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Глава 1: История и истоки

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The early rules, beach games, pioneers and odd beginnings of the sport.

1.11Rossall's Beach Game

A public school on the Lancashire coast played hockey on the sand, by the tide tables.

Тест 1Rossall's beach gameПройти тест

  1. The grass fields were too wet for rugby at that time of year, so they went down to the shore.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'Rossall Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org/rossall-hockey) · знание

  2. The pitch vanished under the sea at high water, so the game ran by the tides.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'Rossall Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org/rossall-hockey) · знание

  3. Each line was gone with the next tide, so it was drawn afresh every match.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'Rossall Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org/rossall-hockey) · знание

  4. Play goes back at least to 1867, six years before anyone wrote the rules down.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'Rossall Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org/rossall-hockey) · знание

  5. The rouge came from the school's early football, which imitated the Eton field game.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'Rossall Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org/rossall-hockey) · знание

  6. With no forward passing allowed, close control was the whole of the attacking game.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'Rossall Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org/rossall-hockey) · знание

  7. Association hockey arrived as an organised school sport only at the end of the 1960s.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'Rossall Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org/rossall-hockey) · знание

  8. At least 1867, 1873, 1900, the end of the 1960s.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'Rossall Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org/rossall-hockey) · знание

  9. 3 yards, 6 paces, 20 paces, 80 paces.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'Rossall Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org/rossall-hockey) · знание

  10. As in rugby, the ball could not go forward by a pass, so dribbling ruled.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'Rossall Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org/rossall-hockey) · применение

1.12The Surbiton Minute Book

The rules of 1876, as copied into a club's minute book, show a strange early game.

Тест 1The rules of 1876Пройти тест

  1. The extracts open the Hockey Museum's chronology of how the rules changed.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  2. Right into the 1970s the rule book still described the ball by reference to a cricket ball.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  3. Its width could run anywhere from 50 to 80 yards as well.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  4. The roll came in at right angles to the line, and the roll-in lasted almost a century.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  5. That same 15 yards later became the radius of the marked striking circle.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  6. There was no menu of penalties yet, only the ball brought back and a bully.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  7. No measurements were given, so a committee's eye was the only test.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  8. 7 feet, 6 yards, 15 yards, 50 yards.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  9. 1876, 1886, 1900, 1908.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  10. The shoulder limit lasted a long time: the rule capping stick height was deleted only in the early 1980s.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · применение

1.13The Code of 1886

The Hockey Association's first code, with flags, three taps and white-painted balls.

Тест 1The Hockey Association's code of 1886Пройти тест

  1. Flags stood where the modern 23-metre line now runs.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  2. Three taps stayed the ritual for over a century.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  3. No substitutes were allowed either, so the eleven who started had to finish.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  4. It took until the 1970s before two were allowed, and even then a player could not come back on.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  5. The stick itself had to be wood; towelling and rubber grips belong to much later days.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  6. Field players could stop the ball with a hand or foot, but could not kick it away.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  7. The code simply did not mention any goalkeeping equipment.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  8. One, two, three and five: the shape widens as it goes up the field.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  9. 4 yards, 5 yards, 15 yards, 25 yards.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  10. Traditional leather-covered cricket balls were simply painted white.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · применение

1.14Umpires Through the Years

From appeals and fixed halves to cards and signals: how the umpire's job changed.

Тест 1How umpiring changedПройти тест

  1. From 1907 umpires could apply the rules without being asked.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  2. It also made each umpire responsible for the whole of one side-line.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  3. Its first meeting followed on 25 July that year.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  4. It was formally written in as a rule only in 1927.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  5. The 1886 code had allowed either two umpires or one with two linesmen.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  6. From the 1970s a temporary suspension had to last at least five minutes.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  7. The Hockey Museum's chronology calls it a trip to the sin bin.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  8. 1907, 1936, 1959, the 1970s.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  9. April 1900, July 1900, 1927, the 1970s.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  10. Green, yellow and red were all brought in during that decade's changes.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · применение

1.15Corners Before Today

The penalty corner began as a fix for defenders' fouls, and kept on changing.

