Adelaide Polo Club

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The Adelaide Polo Club is a polo club in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

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Location

The Adelaide Polo Club is located in Mount Barker, a suburb of Adelaide in South Australia. [1]

History

The Adelaide Polo Club was founded by William Horn in 1879 at Montefiore Hill in Adelaide, South Australia. [1] [2] John Lancelot Stirling, a politician and grazier, also helped found the club. [3] He was an early captain of the club. [3]

On 16 April 1881, the club hosted its first match with other teams from the British Empire. [1] A crowd of 4,000 onlookers attended the match. [1] It took place at the Old Victoria Park Racecourse. [1] The club returned to its original location at Montefiore Hill, until it moved to new grounds at Birkalla, now known as Plympton, another suburb of Adelaide. [1]

Frank Hagger Downer (18 October 1863 – 19 March 1938), the son of Henry Edward Downer, was captain of the club at the time of his death in 1938. [4] Moreover, Sir Arthur Campbell Rymill, a lawyer and politician, was a member of the club. [5]

In 1960, the club moved to Waterloo Corner, another suburb of Adelaide. [1] In 2000, it moved to its current location in Mount Barker. [1]

It is a member of the South Australian Polo Association. [6]

Further reading

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Official website: History of polo
  2. ↑ Patricia Summerling, The Adelaide Park Lands: A Social History, Wakefield Press, 2011, p. 126
  3. 1 2 J. J. Pascoe, History of Adelaide and Vicinity: With a General Sketch of the Province of South Australia and Biographies of Representative Men, Hussey & Gillingham, 1901, p. 342
  4. ↑ Alick Downer, Sir Alexander Downer, The Downers of South Australia, Wakefield Press, 2012, p. 83
  5. ↑ Haydon Manning, 'Rymill, Sir Arthur Campbell (1907–1989)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/rymill-sir-arthur-campbell-14182/text25194, published in hardcopy 2012, accessed online 7 September 2014.
  6. ↑ Australian Polo Federation: Members states and clubs Archived 7 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ Google Books
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