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Lacrosse at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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Both teams held try-outs to select the players to represent their country. The Official Report notes that it was the "first time in the history of Canadian lacrosse a team had been selected from all parts of the Dominion," with players from clubs "as far apart as
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The game marked the second appearance of lacrosse at the Olympics, the first being at the
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FOURTH QUARTER (14-10): Canada: Brennan (3), Gorman (2); England: Jones, unknown (2)
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THIRD QUARTER (9-7): Canada: Turnbull (2), unknown; England: Jones (2), Buckland (3)
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The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary
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FIRST QUARTER (5-1): Canada: Brennan (2), Turnbull, unknown (2); England: Buckland
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game was played between Canada and Great Britain at the
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SECOND QUARTER: (6-2) Canada: unknown; England: Jones
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Patrick Brennan
White City Stadium
Canada
Great Britain
1904
1928
field lacrosse
1908 Summer Olympics
1904 Summer Olympics
South Africa
New Westminster
Montreal
Canada
Great Britain
Canada
Frank Dixon
George Campbell
Gus Dillon
Richard Louis Duckett
George Rennie
Clarence McKerrow
Alexander Turnbull
Henry Hoobin
Ernest Hamilton
John Broderick
Tommy Gorman
Patrick Brennan
Great Britain
George Alexander

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