Lacrosse at the 1948 Summer Olympics explained

Lacrosse was a demonstration sport at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Teams from Great Britain and the United States played a single match, which ended in a 5-5 draw. The match was played in Wembley Stadium. Team USA was composed of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute team members, while Team GB fielded an all-star team.^[1]

Result

	5  - 5
	1st period
Whittaker, Little		Coleman, Myers (2), Wood
	2nd period
Wilson		-
	3rd period
-		-
	4th period
Whittaker, Dennis		Myers

Teams

Great Britain

An "All-England" team organized by the English Lacrosse Union represented Great Britain.

• J. Buckland
• N. R. Coe
• A. L. Dennis
• J. Fletcher
• J. P. Foy
• H. J. Ginn
• J. Griffiths
• J. H. Little
• B. C. Makin
• H. Prime
• R. T. Renshaw
• J. Swindells
• R. V. Wilson
• J. I. Whitehead (Capt.)
• R. N. Whittaker
• H. Wyatt
• R. F. Zimmern

United States

The team from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute represented the United States.

• R. F. Barrows
• A. D. Beard
• R. Campbell
• W. L. Coleman
• O. Cook
• R. Coons
• M. T. Davies
• R. Frick
• R. Hutcheon
• D. E. Jordan (Capt.)
• R. E. Koch
• C. J. McCann
• J. A. Myers
• R. E. Powell
• R. J. Sneeden
• S. W. Spaulding
• D. R. Sutton
• R. M. Wood

Source:

See also

• Federation of International Lacrosse
• World Lacrosse Championship

Notes and References

1. Web site: Official Report of the 1948 London Olympics. LA84 Foundation. 532-533. Pages 716-717 in viewer.