Peter Smith (field hockey)

Peter Smith
Personal information
Born (1926-05-07)7 May 1926
Chelsea, London, England
Died 27 July 2022(2022-07-27) (aged 96)
Somerset, England
Playing position Full back
Senior career
Years Team
1944–1947 Oxford University
1950–1953 Hawks
1955–1957 City of Oxford
1958–1961 Kidderminster
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
– Great Britain
– England
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Great Britain
Bronze medal – third place 1952 Helsinki Team competition

Peter David Rees Smith (7 May 1926 – 27 July 2022) was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the British field hockey team which won the bronze medal.[1]

Biography

Smith was educated at Canford School where he played rugby and studied at the University of Oxford.[1] While at Oxford he played hockey for the University team.[1][2]

He represented Surrey at county level[3] and in March 1950 was selected for England trials.[4] He subsequently played for England on 15 April against Ireland.[5]

Smith was then selected for Great Britain for the 1951 tour of South Arrica[6] After University, he played club hockey for Hawks HC in Byfleet.[7]

He received a call up for the Olympics in May 1952[8] and subsequently represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, although he had to settle for being an unused substitute.[9]

By 1955 he was playing for the City of Oxford Hockey Club and Oxfordshire.[10] He played for Kidderminster and Worcestershire after moving to the area in 1958.[11]

A fourth different county appearance ensued for Gloucestershire in 1963 and he captained England in 1965 and played until 1968.[1]

Smith died in Somerset on 27 July 2022, at the age of 96.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Pictures in the Fire". The Tatler. 24 January 1945. Retrieved 18 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Hockey Trial". Reading Standard. 13 January 1950. Retrieved 18 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Teams for Hockey Trial". Sunday Express. 5 March 1950. Retrieved 18 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Hockey". Sunday Express. 26 March 1950. Retrieved 18 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Hockey Team for South Africa". Belfast News-Letter. 26 April 1951. Retrieved 18 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "For Olympic Trial". Liverpool Daily Post. 17 March 1952. Retrieved 18 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Olympic Trial". Birmingham Daily Post. 26 May 1952. Retrieved 18 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "British Hockey changes". Nottingham Evening Post. 22 July 1952. Retrieved 18 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "Hockey". Birmingham Daily Post. 31 January 1955. Retrieved 18 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "County's Team to Play Leicestershire". Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer. 23 January 1959. Retrieved 18 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ "Peter David Rees-Smith". The Telegraph. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
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