Tom Wickham

Thomas Joseph Wickham (born 26 May 1990) is an Australian field hockey player, who plays as a forward.[1]

Tom Wickham
Personal information
Full name Tom Joseph Wickham
Born (1990-05-26) 26 May 1990
Morgan, South Australia
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Perth Thundersticks
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Australia 47 (20)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold CoastTeam
FIH World League
2016–17 BhubaneswarTeam
Oceania Cup
2017 Sydney
2019 Rockhampton

Personal life

Tom Wickham was born and raised in Morgan, South Australia.[2]

He played representative hockey for his home state South Australia until 2014, when he chose to represent Western Australia at a national level.[3]

Career

He made his international debut in May 2013 during a test series against Korea.[4]

Following his 2013 debut, Wickham did not represent Australia again until his recall into the senior men's squad in 2017.[5] His first appearance in 2017 was during a test series against Pakistan.[6]

Wickham's most notable performance with Australia was at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in the Gold Coast, Australia, where the Kookaburras won a gold medal.[7]

In 2019, Wickham represented Australia in season one of the FIH Pro League.[6]

He has since represented the team in the FIH Pro League's second season in 2020.[8]

International Goals

Goal		 Date Location Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
128 March 2017Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin, Australia Pakistan3–06–1Test Match[9]
229 March 20171–03–0[10]
32 May 2017Azlan Shah Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia India3–13–12017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup[11]
417 July 2017University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Japan6–07–22016–17 HWL Semifinals[12]
523 July 2017 Spain8–08–1[13]
611 October 2017Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia PNG9–030–02017 Oceania Cup[14]
715–0
818–0
924–0
1025–0
1115 October 2017 New Zealand1–06–0[15]
126–0
138 November 2017State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne, Australia Pakistan8–19–12017 Int. Festival of Hockey[16]
1411 November 2017 Japan5–06–1[17]
159 December 2017Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, India Germany3–03–02016–17 HWL Final[18]
168 April 2018Gold Coast Hockey Centre, Gold Coast, Australia Scotland3–06–1XXI Commonwealth Games[19]
1710 February 2019Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart, Australia Germany3–24–22019 FIH Pro League[20]
1817 March 2019Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia New Zealand1–05–1[21]
194–1
207 September 2019Kalka Shades Hockey Fields, Rockhampton, Australia2–02–22019 Oceania Cup[22]
211 February 2020Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia Great Britain2–14–42020 FIH Pro League[23]
2221 February 2020Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, India India2–04–3[24]
236 March 2020Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth, Australia Argentina2–03–3[25]
247 March 20204–05–1[26]

References
  1. "Tom Wickham". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  2. "Tom Wickham – Player Info". globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  3. "WICKHAM Tom". hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  4. "Mitton hat-trick seals Kookaburras victory". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  5. "Kookaburras announce new squad members and International Hockey Open team". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  6. "WICKHAM Tom". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  7. "Tom WICKHAM". results.gc2018.com. GoldCoast2018. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  8. "Australia". fihproleague.com. FIH Pro League. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  9. "Australia 6–1 Pakistan". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  10. "Australia 3–0 Pakistan". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  11. "India 1–3 Australia". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  12. "Australia 7–2 Japan". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  13. "Australia 8–1 Spain". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  14. "Australia 30–0 Papua New Guinea". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  15. "Australia 6–0 New Zealand". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  16. "Australia 9–1 Pakistan". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  17. "Australia 6–1 Japan". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  18. "Australia 3–0 Germany". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  19. "Australia 6–1 Scotland". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  20. "Australia 4–2 Germany". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  21. "Australia 5–1 New Zealand". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  22. "Australia 2–2 New Zealand". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  23. "Australia 4–4 Great Britain". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  24. "India 3–4 Australia". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  25. "Australia 3–3 Argentina". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  26. "Australia 5–1 Argentina". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
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