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Autumn Tournament Alexcardica XIIth Royal Lancers A. I. C. R. SPENCER 2. G. J. KIDSTON 3 3. A. HORSBRUGH , PORTER ...... 5 4. Capt . B. M. STRANG I. P. BROWNE 2. T. USHER 3 . Lt. Col J. MILLER 4. Major W. BEDDINGTON I. 2 . ENTRIES : A. DIVISION " The Linnets " Alexandria .... O I. J. LANDERT 2. Capt . E. PILLEY 3. M. SANFORD 4 . R. DAWNEY 2 IO O O I B. XIIth Royal Lancers B. A. WARRE W. BROWNE CLAYTON 3. Capt . R. ARKWRIGHT .. 4. Major . R. RAWNSLEY . I 2 DIVISION .... I 3 2 6 O O O O ܘ ܐ ܘ ܐ The Gunners S. RUDD - CLARKE D. TURNBULL R. BRANCKENBURY R. GOODBODY . Abdel Moneim F. COWPER Capt . W. RADFORD Capt . D. McCORQUODALE A. SELBY " The Hawkes " E. STUDD R. ALLEN B. WOODD .. Capt . J. PEMBERTON " Remnants " J. HOWES E. JERRAM H. PRIESTLEY J. WEAVER I 3 O O O 2 || O O O I O lolo o o Sept 1933 . ABDEL MONEIM THE LINNETS THE GUNNERS XIIth LANCERS A. REMNANTS ALEXANDRIA THE HAWKES XIIth LANCERS B. 12 LANCER A A. DIVISION XIIth LANCERS A. 4½ / 2 " 45½ ₂2 24 * 4 ½ / 2 XIIth LANCERS B. T 43½ / 2 THE GUNNERS . + 3½ 3 3½2 +22 W31 / 12 BEAT XII THE HAWKES B. DIVISION W4 S THE LINNETS . W N w 6 14 ALEXANDRIA O 42 L W W 3 w 8 W ABDEL MONEIM 14 REMNANTS . in the final . Wy W 10 TOTAL 9 / ½ / 22 / 1 18½ 2 39 6 1724 12½ 19 TOTAL t R LANCER ' B ' 8 10 21/12 The Fild JwG 152 THE FIEL The Cantabs pressed to start with , and hit behind , then the Lancers broke away and scored through Capt . Badger , who a minute later took a fall , but was able to resume . The Cantabs made one last desperate rush , but their attack was resisted , and the Lancers were left winners of a great game by the margin of a single point . The losers were unlucky in that they did much more pressing than their opponents , but otherwise the Mr Freake was not in his usual good form , result would almost certainly have been reversed . CAVALRY CLUB , NINE GOALS ; OLD ETONIANS , SEVEN GOALS , the players being - Cavalry Club : Mr B. Osborne , Mr G. Phipps Hornby , Capt . F. B. Hurndall , and Capt . A. N. Edwards ( back ) ; Old Etonians : Mr W. Jackson , Capt . F. Reynolds , the Earl of Rocksavage , and Capt . J. F. Harrison ( back ) , and the umpire Capt . P. Winser . This was the second Coronation Cup semi - final , played on the old ground on Saturday , and it proved to be another strenuous encounter . There was not such a marked disparity between the ponies as had been noted in the first match , indeed , the teams were about equally well mounted . They were evenly matched , and the result was in doubt almost up to the last . At the end of the second period the board showed two goals to each side , but the Cavalry Club had decidedly the better of the third stage , taking a lead of two points . The Etonians made splendid efforts to draw level , and in the sixth period were only one point to the bad , the score then being seven goals to six . At this point an incident occurred which had an important effect upon the result . Mr Osborne was appealed against for a cross when taking posses sion of the ball , but the umpire did not grant the appeal , and Mr Osborne scored the eighth goal for his side . before the close the Cavalry Club hit through again , and won by two points . Capt . Edwards played a great game at back for the winners , who were , however , all in excellent form . Indeed , it could not be said that any of the eight players failed to do himself justice . Shortly 8 12TH LANCERS , SEVEN GOALS ; CAVALRY CLUB , SIX GOALS , the players and umpire being as before . The remarkable game in the final tie , which was played on the old ground on Mon day , will long be remembered by the large crowd which watched the exciting play . Very rarely in first - class polo has a team which stood four goals to the bad in the fourth period been known to pull the game out of the fire and win after all . That was the splendid achievement accomplished by the 12th Lancers on this occasion , and it will be understood that excitement was intense when they suddenly altered the com plexion of the game . For their ultimate victory they have . largely to thank their splendid combination . They are remarkably well - drilled team , while their hitting is delightful , being noteworthy for its fine direction and accuracy on the near side rather than for its length . Above all , they owed the surprising turn of the game to their ponies . In the last excit ing period their advantage in this respect was obvious . The Cavalry Club , who perhaps deserved to win on the general run of the game , would probably have succeeded after all if Capt . Edwards , who played wonderfully whenever he could get to the ball , could have got on to a fresh pony in the closing minutes of the match . In the first twenty minutes the Cavalr Club gave indications of gaining an easy victory . Two good backhanders by Mr Osborne and Capt . Hurndall were success ful in the opening period , and in the second Mr Osborne and Capt . Badger hit through for their respective sides . In the third Mr Osborne took the ball up field , and Mr Phipps Hornby scored . Things looked very black for the Lancers . when , early in the fourth period , Mr Osborne , with a back hander , brought the score to five to one in favour of the Cavalry Club , but the regimental team now began to asser themselves . Within the space of five minutes they actually hit three goals , one coming from Capt . Badger's stick , and the others being made by Mr Nicholas . This brought the score to five to four , and nothing was added during the fifth period , which was very stubbornly contested . After the next change of ponies , however , Mr Nicholas equalised with a fine near - side stroke , and then Capt . Badger put the Lancers ahead for the first time . The Cavalry Club were by no means done with , and Mr Osborne made the score six all , while he nearly scored in the seventh stage . Then the Lancers , attack ing irresistibly , took the lead again , Capt . Badger hitting through with a neat stroke under his pony's neck . Players and ponies alike were now thoroughly done , and nothing further was scored . Thus the Lancers gained a praiseworthy yet