Robbie Smith (field hockey)
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Robert William Smith is a former British hockey international.
Biography
Smith played club hockey for Oxton Hockey Club[1] and represented Cheshire at county level.[2] While at Oxton, he was called up for England during November 1974[3] and was selected by England for the 1975 Men's Hockey World Cup in Kuala Lumpur.[4][5]
For the 1977/78 season he moved from Oxton to join Neston Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League.[6][7] and while at Neston was selected by England again for the 1978 Men's Hockey World Cup.[8][9][10]
He played for Neston in the final of the National Clubs Championship during the 1978–79 season[11] and helped the club win it during the 1982–83 season.[12]
References
- ↑ "Oxton for double". Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition). 8 January 1972. Retrieved 3 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Cheshire, Lancs make good start". Liverpool Daily Post. 11 November 1974. Retrieved 3 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Disbury hopes". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 26 November 1974. Retrieved 3 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "England name hockey squad". Liverpool Daily Post. 19 December 1974. Retrieved 3 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Hat-tricks, hospitality and honour: recalling the 1975 men's Hockey World Cup". The Hockey Museum. 19 March 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ↑ "Mens History & Honours". Neston Hockey Club. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ↑ "Tributes paid to Geoff Poole: Neston, GB and Wales hockey international". The Hockey Paper. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ↑ "England select Taylor but Mallett waits". Birmingham Daily Post. 15 February 1978. Retrieved 3 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "4th World Cup, Buenos Aires 1978". Sikhs in Hockey. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ↑ "Robbie Smith...". Liverpool Echo. 25 January 1978. Retrieved 3 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Neston Fail, Liverpool Echo". British Newspaper Archive. 8 May 1979. p. 17.
- ↑ "Sydney Friskin. "Neston win cup for first time." Times [London, England] 18 Apr. 1983". The Times.
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