Thursday, June 7, 2007

1908, London: Netherlands for 1st time at the Olympics

The team of Netherlands that took part in London, 1908 Olympic Games. Netherlands lost from Belgium with 8-1 and finished at the 4th place. (Great Britain 1st, Belgium 2nd and Sweden 3rd). The team: Johan Hendrik Ruhl, Karel Meijer, Eduard Meijer, Lodewijk Oooms, Bouke Benenga, F. Meuring and B.Roodenburch.
Source: Waterpolo; Historie, training, techniek en taktiet by Walter Tiemessen and Pim van de Bosch.

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