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The oldest polo ground in the world is the Imphal Polo Ground in Manipur State. The history of this polo ground is contained in the royal chronicle Cheitharol Kumbaba starting from 33 CE. Lieutenant (later Major General) Joseph Ford Sherer, the father of modern polo, visited the state and played on this polo ground in the 1850s.
A polo shirt, tennis shirt, golf shirt, or chukker shirt [1] is a form of shirt with a collar. Polo shirts are usually short sleeved but can be long; they were used by polo players originally in India in 1859 and in Great Britain during the 1920s.
He had two brothers who also played polo, Ivor Godfrey Balding and John Barnard "Barney" Balding. His sons, Gerald Barnard "Toby" Balding and Ian Balding, were both thoroughbred racehorse trainers in Britain. He remains the United Kingdom's last 10 goal polo player since 1939. Of the state of polo in England in the 1930s, he said, "Polo is not ...
Players have included members of the British royal family including Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and King Charles III, Kerry Packer and his son James Packer. [1] It was formerly sponsored by champagne house Veuve Clicquot and watchmaker Jaeger-LeCoultre. [1] According to polo player Mark Tomlinson, it is "the most important tournament in ...
The Hurlingham Polo Association (HPA) is the governing body for polo in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United Arab Emirates and many other countries. [1] The Federation of International Polo produces the International Rules of Polo through a cooperative agreement with the Hurlingham Polo Association, the Asociacion Argentina de Polo, and the United States Polo Association.
Polo was first played at Hurlingham Park in 1874, [2] and has been called "the spiritual home of British polo". [6] It continued to be played on the site for 65 years, until the grounds were requisitioned by the government during the Second World War. [2] The No. 1 polo ground was turned into allotments to grow food in 1939. [7] [3] [8]
John Reid Walker JP TD (4 June 1855 – 6 March 1934) was a British polo player and racehorse breeder. He was the son of Andrew Barclay Walker and brother of William Walker, 1st Baron Wavertree and was educated at Rugby School. He was an accomplished polo player and became a breeder of polo ponies and racehorses.
The 1936 tournament was the last time that the sport was contested at the Olympic Games. Argentina repeated as champions, winning gold medals in both of the Games in which the nation competed. Great Britain took silver; British polo players had earned medals in all five of the Olympic polo tournaments (including as members of mixed teams in 1900).