Hockey - English Women Beat Irish - Duplicate (1951)

Wembley, London. This is a duplicate of the newsreel story, film ID - unclear why it is transferred twice. Start of the international women hockey on grass match between Ireland and England at Wembley Stadium. SV. Top view, Irish ambassador F. H. Boland and Mr George Tomlinson inspecting teams. SV. Towards, Mr Tomlinson greeting Irish team. SCU. Reverse angle, towards, Mr Tomlinson greeting Irish team. MV. Crowd. LV. Bully off. England (wearing socks) attacking left to right. SV. Girls in crowd. SV. Irish left wing in action. Shankey receives and passes as Irish team bear down on English goal. SV. Captain Marjorie Lodge gets in some good defensive work before passing up field to Russell-Vick who hits long shot forward. SV. E. Lambert (Ireland’s goalkeeper) runs out of goal to kick clear but Russell-Vick shoots into net to score England’ first goal. MV. Girls cheering, & CU. SV. Bully off, D. Ferguson wins ball and passes up field. SV. Ireland’s Shankey chasing ball. SCU. Excited girls in crowd.
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