Lacrosse at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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.
Result
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5 – 5 |
United States |
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1st period |
| Whittaker, Little |
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Coleman, Myers (2), Wood |
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2nd period |
| Wilson |
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— |
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3rd period |
| — |
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— |
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4th period |
| Whittaker, Dennis |
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Myers |
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
- R. N. Whittaker
- H. Wyatt
- R. F. Zimmern
United States
The team from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute represented the United States.
- T. A. O'Brien
- 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. Sneeden
- S. W. Spaulding
- D. R. Sutton
- R. M. Wood
- N. M. Shyan
Source
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1904 • 1908 • 1912–1924 • 1928 (demonstration) • 1932 (demonstration) • 1936 • 1948 (demonstration)
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