Edgar Hose
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Edgar Geoffrey Stanley Hose (22 Jul 1867 – 21 Oct 1943) was an English international hockey
player.
, then in Surrey
, the second son of John and Maria Henley Robinson. His mother died before he was ten years old, and his widowed father married for a second time, to Jemima Closs Fieldwick. From this second marriage, Edgar gained two younger brothers, Henry Fieldwick Hose and Arthur Steains Hose He had a younger sister, Mary, (born in 1870). Edgar's father, throughout this period, was involved in the manufacture of linen. Hose was educated at Dulwich College
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against Ireland, and went on to play for them twice in 1899 (against ireland and Wales).
He remained involved in hockey after he had ceased to play the game. In 1899 he wrote a chapter in J. Nicholson Smith and Philip A. Robson's Hockey: historical and practical, his chapter being dedicated to his position of Outside-right. In this publication he stated that: "Outside-right has been justly called the easiest place to fill satisfactorily in a hockey team.". He later became the honarary secretary to the All England Women's Hockey Association (AEWHA) in 1899 just four years after the founding of that association.
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Hockey
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Early life
Edgar Hose was born in CamberwellCamberwell
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, then in Surrey
Surrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
, the second son of John and Maria Henley Robinson. His mother died before he was ten years old, and his widowed father married for a second time, to Jemima Closs Fieldwick. From this second marriage, Edgar gained two younger brothers, Henry Fieldwick Hose and Arthur Steains Hose He had a younger sister, Mary, (born in 1870). Edgar's father, throughout this period, was involved in the manufacture of linen. Hose was educated at Dulwich College
Dulwich College
Dulwich College is an independent school for boys in Dulwich, southeast London, England. The college was founded in 1619 by Edward Alleyn, a successful Elizabethan actor, with the original purpose of educating 12 poor scholars as the foundation of "God's Gift". It currently has about 1,600 boys,...
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Hockey
As a hockey player he played at outside-right and represented Bromley, Kent, South of England, and England In 1897, Hose made his first appearance for the England national field hockey teamEngland national field hockey team
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against Ireland, and went on to play for them twice in 1899 (against ireland and Wales).
He remained involved in hockey after he had ceased to play the game. In 1899 he wrote a chapter in J. Nicholson Smith and Philip A. Robson's Hockey: historical and practical, his chapter being dedicated to his position of Outside-right. In this publication he stated that: "Outside-right has been justly called the easiest place to fill satisfactorily in a hockey team.". He later became the honarary secretary to the All England Women's Hockey Association (AEWHA) in 1899 just four years after the founding of that association.
Later life
Edgar married Kate in 1893 and they had a daughter, Dorothy Enid. Edgar Hose died on 21 Oct 1943 aged 76, his death being registered in CheltenhamCheltenham
Cheltenham , also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a large spa town and borough in Gloucestershire, on the edge of the Cotswolds in the South-West region of England. It is the home of the flagship race of British steeplechase horse racing, the Gold Cup, the main event of the Cheltenham Festival held...
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