1982–83 England Hockey League season

The 1982–83 English Hockey League season took place from September 1982 until May 1983.

1982–83 England Hockey League
1981–82 (previous) (next) 1983–84

The principal event for men was the National Inter League Championship which brought together the winners of their respective regional leagues. The Men's championship was won by Slough[1]

The Men's Cup was won by Neston[2] and the Women's Cup was won by Slough.

Men's Truman National Inter League Championship edit

(Held at Eastcote, May 7–8)

Group A edit

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Slough Swalwell 2-1
Trojans Olton & West Warwicks 1-1
Trojans Swalwell 3-0
Olton & West Warwicks Slough 0-1
Olton & West Warwicks Swalwell 0-4
Slough Trojans 1-1
Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1 Slough 3 2 1 0 4 2 5
2 Trojans 3 1 2 0 5 2 4
3 Swalwell 3 1 0 2 5 5 2
4 Olton & West Warwicks 3 0 1 2 1 6 1

Group B edit

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Fareham Neston 1-1
Westcliff Isca 1-1
Westcliff Fareham 1-2
Isca Neston 2-2
Fareham Isca 1-0
Neston Westcliff 2-1
Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1 Fareham 3 2 1 0 4 2 5
2 Neston 3 1 2 0 5 4 5
3 Isca 3 0 2 1 3 4 2
3 Westcliff 3 0 1 2 3 5 1
= Qualified for final

Final edit

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Slough Fareham 2-1 aet

Slough
Paul Loudon, Steve Partington, John Allen, Kartar Davatwal, Brajinder Daved, Avtar Singh Matharu, S Davatwal, Ken Partington, Balwant Saini (Gurdial Davatwal sub), Ravinder Laly, Ahmed Maqsood
Fareham
Kevin Burge, Paul Burd, Paul Hastings, Derek Bradbury, Mike Farmer, Guy Lawson, Nigel Eves, Chris Kirkham, Colin Bradbury (Nigel Cook sub), Andy Atkins, Paul Jones

Men's Cup (Rank Xerox National Clubs Championship) edit

Neston won the Men's National Cup.

Quarter-finals edit

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Southgate Richmond 2-0
Slough Teddington 4-1
Neston Harborne 1-0
Beckenham Cambridge City 1-0

Semi-finals edit

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Neston* Southgate 0-0
Slough Beckenham 5-0
*Neston won on penalty strokes

Final edit

(Apr 17, St Albans)

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Neston Slough 3-2

Neston
Pete Wise, Colin Cubley, Phil McKeown, John Royce, Malcolm Wilkinson, Stan Stannard, Tony Pickthall, Steve Greene, Robbie Smith, Pete Renshaw, David Church
Slough
Paul Loudon, Paul Barber, Manjit Flora, Steve Partington, Brajinder Daved, Avtar Singh Matharu, Ken Partington, Balwant Saini, Bhaji Flora, Ravinder Laly, Kuki Dhak

Women's Cup (National Clubs Championship) edit

Slough won the Women's National Cup. (Oakham School, Oakham, Rutland, April 9–10) [3][4][5]

Semi-finals edit

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Slough Ealing 3–1

Final edit

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Slough

References edit

  1. ^ "Sydney Friskin. "Slough gain victory with snap goal." Times [London, England] 9 May 1983". The Times Digital Archive.
  2. ^ "Sydney Friskin. "Neston win cup for first time." Times [London, England] 18 Apr. 1983". The Times Digital Archive.
  3. ^ ""Weekend Fixtures." Times [London, England] 12 Mar. 1983". The Times Digital Archive.
  4. ^ ""Weekend Fixtures." Times [London, England] 9 Apr. 1983". The Times Digital Archive.
  5. ^ "National hockey misery for clubs". Greenford & Northolt Gazette. 15 April 1983. Retrieved 11 May 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.