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Association	England Hockey
Head Coach	David Ralph
Assistant coach(es)	Katie Glynn Mark Hickman Jody Paul
Manager	Samantha Beveridge
Captain	Hollie Pearne-Webb
Home Away
FIH ranking
Current	7 (19 December 2024)
World Cup
Appearances	11 (first in 1983)
Best result	3rd (2010)
EuroHockey Championship
Appearances	15 (first in 1984)
Best result	1st (1991, 2015)

The England women's national field hockey team are the current Commonwealth Games champions having previously won silver 3 times. England have also won the 2006 Women's Field Hockey World Cup Qualifier and the 2002 Champions Challenge.

History

Marjorie Pollard played hockey nearly every year for England from 1921 to 1937.

The team toured New Zealand in 1938 and the US in 1947. Notable players were Barbara and Bridget West, Hilda Light and Mary Russell Vick. The teams had to play in long stockings whatever the heat until they were replaced with split skirts and knee high stockings.

Competitive record

World Cup

• 1983 – 5th place
• 1986 – 5th place
• 1990 – 4th place
• 1994 – 9th place
• 1998 – 9th place
• 2002 – 5th place
• 2006 – 7th place
• 2010 –
• 2014 – 11th place
• 2018 – 7th place
• 2022 – 8th place

Commonwealth Games

• 1998 –
• 2002 –
• 2006 –
• 2010 –
• 2014 –
• 2018 –
• 2022 –

World League

• 2012–13 –
• 2014–15 – 7th place
• 2016–17 – 4th place

Pro League

• 2021–22 – 7th place

EuroHockey Nations Championship

• 1984 – 4th place
• 1987 –
• 1991 –
• 1995 – 4th place
• 1999 –
• 2003 – 4th place
• 2005 –
• 2007 –
• 2009 –
• 2011 –
• 2013 –
• 2015 –
• 2017 –
• 2019 – 4th place
• 2021 – 5th place
• 2023 – 4th place

Champions Challenge

• 2002 –
• 2005 – 4th place
• 2007 –

Champions Trophy

• 2002 – 6th place
• 2003 – 5th place
• 2009 – 6th place
• 2010 –
• 2011 – 5th place
• 2014 – 5th place

Current squad

The following 19 players were named in the squad for the China leg of the 2024–25 FIH Pro League in Hangzhou.

Caps and goals current as of 5 December 2024, following the match against Belgium. Also includes caps and goals representing Great Britain.

Head coach: David Ralph

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
15	GK	Mila Welch	(2001-07-15) 15 July 2001 (age 23)	1	0	East Grinstead
40	GK	Miriam Pritchard (Captain)	(1998-12-21) 21 December 1998 (age 26)	25	0	Hampstead & Westminster
19	DF	Olivia Hamilton	(2001-02-28) 28 February 2001 (age 23)	20	0	Hampstead & Westminster
22	DF	Elizabeth Neal (Captain)	(1998-10-08) 8 October 1998 (age 26)	60	2	Reading
34	DF	Paige Gillott	(1998-09-14) 14 September 1998 (age 26)	4	0	Wimbledon
37	DF	Abbie Dixon	(2000-06-21) 21 June 2000 (age 24)	4	0	Reading
45	DF	Rosemary Hope	(2002-02-05) 5 February 2002 (age 22)	4	0	East Grinstead
10	MF	Sofia Martin	(2005-02-02) 2 February 2005 (age 19)	4	0	Hampstead & Westminster
23	MF	Sophie Hamilton (Captain)	(2001-02-28) 28 February 2001 (age 23)	85	9	Surbiton
24	MF	Camilla Giglio	(2000-10-28) 28 October 2000 (age 24)	3	1	HV Victoria
32	MF	Bethan Alexander	(2003-08-07) 7 August 2003 (age 21)	4	0	Loughborough Students
35	MF	Hannah Boss	(2004-11-07) 7 November 2004 (age 20)	3	0	Klein Zwitserland
41	MF	Lily Walker (Captain)	(2002-06-05) 5 June 2002 (age 22)	61	0	University of Birmingham
2	FW	Darcy Bourne	(2001-10-13) 13 October 2001 (age 23)	21	4	Surbiton
3	FW	Rebecca Manton	(2001-08-24) 24 August 2001 (age 23)	3	1	Wimbledon
30	FW	Martha Taylor	(2002-03-01) 1 March 2002 (age 22)	31	0	University of Exeter
36	FW	Megan Crowson	(1996-06-13) 13 June 1996 (age 28)	3	1	Wimbledon
39	FW	Alice Atkinson	(2004-10-06) 6 October 2004 (age 20)	4	0	University of Birmingham
44	FW	Charlotte Bingham	(2005-12-18) 18 December 2005 (age 19)	4	2	University of Birmingham

Results and fixtures

FIH Pro League

1 December 2024 Away 1	China	2–1	England	Hangzhou, China
19:30	Zhang W.  9' Yu  39'	Report	Manton  1'	Stadium: Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium

2 December 2024 Away 2	Belgium	1–3	England	Hangzhou, China
19:30	Blockmans  41'	Report	Bingham  2', 32' Bourne  58'	Stadium: Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium

4 December 2024 Away 3	China	4–0	England	Hangzhou, China
19:30	Chen Ya.  17' Zhang Y.  24' He  28' Chen Yu.  55'	Report		Stadium: Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium

5 December 2024 Away 4	England	2–8	Belgium	Hangzhou, China
19:30	Crowson  15' Giglio  25'	Report	Blockmans  29' Rasir  32' Vanden Borre  41', 58' Bonami  45+' Moors  52' Englebert  57', 59'	Stadium: Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium

15 February 2025 Away 5	India	v	England	Bhubaneswar, India
17:15		Report		Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

16 February 2025 Away 6	India	v	England	Bhubaneswar, India
17:15		Report		Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

21 February 2025 Away 7	England	v	Netherlands	Bhubaneswar, India
15:00		Report		Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

22 February 2025 Away 8	Netherlands	v	England	Bhubaneswar, India
15:00		Report		Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

14 June 2025 Home 1	England	v	Argentina	London, England
15:30		Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey Stadium

15 June 2025 Home 2	England	v	Argentina	London, England
15:30		Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey Stadium

17 June 2025 Home 3	England	v	Australia	London, England
11:00		Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey Stadium

18 June 2025 Home 4	England	v	Australia	London, England
17:45		Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey Stadium

21 June 2025 Home 5	England	v	Spain	London, England
13:00		Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey Stadium

22 June 2025 Home 6	England	v	Spain	London, England
12:00		Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey Stadium

28 June 2025 Away 9	Germany	v	England	Berlin, Germany
15:00		Report		Stadium: Ernst Reuter Sportfeld

29 June 2025 Away 10	Germany	v	England	Berlin, Germany
11:00		Report		Stadium: Ernst Reuter Sportfeld

See also

• England men's national field hockey team
• Great Britain men's national field hockey team
• Great Britain women's national field hockey team

References

1. "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
2. "Marjorie Pollard | English athlete". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
3. "Barbara West". The Times. December 2014. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
4. "England women's squad set for first Pro League matches of the 24/25 season". englandhockey.co.uk. England Hockey. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.

External links

• Official website
• FIH profile

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