Тест 1How the penalty corner changedПройти тест

  1. The same year brought the penalty bully, for stopping a certain goal.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  2. The attackers, meanwhile, waited outside the circle.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  3. The rest of the team had to wait at the 25-yard line.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  4. Before that they had needed only to get behind the 25-yard line.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  5. The same year cut the defenders behind the back line from six to five.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  6. The first common rule book for men and women tightened what had not been umpired rigorously.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  7. With no stop required any more, the corner became a quicker routine.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  8. 1908, 1961, 1987.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  9. 1908, 1987, 1996, 2003.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  10. The corner is taken again one defender short, and in theory this could go on until the defence had gone.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · применение

1.16The Bully's Long Goodbye

Hockey's oldest restart faded out over a hundred years, one rule at a time.

Тест 1The disappearing bullyПройти тест

  1. It lasted until 1963, when the penalty stroke took its place.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  2. It is the ancestor of the free hit defenders now take after a ball goes over the back-line.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  3. It was first taken from a spot 8 yards from the goal.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  4. It became a centre pass that could go in any direction only in 1996.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  5. It still turns up today after, say, an injury stops play.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  6. The rewrite of that year kept the idea of the bully but simplified the ritual.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  7. That one change was made in the same year offside went experimental.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  8. 1957, 1963, the early 1980s, 1996.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  9. 1886, 1908, 2004.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  10. It looks the same as in the 1880s, except that the sticks now touch only once.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · применение

1.17Hands, Feet and Sticks

What players could once do, and what they can do now that their grandparents could not.

Тест 1Hands, feet and sticksПройти тест

  1. Use of the hand by anyone but a goalkeeper went only in the early 1980s.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  2. The same rule stopped players using any part of the body except the hand to stop the ball.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  3. Lifting the ball had to be done by the safe scoop, not by chopping under a hit.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  4. That is roughly 790 grams; today's limit is lower.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  5. A hard forehand hit with the edge was banned again in 2007.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  6. Before then a shot at the head could not legally be stopped with a raised stick.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  7. A side could now play with eleven field players, a choice still seen at the very end of matches.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  8. 1904, 2002, 2007, 2009.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  9. 1904, 1938, the early 1980s, 2007.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  10. It came more than a century after the first code, which had not mentioned any goalkeeping kit.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · применение

1.18From Yards to Metres

How a game once measured in yards, feet and ounces went metric, and what shifted on the way.

Тест 1From yards to metresПройти тест

  1. A conversion table for imperial users was put at the back of the book.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  2. That is why the stroke spot sits at an awkward-looking 6.4 metres today.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  3. The later fixed figure of 60 yards is about 55 metres, the width played on today.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  4. The same year let umpires advance a free hit by 10 yards for dissent.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  5. It is the dotted line you still see around each circle.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  6. The new limits were 9 inches long and 14 inches wide.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  7. It starts opposite where the ball went behind the goal-line.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  8. 1886, 1905, the 1970s, 1998.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  9. 9 inches, 14 inches, 36 inches.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · знание

  10. Attacking free hits had to be kept away from the circle, and the dashes made the distance easy to see.

    Источник: The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books · применение

1.19The Apple

An Englishwoman who went to America for a short course in 1901 and stayed for the rest of her 107 years.

Тест 1Constance ApplebeeПройти тест

  1. She was born there on 4 June 1873.

    Источник: Britannica, 'Constance Applebee'; Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin, 'Lore: The Apple'; Vassar Encyclopedia chronology, October 1901 · знание

  2. Bryn Mawr's alumnae magazine told stories about her under that very name.

    Источник: Britannica, 'Constance Applebee'; Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin, 'Lore: The Apple'; Vassar Encyclopedia chronology, October 1901 · знание

  3. She had come for a summer course and showed the game at a seminar there.

    Источник: Britannica, 'Constance Applebee'; Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin, 'Lore: The Apple'; Vassar Encyclopedia chronology, October 1901 · знание

