Esme Olivia Burge (born 15 May 1999) is an English

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

player who plays as a midfielder for Hampstead & Westminster and the

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and

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national teams.

Club career

Burge plays club hockey in

Women's England Hockey League The Women's England Hockey League is a field hockey league organised by England Hockey that features women's teams from England. From 2011–2020 it was sponsored by Investec and was referred to as the Investec Women's Hockey League. Format ...

for Hampstead & Westminster. She has also played hockey for

University of Nottingham The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. Nottingham's main campus (University Park Campus, Nottingh ...

and Beeston.

International career

Burge made her senior international debut for

against

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on 7 June 2019. She made her senior international debut for

against

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on 6 June 2021, in the EuroHockey Championship 2021 Women.

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Burge, Esme 1999 births Living people English female field hockey players Women's England Hockey League players Female field hockey midfielders Hampstead & Westminster Hockey Club players 21st-century English sportswomen