Hockey Topics: … … Service Players: It is a tribute to the advance of Services hockey that six Army and Navy players find places in the Southern trial. Of these Commander Manners (centre forward), Commander Harbottle (full back) and Major Pinsent (centre forward) have been much to the fore in county games. Another new phase of the trial match is the inclusion of several London University players. Everywhere, it appears, the game is spreading and revealing new talent.
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GRO0528 Devonport: John Ryland Pinsent: 1888 – 1957