QLD	The University of Western Australia
2010[15]	Perth, WA	The University of Western Australia
2011[16]	Gold Coast, QLD	The University of Sydney

Number of Wins

All InterVarsity Hockey results (from 1909) are included here.

Rank	University	Outright Syme Cup Wins	Joint Wins	Pre-Syme Wins	Total
1	The University of Melbourne	15	2	9	26
2	The University of Queensland	14	5	0	19
3	The University of Western Australia	14	2	0	16
4	The University of Sydney	7	4	2	13
5	The University of Adelaide	4	2	0	6
6	University of Tasmania	5	0	0	5
7	Australian National University	4	0	0	4
8	RMIT University	3	0	0	3
9	University of New South Wales	2	1	0	3
10	University of Canberra	2	0	0	2
11	The University of New England	2	0	0	2
12	Curtin University of Technology	1	0	0	1
13	Queensland University of Technology	1	0	0	1

Women's Hockey Cup

The Women's Hockey Cup^[17] is awarded to the Champion Women's University at InterVarsity Competition.

The Women's Hockey Cup was first presented in 1926, however it is engraved 1914, 1919 & 1920 with The University of Melbourne as Champions.

Champions

Year	Venue	Champion
1914	Melbourne, VIC	The University of Melbourne
1919	Sydney, NSW	The University of Melbourne
1920	Melbourne, VIC	The University of Melbourne
1926	Melbourne, VIC	The University of Melbourne
1927	Sydney, NSW	The University of Sydney
1928	Brisbane, QLD	The University of Sydney
1929		The University of Melbourne
1930		The University of Adelaide
1931		The University of Melbourne
1932	Sydney, NSW	The University of Melbourne
1933		The University of Melbourne
1934	Adelaide, SA	The University of Melbourne
1935	Melbourne, VIC	The University of Melbourne
1936	Sydney, NSW	The University of Melbourne The University of Queensland
1937	Hobart, TAS	Not Contested Cancelled Due to Infantile Paralysis Epidemic[18]
1938	Hobart, TAS	University of Tasmania
1939*	Brisbane, QLD	The University of Melbourne
1946	Adelaide, SA	The University of Western Australia
1947	Melbourne, VIC	The University of Adelaide
1948	Sydney, NSW	The University of Sydney
1949	Brisbane, QLD	The University of Sydney
1950	Hobart, TAS	The University of Adelaide
1951		The University of Adelaide
1952	Melbourne, VIC	The University of Melbourne
1953		The University of Melbourne The University of Western Australia
1954		The University of Melbourne
1955	Brisbane, QLD	The University of Melbourne
1956		The University of Melbourne The University of Sydney
1957	Hobart, TAS	University of Tasmania
1958	Perth, WA	The University of Western Australia
1959		The University of Melbourne
1960		The University of Sydney
1961		The University of Adelaide
1962		Not Engraved
1963		The University of Western Australia
1964		The University of Melbourne The University of Adelaide
1965		The University of Melbourne
1966		The University of Adelaide The University of Western Australia
1967		The University of Adelaide
1968	Hobart, TAS	The University of Melbourne
1969		The University of Melbourne
1970		Monash University
1971	Adelaide, SA	University of Tasmania
1972		The University of Sydney
1973		The University of Western Australia
1974	Adelaide, SA	The University of Western Australia
1975	Newcastle, NSW	The University of Western Australia
1976		The University of New England
1977	Perth, WA	The University of Western Australia
1978	Canberra, ACT	The University of Sydney
1979	Hobart, TAS	University of Tasmania
1980	Melbourne, VIC	The University of New England
1981		The University of Queensland
1982		The University of Melbourne
1983		University of Tasmania
1984	Wollongong, NSW	The University of Queensland
1985		The University of Queensland
1986	Adelaide, SA	The University of Sydney
1987	Brisbane, QLD	The University of Queensland
1988		The University of Sydney
1989		University of New South Wales
1990	Hobart, TAS	The University of Melbourne
1991		The University of New England
1992		The University of Melbourne
1993	Brisbane, QLD	The University of Queensland
1994	Wollongong, NSW	University of Wollongong
1995	Darwin, NT	The University of Sydney
1996	Canberra, ACT	The University of Sydney
1997	Melbourne, VIC	Deakin University
1998	Melbourne, VIC	Deakin University
1999	Perth, WA	The University of Sydney
2000	Ballarat, VIC	The University of Sydney
2001	Sydney, NSW	The University of Sydney
2002	Adelaide, SA	The University of Sydney
2003	Newcastle, NSW	The University of Sydney
2004	Perth, WA	Queensland University of Technology
2005	Brisbane, QLD	Charles Sturt University
2006[19]	Adelaide, SA	The University of Sydney
2007[20]	Gold Coast, QLD	The University of Sydney
2008[21]	Melbourne, VIC	Queensland University of Technology
2009[22]	Gold Coast, QLD	The University of Western Australia
2010[23]	Perth, WA	The University of Western Australia
2011[24]	Gold Coast, QLD	The University of Melbourne

Note: * For an unknown reason the 1939 Result is not engraved on the Women's Hockey Cup

Number of Wins

All InterVarsity Hockey results (from 1908) are included here.

Rank	University	Outright Wins	Joint Wins	Total
1	The University of Melbourne	28	4	32
2	The University of Sydney	20	1	21
3	The University of Western Australia	9	2	11
4	The University of Adelaide	7	2	9
5	The University of Queensland	6	1	7
6	University of Tasmania	5	0	5
7	The University of New England	3	0	3
8	Deakin University	2	0	2
9	Queensland University of Technology	2	0	2
10	Charles Sturt University	1	0	1
11	Monash University	1	0	1
12	University of New South Wales	1	0	1
13	University of Wollongong	1	0	1

Combined University Teams

As an extension of the Intervarsity Hockey Championships, a representative team was typically named at the conclusion of the carnival. This was known as the Combined Universities Team, or the Australian Universities Team. In years gone by, this combined team would tour New Zealand on a biannual basis and/or play matches against the open state teams of the day. The combined team would often play the Host State's Open State team at the immediate end of the Intervarsity carnival. The last of the New Zealand Tours occurred in the 1980s. Selection in the Combined Universities Team was considered an excellent achievement and many State and even National players have been chosen for these teams.

With the advent of Australian University Games in 1993, the format of naming a 'representative' team was replaced whereby Australian University Sport would name a Green and Gold Merit team. This was essentially done under the same pretence as the Combined University Team, with the best players at the carnival chosen for what is now known as the 'Green and Gold Team'.^[25] This team, however, is ceremonious in nature only and does not compete in any matches.

References