rather fortunate victory by the narrowest of margins . cup , a handsome gold trophy , and four smaller cups for the players were presented by Lady Eva Wyndham - Quin to the The winners . wanty Our W reached its final stage on the Barnes ground on Saturday . Stoko d'Abernon received two goals , and although Blackmore Vale hit the first point , the former more than held their own for the remainder of , the game . Great success attended this junior tournament , no fewer than thirty - two entries having been received . Six were made in the Northern Division , in which Manchester beat Clitheroe by thirteen goals to four , Manchester ( three start ) beat Wirral A by eleven to eight , York beat Ayr ( four start ) by eleven to eight , and Manchester ( three start ) beat York by ten to five , the Lancashire team thus becoming divisional winners . North Staffordshire had a walk over in the Midland Division . There were thirteen entries in the South - western Division , in which Blackmore Vale won , after beating Taunton Vale ( one start ) by eight to seven , Chelter ham by six to five , and Cavalry School A ( one start ) by six to two . The South - eastern Division had twelve entries , Stoke d'Abernon being successful as the result of beat ing Kingsbury A ( one start ) by ten to two , Aldershot ( three start ) by fifteen to seven , and Colchester ( gave two ) by seven Coronation Cup . to six .. 12TH LANCERS , FOUR GOALS ; OLD CANTABS , THREE GOALS , the players being - 12th Lancers : Mr E. H. Leatham , Capt . T. R. Badger , Mr B. G. Nicholas , and Mr R. Wyndham - Quin ( back ) ; Old Cantabs : Capt . G. Bellville , Mr F. M. Freake , Mr W. S. Buckmaster , and Lord Wodehouse ( back ) , and the umpire Capt . P. Winser . The scope of the Coronation Cup tournament was widened this season by the inclusion of the winners of the newly instituted Roehampton Open Challenge Cup . The tournament , which has been a great success since inception , during the past week provided three matches which , for quality of polo and excitement , equalled anything seen in London for some time past . The winners of the Cham pion Cup and the Inter - regimental tournament came together on Saturday , the Cantabs naturally being the favourites , for the open champions have almost invariably been too good for the regimental champions , but there was an exception to the rule on this occasion . The Cantabs did not seem to be so well mounted as they had been in the championship final , and the soldiers had a decided advantage in the matter of ponies . In the first period the Lancers scored the only goal , but early in the second Lord Wodehouse equalised with a fine long shot . A little later the Cantabs were again attacking . Mr Buckmaster was shaping for a shot at goal when he was crossed by Mr Leatham . The collision was violent , both ponies being knocked off their legs . Mr Leatham was not hurt , but Mr Buckmaster was rendered unconscious for a few minutes . Happily , he gradually revived , and , no bones being broken , he was able to walk to the pavilion . After a delay of fifteen minutes Mr Buckmaster remounted , and the game was resumed with a penalty hit against the Lancers as the result of the cross . Lord Wodehouse's shot was stopped by a pony , but the umpire ruled that the Lancers had ridden out from the back line prematurely , and Lord Wodehouse took the free hit again , this time driving the ball wide of the posts . In the third period Mr Nicholas scored with a splendid near - side stroke , while Lord Wodehouse equalised with a near - side backhander . In the next stage Capt . Badger secured the ball from Lord Wodehouse , and , his pony easily outpacing that of the Cam bridge back , the former player scored with a fine long shot . The Cantabs were attacking for the greater part of the fifth period . Following a good run , Capt . Bellville brought the score to three all with a magnificent long shot under his pony's neck at an almost impossible angle . It was a stern fight all through the sixth stage , and nothing was added to the board , so that the scores were still level when the last period began . It therefore follows that it is better to over - handicap than to under - handicap , and I think I can foretell the day when the list will be divided into schedules , wherein players will have a different value in different classes of polo , for the simple reason that a creditable performer in county polo becomes an indifferent exponent in first - class London polo , and under the present system it is impossible to reconcile the discrepancy in his value in the different circumstance . This innovation , together with moro elbow room , will prove helpful in adjustment of handicaps , Th . Fuld . In 1914 . D , THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN'S NE POLO for it is patent that if the list was overcrowded from four points downwards , with something like a thousand players registered on these lower marks , it has not been elevated by eliminating zero , nor has there been any automatic advance of the players at one point to make room for those at zero . There is a very general belief that a large number of soldier players are under - handicapped , and it would be gratifying to know that the Army Polo Handicapping Committee are taking the matter seriously , and in due time will employ the same procedure and intensified system as the County Polo Associa tion , which employs each individual club in creating a handi cap , and by gradual process of divisional checks obtains the final sanction of the executive body in Hanover - square . The diffi culty of handicapping a team is even more patent , and it would appear an impossibility to reconcile the relative handicaps of ne 12th Lancers with their opponents , the Old Cantabs , on Saturday last , when the former represented an aggregate value of twenty - four points and the latter thirty - six points , and yet the Old Cantabs , in full force , were defeated . Even under the revised list the Lancers will claim eight goals from the C Cantabs - a task which I think Mr Buckmaster's team is not able to perform , even if equally well mounted . |
