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Timeline

Timeline / Chronology

1874 Records of an Old Deer Park fixture, resulting in Richmond 0, Hampstead 4

1890 Hampstead Cricket Club records the playing of Hockey

1894 Hampstead Hockey Club is formed as players seek better quality pitches

1895 E Broadie Hoare MP is elected Club President

1896 Accounts reveal 34 full members' subscriptions of £1.1.0d and income of £35-14-0d

1897 J C Toller of the Hockey Club scores 206 (at No 8) in cricket match v Hampstead CC

1898 S H Shoveller elected to membership of Hampstead Hockey Club

1899 Wins of 7-3 and 7-1 against Hawks and Surbiton and 7-1 & 6-1 against Blackheath

1900 Mr McMillin argues at length for the substitution of alcoholic liquors for tea

1907 Playing record achieved of P20, W17, D2, L1, Goals For 74, Goals Against 24

1908 Shoveller ("The Prince of Centre Forwards") wins Gold Medal at the Olympic Games

1910 Playing record of P27, W22, D4, L1, Goals For 120, Goals Against 32

1914 Concluded that it is impossible to fulfil fixtures owing to the state of war: Club closes

1919 Club revives; Annual Dinner held at Cafe Royal with six courses and costs 11/6 each

1920 Shoveller wins second Gold Olympic medal

1922 Shoveller retires as a player having scored 79 goals in 29 internationals

1924 J H Bennett and Lampard Vacherell oppose each other as English and Welsh Captains

1928 Club produces formal Rules

1937 Laurie Barnard presents the Club with a silver Loving Cup in memory of his Wife

1939 With War imminent, January's Committee meeting is the last for the next 11 seasons

1950 After Ruari Milsted's efforts, the Club restarts with a 1-1 draw against Teddington II

1953 I A C Hayward is Hampstead's first post-War International player

1954 The Club moves to Brondesbury Cricket Club's ground off Cricklewood Broadway

1955 Ist XI has five internationals and a playing record of W16, D2, L3, For 72, Against 23

1957 Brondesbury CC give Notice to Quit and the Club moves to West Ealing Sports Club

1959 Hampstead moves, again, to play at the Hornsey Club in Tivoli Road, Crouch End

1960 Ruari Milstead retires as Club President

1964 Jim Deegan represents Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympics

1965 Club secures an unparalleled five year tenancy Agreement with the Hornsey Club

1966 Club Rules are revised and Honorary Memberships are proposed

1969 London League is formed and Hampstead plays its first league fixture with Hounslow

1972 Nick Coleman appointed 3rd XI Captain after Peter Bell agrees to be 2nd XI skipper

1975 Ist XI fails to win a London League fixture

1976 Club formally amalgamates with the Hornsey Club as its Hockey section

1978 Playing member's subscription is set at £22.00

1980 Training Sessions take place at Hornsey School for Girls from 8.00pm until 10.00pm

1982 Hampstead plays its first games at Paddington Recreation Ground's artificial surface

1984 After several seasons of mixed Hockey, the Club votes to open a Women's section

1988 Greg Carr, appointed as Coach, arrives from Australia with wife Tracy

1989 Hampstead severs its links with Hornsey, moves to Paddington and changes its name

1991 Men's 1st XI misses out on goal difference on promotion to National League

1993 In its Centenary Year, the Men's 1st XI wins the South League and NHL Play Offs

1995 Although 3rd in October, 1st XI is relegated from the NHL. Ist XI manager Sam Taylor dies

1996 Rob Thompson joins Hampstead from Hounslow as the Men's 1st XI coach

1997 1st XI wins the South League undefeated and is promoted to the National League

1998 1st XI finishes 5th in National League Division One, its best place to date

1999 Soma Singh is appointed Men’s 1st XI Coach

2000 Matt Hetherington wins Leading Goalscorer award in National League Division Two

2001 Men’s 1st XI wins National League Division One and is promoted to the Premier Division

2002 Peter Boizot is appointed as President Emeritus and Guy Mayers takes over as President.

2003 Club becomes a company limited by guarantee. Todd Williams appointed Men's 1st XI coach

2004 Club of Year title in London League - 5 Men’s teams in the London League Finals competition

2005 Women’s 1st XI wins the EHA Trophy competition. Men's 1st XI 5th in EHL Premier League

2006 Welsh caps: Zak and Huw Jones, Ed Bevan, Andy Cornick, Ben Rogers, Josh Smith, Matt Simkin

2007 1st XIs: Women - promoted to South Div 1; Men - Soma Singh rejoins and takes over as coach

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