Lacrosse at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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At the 1908 Summer Olympics, a lacrosse event was contested. It was the second appearance of the sport on the Olympic programme. Only two teams competed, one fewer than in lacrosse at the 1904 Summer Olympics; South Africa was slated to send a team but then withdrew prior to the tournament.

Contents 1 Medal table 2 Medal summary 3 Team rosters 3.1 Canada 3.2 Great Britain 4 Results 4.1 Final 5 Notes 6 Sources

[edit] Medal table

Position	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada	1	0	0	1
2	Great Britain	0	1	0	1

[edit] Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament	Canada	Great Britain	None

[edit] Team rosters

[edit] Canada

• Patrick Brennan
• John Broderick
• George "Doc" Campbell
• Angus Dillon
• Frank Dixon
• Richard Louis Duckett
• J. Fyon^[1]
• Tommy Gorman
• Ernest Hamilton
• Henry Hoobin
• A. Mara^[1]
• Clarence McKerrow
• D. McLeod^[1]
• George Rennie
• Alexander Turnbull

[edit] Great Britain

• Gustav Alexander
• J. Alexander^[1]
• L. Blockey^[1]
• George Buckland
• E. O Dutton
• V. G. Gilbey^[1]
• S. N. Hayes
• F. S. Johnson^[1]
• Wilfrid Johnson
• Edward Jones
• R. G. W. Martin
• G. Mason
• G. J. Mason^[1]
• J. Parker-Smith
• H. W. Ramsay
• Charles Scott
• H. Shorrocks^[1]
• Norman Whitley

[edit] Results

[edit] Final

October 24	Great Britain	10	-	14	Canada	White City
		(1	-	5)
		(2	-	6)
		(7	-	9)

[edit] Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} This player is listed as a reserve in the Official Report, and might not have actually played. Regardless, the IOC database lists him as a medallist.

[edit] Sources

• Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association. 
• De Wael, Herman (2001). Lacrosse 1908. Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved on 4 May 2006.

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