Lacrosse at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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. Pages 716-717 in viewer.

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.

Trody Tronathan (Captain) 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

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See also Federation of International Lacrosse World Lacrosse Championship

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