About Merton Hockey Club
Five adult teams, over ten junior teams
Our Men’s Teams: We have three competitive men’s teams playing matches on Saturdays. The Men’s 1s & 2s play in the London Area Division 5SW, the and 3s/’Boars’ in 6SW.
Our Women’s Teams: Our W1s play on Saturdays in the London Area Division 4SW and our W2s in Division 6SW.
We also have Mixed and Masters Teams as well as over 10 Junior teams, playing in the London Junior Leagues.
Whether you haven’t picked up a stick for years or are interested in trying a new sport, please feel free to drop us a line and we’ll try to convince you that if you’re not playing for Merton, you’re missing your calling!
Where we play
We train and play our home games at
Harris Academy Morden
Our after match teas and socials take place at
St John Innes Recreation Ground
Merton kit
Kit and discounts
Club constitution & policies
Governance and safeguarding
The Club Constitution and the notes from the most recent Annual General Meeting are published here, along with the Safeguarding Policy and the Behaviour and Discipline Policy. There is also a First Aid reporting form for recording any incident requiring treatment.
Contact the Club Captain via info@mertonhockey.co.uk with any questions on the constitution, or the Safeguarding Officer via welfare@mertonhockey.co.uk to raise a concern.
Our Club Constitution is below, please contact our Club Captain via info@mertonhockey.co.uk if you have any questions.
Notes from the most recent Annual General Meeting are here:
Our Safeguarding Policy and Behaviour and Discipline Policy are below, please contact our Safeguarding Office via welfare@mertonhockey.co.uk if you have any questions or want to raise any concerns.
MHC Behaviour and Discipline Policy
Our First Aid reporting form is here to record any incidents requiring treatment.
Merton Hockey Club history
The name of Merton Hockey Club first appears in the hockey annals during the winter of 1893-94. During its history, Merton has functioned almost continuously but for breaks due to lack of players between 1897 to 1907 and during the First and Second World Wars. Merton came into existence as the result of misfortunes besetting two other local clubs.
During the season of 1891-92 the Wanderers Hockey Club was thriving with fixtures against such clubs as Surbiton and Wimbledon, but for reasons unknown they went out of existence at the end of that season. This left the ground they had been sharing with Merton Cricket Club unused during the winter months. At the same time, Mitcham Hockey Club, a club that had been playing since the seventies was asked to leave its ground on the cricket green.
As several of the Mitcham men were also Merton Cricketers, it was almost inevitable the Merton Hockey Club should be formed to make use of the vacant ground. The new club adopted the colours of Cheltenham – the shirts being black with cerise diamonds with white collars and corresponding stockings. These colours were kept until the club reformed in 1907 when the chocolate, mauve and gold kit appeared. At the same time as the change of strip came a move to the John Innes Memorial Ground that was to remain the club headquarters for over sixty years.
The Club came back into being immediately following the 1914-18 War with only eight playing members but by the end of that season was successfully running two sides. From that period the club grew slowly until in 1928 a 4th XI was fielded for the first time. The club fluctuated around that size for many years until it moved its headquarters to Joseph Hood Recreation Ground. This move coincided with a change of playing strip to the amber shirts and enabled the club to grow until it was able to field six men’s sides and 2 ladies’ sides. This brief treatise of Merton Hockey Club’s history is based on an opening address given by Alderman J P Brown, The Mayor of the London Borough of Merton, on the occasion of the Truman South Hockey League Finals on Saturday 14 April 1973 at Joseph Hood Recreation Ground.
Unfortunately the club’s fortunes took a down turn in the late eighties and early nineties due in the main to a lack of an all weather pitch and the cessation of hockey being played in the local schools. However new links with other schools have revived the Colts section, an influx of players has enabled two men’s sides to be fielded and the moving of the club’s headquarters to the North Cheam Sports & Social Club provided access to an all weather pitch.
As recently as the early 2000s Merton Hockey Club moved to Tooting & Mitcham Football Club as this provided the club with improved facilities and the use of a new sand dressed astro which proved to be very popular with all players.
In the 2013 season we made the move up the hill to host all our home games at Harris Academy Morden (it was known as Bishopsford Arts Academy then). This move coincided with TMFC replacing their astro-turf pitch with a 4G turf, which as good as it looks, is not hockey compatible.
In 2015 Merton Hockey Club made a historic move back to its former home at John Innes Memorial Ground. We share the John Innes Clubhouse with our partner, Merton Cricket Club and will be hosting our post match teas and selected social events in the clubhouse.
In 2017, the junior section was relaunched and numbers build steadily until Covid hit in 2020. However, we bounced back stronger, with online sessions during lockdown and as of 2025, have over 10 juniors teams and over 100 junior members as well as a newly formed second women’s league team to make 5 adult teams.
Harris Academy Morden has become somewhat of a fortress for Merton teams and there is often a blockbuster day when all our teams play one after the other which is a great atmosphere. The pitch was re-laid with a new sand-dressed surface in the summer of 2022 with £135,000 of Council funding and we signed a Community Use Agreement with Harris Academy Morden, giving the club priority and reduced rates for the pitch. Floodlights were then installed after a lengthy planning application process in 2025, meaning we could train midweek at our home pitch for the first time in the club’s nomadic history.
In 2025 the Club formally became a Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC).
Roll of Honour
Team of the Season
Club Captain’s Cup
2024/25 Season
M1s
London League SW Div 5 Champions
GU16s
London T3 Cup Winners
BU16s
London T3 League Play-off Winners
GU12s
London In2Hockey Plate Play-offs