Marjory Gosset
British hockey player
Marjory Gosset (27 May 1879 – 12 December 1965) was a noted English hockey player in the early years of the 20th century. She captained the national teams of both England and Ireland at different times in her career; she captained Ireland after she married William Sealy Gosset and they had moved to Dublin.
Birth and education
Marjory Surtees Gosset was born in Bedford, England the third daughter and youngest child of James Surtees Phillpotts and Marian Hadfield Phillpotts née Cordery. Her siblings included the Icelandic scholar Bertha Surtees Phillpotts and World War I hero Brian Surtees Phillpotts. She went to Bedford School where her father was headmaster, but was educated at home, to a large extent by her mother.
Sporting career
Marjory Phillpotts (as she then was) started playing hockey at Bedford in 1896. At that time the standard hockey stick had a rounded face rather than a flat one and the ball had a covering of tightly wound string.
In 1899 she joined Bedford Hockey Club and began her sporting career. She played for the Midlands from 1899 to 1903 and for England from 1900 to 1903. In 1903 she captained the England team against Ireland.
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