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'''Balwant (Bal) Singh Saini''' is a former British [[field hockey|hockey]] international of Indian descent. He made his debut for [[England men's national field hockey team|England]] on 12 March 1977 when he played against [[West Germany]] at [[Lord's Cricket Ground|Lords, London]]. He scored a spectacular goal on his debut at Lords which is still remembered. He went on to win 18 England caps and represented British field hockey team in 4th World Cup in [[Buenos Aires]] in 1978.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sikhhockeyolympians.com/Countries/GreatBritain.html | title=Sikhs in Hockey in Great Britain | accessdate=May 21, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301101550/http://www.sikhhockeyolympians.com/Countries/GreatBritain.html | archive-date=March 1, 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref> | '''Balwant (Bal) Singh Saini''' is a former British [[field hockey|hockey]] international of Indian descent. He made his debut for [[England men's national field hockey team|England]] on 12 March 1977 when he played against [[West Germany]] at [[Lord's Cricket Ground|Lords, London]]. He scored a spectacular goal on his debut at Lords which is still remembered. He went on to win 18 England caps and represented British field hockey team in 4th World Cup in [[Buenos Aires]] in 1978.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sikhhockeyolympians.com/Countries/GreatBritain.html | title=Sikhs in Hockey in Great Britain | accessdate=May 21, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301101550/http://www.sikhhockeyolympians.com/Countries/GreatBritain.html | archive-date=March 1, 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
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Balwant (Bal) Singh Saini is a former British hockey international of Indian descent. He made his debut for England on 12 March 1977 when he played against West Germany at Lords, London. He scored a spectacular goal on his debut at Lords which is still remembered. He went on to win 18 England caps and represented British field hockey team in 4th World Cup in Buenos Aires in 1978.[1]
Bal also won his first England Indoor cap on 10 January 1981. He went on to win 18 Indoor caps, scoring 11 goals.
On the domestic circuit, he was also a member of Slough's successful teams in the late 70s and early 80s.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Sikhs in Hockey in Great Britain". Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.