1995–96 England Hockey League season

The 1995–96 English Hockey League season took place from October 1995 until April 1996.

1995–96 England Hockey League
1994–95 (previous) (next) 1996–97

The Men's National League was won by Cannock with the Women's National League going to Hightown. [1][2]

The Men's Hockey Association Cup was won by Reading and the AEWHA Cup was won by Ipswich. [3][4][5] [6]

Men's National League First Division League Standings

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Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Cannock 17 13 3 1 75 15 60 42
2 Reading 17 11 5 1 59 25 34 38
3 Old Loughtonians 17 12 2 3 54 24 30 38
4 Guildford 17 11 4 2 64 31 33 37
5 Southgate 17 11 3 3 57 22 35 36
6 Surbiton 17 9 4 4 44 28 16 31
7 East Grinstead 17 8 3 6 46 40 6 27
8 Canterbury 17 8 2 7 36 33 3 26
9 Havant 17 8 2 7 38 35 3 26
10 Teddington 17 7 4 6 35 35 0 25
11 Hounslow 17 7 2 8 30 32 -2 23
12 Barford Tigers 17 6 4 7 37 40 -3 22
13 Trojans 17 4 3 10 22 42 -20 15
14 Stourport 17 2 5 10 27 56 -29 11
15 Indian Gymkhana 17 3 2 12 25 64 -39 11
16 Bournville 17 3 1 13 20 61 -41 10
17 St Albans 17 3 1 13 18 62 -44 10
18 Hull 17 1 2 14 16 60 -44 5
= Champions
= Relegated

Women's National League Premier Division League Standings

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Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1 Hightown 14 9 2 3 26 10 29
2 Ipswich 14 8 2 4 27 11 26
3 Sutton Coldfield 14 7 4 3 25 13 25
4 Slough 14 8 0 6 19 18 24
5 Clifton 14 7 2 5 17 12 23
6 Leicester 14 5 5 4 18 21 20
7 Doncaster 14 3 1 10 12 23 10
8 Bracknell 14 0 2 12 3 39 2
= Champions
= Relegated


Men's Cup (Hockey Association Cup)

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Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Team 2 Score
East Grinstead Havant 4-3
Old Loughtonians Southgate 5-3
Teddington Canterbury 4-2
Reading Guildford 3-3

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Team 2 Score
Reading Teddington 3-2
Old Loughtonians East Grinstead 1-0

Final

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(Held at Milton Keynes on 28 April)

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Reading Old Loughtonians 2-2 aet (3-2 p)


Women's Cup (AEWHA Cup)

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Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Team 2 Score
Doncaster Ealing 3-0
Clifton Slough 1-1 (3-0 p)
Aldridge Chelmsford 0-1
Ipswich Olton & West Warwick 1-0

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Team 2 Score
Clifton Chelmsford
Ipswich Doncaster

Final

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(Held at Milton Keynes on 19 May)

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Ipswich Clifton 0-0 (3-0 p)

Ipswich
Jo Thompson, Lorraine Catchpole, Lisa Copeland, Annette Strange, Colleen Adcock, Lucy Youngs, Sandy Lister (capt), Tracy Fry, Debbie Rawlinson, Jane Smith, Leisa King Subs Sarah Bamfield, Vickey Dixon, Kirsten Spencer
Clifton
Claire Burr, Sue Brimble,; N Swan, Rachel O'Bryan (capt), Elaine Basterfield, A Wright, Michelle Robertson, Lorraine Marsden, Charlotte Merrett, Lucy Culliford, Ros Gollop Subs P Wiltshire, C Britten, J Scullion


References

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  1. ^ "Sydney Friskin. "Cannock win chase for title." Times [London, England] 1 Apr. 1996". The Times Digital Archive.
  2. ^ ""Holland repeat mastery." Times [London, England] 15 Apr. 1996". The Times Digital Archive.
  3. ^ "Sydney Friskin. "Mason the saviour as Reading prevail." Times [London, England] 29 Apr. 1996". The Times Digital Archive.
  4. ^ "Reading win their first HA Cup final". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01.
  5. ^ ""For the Record." Times [London, England] 20 May 1996". The Times Digital Archive.
  6. ^ "Lister puts Ipswich back in Europe". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01.
  7. ^ ""Hockey." Times [London, England] 1 Apr. 1996". The Times Digital Archive.