Last edition champions Australia secured a consolation bronze medal after mauling England 8-1 at the men\u2019s hockey World Cup at the Kalinga Stadium here on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Tom Craig (9th, 19th, 34th minute) scored a hat-trick while Jeremy Hayward (57th, 60th) struck twice for Australia in the bronze medal play-off. Blake Govers (8th), Trent Mitton (32nd) and Tim Brand (34th) were the other goal getters for Australia. World number 7 England\u2019s lone goal in the lop-sided match came from the stick of Barry Middleton in the 45th minute.<\/p>\n
This was Australia\u2019s fifth bronze medal in the history of the tournament. The last time the Kookaburras had to be satisfied with a third-place finish was way back in 1994 in front of their home crowd in Sydney.<\/p>\n
The two sides have faced each other 28 times earlier with Australia winning 21 matches as against four by England while the remaining games ended in draws.<\/p>\n
After sitting back in the initial minutes, Australia secured their first penalty corner in the sixth minute but Govers\u2019 flick was deflected well over the post.<\/p>\n
However, it did not take long for Govers to register his name in the score sheet. He scored his seventh goal of the tournament with a reverse hit after receiving a through ball.<\/p>\n
A minute later, the Kookaburras doubled their lead when Craig scored from close range with a rebound from Brand\u2019s pass after his initial try was saved by England goalkeeper Harry Gibson.<\/p>\n
Australia made the scoreline 3-0 in their favour four minutes into the second quarter through another fine field goal by Craig, following a brilliant link-up play with Jake Harvie and Govers.<\/p>\n
Just seconds into the third quarter, England secured a penalty corner but Luke Taylor\u2019s attempt was easily saved by Charter.<\/p>\n
Mitton then extended Australia\u2019s lead in the 32nd minute with a rebound after Hayward\u2019s try from a penalty corner was saved by Gibson.<\/p>\n
Before England could settle down from the setback, Australia pumped in two more goals within a minute to make the contest a completely one-sided affair.<\/p>\n
First, Brand finished off a fine Mitton pass for the fifth goal and then Craig got the sixth one for Australia and completed his hat-trick with another field strike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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