James Peter Albery (born 2 October 1995) is an English
field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...
player who plays as a defender or midfielder for
Old Georgians and the
England
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and
Great Britain
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national teams.
He attended
The Leys School
The Leys School is a co-educational independent school in Cambridge, England. It is a day and boarding school for about 574 pupils between the ages of eleven and eighteen, and a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.
Histo ...
,
Cambridge
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. In Upper Sixth he was Head Boy.
Club career
He plays club hockey in the
Men's England Hockey League
The Men's England Hockey League is a field hockey league organized by England Hockey that features men's teams from England and Wales.
Format Regular season
There are 62 teams in the league, the top tier consists of a Premier Division of twelve t ...
Premier Division for
Old Georgians.
Albery has also played for
Cambridge City and
Beeston.
International career
Albery made his senior
England
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debut on 2 March 2017 against South Africa, in
Cape Town
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,
South Africa
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.
References
External links
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James Alberyon
England Hockey
England Hockey is the national governing body for the sport of field hockey in England. There are separate governing bodies for the sport in the other parts of the United Kingdom.
History and organisation
England Hockey was formed on 1 January 2 ...
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1995 births
Living people
English male field hockey players
Place of birth missing (living people)
Beeston Hockey Club players
Men's England Hockey League players
2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games