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unusual facts about Australia national field hockey team



1995 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy

Participating nations were: Australia, England, hosting nation Germany, India, Netherlands, and titleholders Pakistan.

Australia–India relations

Australia has found success mainly since the late 1970s, with the men's and women's teams winning gold medals at Olympic Games, World Cup, Champion's Trophy and Commonwealth Games meets.

Billy Dick

His nephews Ian and Alexander Dick played cricket for Western Australia, with Ian also captaining Australia at field hockey in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.

Troy Elder

After the 1998 Australian Hockey League season with the Queensland Blades, Elder got into the senior National Squad at the 1998 Champions Trophy in Lahore, where Australia won the bronze.


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