 "hockey - a game
played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of 6 skaters each who try to
knock
a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with hockey sticks"
Source:
FreeDictionary
"Games played with
curved sticks
and a ball can be found in the histories of many cultures. In Egypt,
4000-year-old carvings feature teams with sticks and a projectile,
hurling
dates to before 1272 BC in
Ireland,
and there is a depiction from c.600 BC in
Ancient Greece
where the game may have been called
kerētízein
or kerhtízein
(κερητίζειν) because it was played with a horn or horn-like stick(kéras,
κέρας) In
Inner Mongolia,
China,
the
Daur
people have been playing
beikou,
a game similar to modern field hockey, for about 1,000 years.
Most evidence of hockey-like games during the
Middle Ages
is found in legislation concerning sports and games. Similar to Edward's
proclamation was the Galway Statute enacted in Ireland in 1527, which
banned certain types of ball games, including hockey.
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Wikipedia |
