BIG DAY'S POLO.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 93, 21 April 1939, Page 13

BIG DAY'S POLO.

AT OTAHUHU TO-MORROW. WAIKATO AND LOCAL TEAMS. Xot for 30 yoai« liae Auckland seen polo ■ played ae it will be at Otahuhu to-morrow, wfhen four crack teams from the Waikato will take i>art in a l)i« Held day run by the Auckland l'olo Association to wind up the seamm. The liifflilislit of tlie day should be the clash between anil Oambridtrc , . the two teams wiliicll providetl all four menibcre of the Xew Zealand representatives, who wrestetl the (lold Cup from Australia"* Ixvt hist year. They met last week in the provincial tourney at Ofamlelands, and Cambi'idpe, formerly champions of the Dominion, are out to avenge' the defeat they then suffered. With two of the fitinoiiH Po-akes on each eitlc ajid every player superbly mounted, the game is bound to be fast and full of incident. The other visiting teams. Glen Murray and Moixinsville, should aleo provide a tiluilline contefit. As in the case of the big match, both sides are made up mainly of btothere, -with two Aliens for Gleii-mun-ay and three Klaus for Morrinsville. During thp morning a challenge match will be pliiycl for the Hull Kinloch Gup ■between Diiily (holders) and Papatoetoe.' Though the local players have not the polieh of the more experienced Waikato men, fcheee two- tenitie always go hard throughout. Under the able leadership of Max Burl-ill. Papatoetoe ehotlld moke a strong bid for supremacy against Bill Pugh's iboys ffom Drury. The other game on the programme is between Otahuhu and Pakuranfra.