England's men meet the recent winners of the Champions Trophy at Belle Vue, Manchester on Thursday (17/8). The fixture will be repeated at Cannock HC on Saturday. The England squad, which was announced yesterday, threw up no particular surprises. With the exception of goalkeeper James Fair of Cannock, every player in the side has at least a dozen caps.
England have played the Dutch a total of sixty-nine times and have only recorded eleven victories. However, the side's recent form has been much better and in the last three meetinga the English side has gone undefeated. The Dutch looked in awesome form in the recent Champions Trophy, but may use these two matches to experiment, and so an English victory is not out of the quesion.
