John Bennett (field hockey player)
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John Hadfield Bennett (11 August 1885 – 25 May 1973) was an English
field hockey
player from Chorlton
, Lancashire
, who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics
.He was a member of the British field hockey team, which won the gold medal. He also played cricket
for Berkshire
in the Minor Counties Championship from 1906 to 1908.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
player from Chorlton
Chorlton
-Places:*Chorlton-cum-Hardy, in Manchester, England*Chorlton-on-Medlock, in Manchester, England*Chorlton, Chester, in the district of Cheshire West and Chester, England*Chorlton, Cheshire East, in Cheshire, England...
, Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
, who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics
1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium....
.He was a member of the British field hockey team, which won the gold medal. He also played cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
for Berkshire
Berkshire County Cricket Club
Berkshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Berkshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and MCCA Knockout Trophy....
in the Minor Counties Championship from 1906 to 1908.