  4. She began in 1904 and stayed into the late 1920s.

    Источник: Britannica, 'Constance Applebee'; Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin, 'Lore: The Apple'; Vassar Encyclopedia chronology, October 1901 · знание

  5. She had lived through the whole rise of the game she brought across the Atlantic.

    Источник: Britannica, 'Constance Applebee'; Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin, 'Lore: The Apple'; Vassar Encyclopedia chronology, October 1901 · знание

  6. The association became the national voice for a sport that was then almost all female.

    Источник: Britannica, 'Constance Applebee'; Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin, 'Lore: The Apple'; Vassar Encyclopedia chronology, October 1901 · знание

  7. It finally closed after the 1994 season.

    Источник: Britannica, 'Constance Applebee'; Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin, 'Lore: The Apple'; Vassar Encyclopedia chronology, October 1901 · знание

  8. 1873, 1901, 1904, 1922.

    Источник: Britannica, 'Constance Applebee'; Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin, 'Lore: The Apple'; Vassar Encyclopedia chronology, October 1901 · знание

  9. 1901, the early 1920s, 1981, 1994.

    Источник: Britannica, 'Constance Applebee'; Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin, 'Lore: The Apple'; Vassar Encyclopedia chronology, October 1901 · знание

  10. To this day American field hockey is played overwhelmingly by women, unlike nearly anywhere else.

    Источник: Britannica, 'Constance Applebee'; Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin, 'Lore: The Apple'; Vassar Encyclopedia chronology, October 1901 · применение

1.20Olympic Comings and Goings

Hockey dropped in and out of the early Games, with some very odd tournaments.

Тест 1Hockey's early Olympic odditiesПройти тест

  1. Its absence pushed a French official to found the FIH that very year.

    Источник: Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC) and its edition pages; bharatiyahockey.org, 'Golden Olympic Moments' · знание

  2. England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales each entered and each won a medal.

    Источник: Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC) and its edition pages; bharatiyahockey.org, 'Golden Olympic Moments' · знание

  3. Uhlenhorster HC went over as a club and represented the country.

    Источник: Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC) and its edition pages; bharatiyahockey.org, 'Golden Olympic Moments' · знание

  4. Japan took silver all the same, since only three teams had entered.

    Источник: Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC) and its edition pages; bharatiyahockey.org, 'Golden Olympic Moments' · знание

  5. The team trained on the deck on the way there.

    Источник: Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC) and its edition pages; bharatiyahockey.org, 'Golden Olympic Moments' · знание

  6. The sea swallowed them one by one as the players practised at sea.

    Источник: Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC) and its edition pages; bharatiyahockey.org, 'Golden Olympic Moments' · знание

  7. It was the condition that eventually folded the IFWHA into the FIH.

    Источник: Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC) and its edition pages; bharatiyahockey.org, 'Golden Olympic Moments' · знание

  8. Three, four and six.

    Источник: Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC) and its edition pages; bharatiyahockey.org, 'Golden Olympic Moments' · знание

  9. 1908, 1924, 1936, 1980.

    Источник: Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC) and its edition pages; bharatiyahockey.org, 'Golden Olympic Moments' · знание

  10. India scored 38 and let in just one, in the final against Germany.

    Источник: Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC) and its edition pages; bharatiyahockey.org, 'Golden Olympic Moments' · применение

Источники

Primary/official sources only, no Wikipedia citations: the FIH and its continental federations, national associations, The Hockey Museum, the Olympic Channel and Olympedia, Guinness World Records, clubs' and makers' own histories, museums and named reputable media.

  • The Hockey Museum, 'History of the Rules of Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org), from the Surbiton Hockey Club minute book and later rule books70
  • The Hockey Museum, 'Rossall Hockey' (hockeymuseum.org/rossall-hockey)10
  • Britannica, 'Constance Applebee'; Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin, 'Lore: The Apple'; Vassar Encyclopedia chronology, October 190110
  • Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC) and its edition pages; bharatiyahockey.org, 'Golden Olympic Moments'10