it first started in England
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∙ 2011-05-04 01:54:30The first clue would probably be the fact that you play field hockey, for a start.
When was field hockey first discovered
Field hockey was first played in England but the first men's international was played between Ireland and Scotland. The first women's international was between Ireland and Wales.
Hockey was historically not played on ice until around the invention of modern ice hockey. This was well after the creation of modern field hockey, which itself derived from earlier variations. In short: field hockey was first.
Well, by field hockey I think you mean hockey games that are done on the ground like field hockey, street hockey,ect. It is called ice hockey. *Field hockey and ice hockey are completely different rulebases. As the first answer pretty much describes, it is simply called "field hockey on ice", like it is called "field hockey on grass", "on turf", "on concrete", etc.
Field hockey was first introduced in the 1908 Summer Olympic, London.
In field hockey, the game begins with a centrepass. In ice hockey, it begins with a faceoff.
Exactly when is hard to tell, but the first women's field hockey club was founded in 1887. The first women's field hockey national association was in Ireland in 1894.
Field hockey variants have been played for thousands of years; ice hockey was only begun in the 18th century.
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The modern version of field hockey started in England in the early 19th century. In ancient Greece a hockey like game was played in 200 BC.
Hockey was first played in the Olympics in 1908.