2000 Results Hockey dates back to antiquity with the Greeks, Arabs and Romans all playing a form of the game. It became very popular in the mid 19th Century with the first club, Blackheath, formed in 1861.
Hockey is a non-physical contact stick and ball game played by two squads of up to sixteen players .
One of the squad is usually a reserve goalkeeper on the 'bench' while the other four bench players are normally actively involved throughout the game as 'rolling substitutes'. The use of the squad can and does make a significant tactical difference. The teams use their sticks to hit, push, pass and dribble the ball into the opponents' goal. A regulation length hockey match lasts 70 minutes which is broken into two halves of 35 minutes each. The team with the most goals at the end of the 70 minutes is the winner.