Tim Cross (field hockey)
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| Full name | Timothy Cross | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
26 January 1991 Melbourne, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defence | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Annadale | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Australia | 8 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Ireland | 46 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Timothy Cross (born 26 January 1991) is an Australian–Irish field hockey player.[1][2]
Life
[edit]Cross was born in Melbourne, Australia, on 26 January 1991.[3][1]
Field hockey
[edit]Domestic league
[edit]Cross currently competes in the Irish Hockey League, where he represents Annadale.[1][4][5]
Australia
[edit]He made his debut for Australia team in 2015 at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh.[6][7]
The following year he was named in the Australian development squad, and represented the team at the Trans–Tasman Trophy in Auckland.[8]
Ireland
[edit]Following a three-year hiatus from international hockey, Cross made his international debut for Ireland 2019. He appeared in a test series against Scotland in Glasgow.[6][2]
Cross has medalled with the national team on one occasion. He took home bronze at the 2021 EuroHockey Championship II in Gniezno.[9]
He competed at the 2024 FIH Olympic Qualifiers in Valencia.[6][10][11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "PLAYER PROFILES". hockey.ie. Hockey Ireland. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Ex-Australian international Tim Cross set for Irish debut". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Team Details – Ireland". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "DALE PLAYERS IN EUROPE WITH IRELAND". annadale.co.uk. Annadale Hockey Club. 15 August 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Aussie Tim Cross hails Annadale progress as Three Rock Rovers keeper denies them". belfasttelegraph.co.uk. Belfast Telegraph. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ a b c "CROSS Tim". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Hockey heroics: hitting the crossbar from half-way". thenewdaily.com.au. The New Daily. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "HOCKEY AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCE OLYMPIC TRAINING SQUADS". vis.org.au. Victorian Institute of Sport. December 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Ireland end EuroHockey campaign on winning note in Poland". newsletter.co.uk. News Letter. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Olympic qualifier: Ireland's men beat Ukraine 5-1 in opening Valencia game". bbc.com. BBC Sport. 14 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Five-star Ireland men record dominant Olympic qualifying win over Ukraine". belfasttelegraph.co.uk. Belfast Telegraph. 14 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.