POLO TOURNEY

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3288, 6 March 1926, Page 3

POLO TOURNEY

TEN TEAMS COMPETING. Ten teams are competing In the po’o tourney, which commences on the racecourse on Monday morning., . Last evening the ponies belonging to ' ' th c Wairarapa team arrived in town, j ’ and those from Hawke's Bay,. Otane, 'iand Christchurch will arrive this af•.ternoon. The Hamilton team should . j arrive either to-night of on Monday ‘i morning. j ' I The first match on Monday will be ’ between Christchurch and Homewood lA. teams. The southern team holds the j I Savile cup, which was won at Christ- | ' church last year, although the then i' ' I holders, Hawke’s Bay A., did not de- > 1 fend the trophy. Thc Homewood team, which makes its first appear-j 1 ance in Feilding. Is a fairly strong 1 ' combination. In a match last week’ ' at Walpawa, Hawke’s Bay A., playing without W. Mackenzie, defeated Homewood by 9 goals to 6—a very good indication of the strength of the, new team. On the same day, Home-j wood A. defeated Hawke's Bay B. by 6 goals to 5. The southern team is also a strong four. j Commencing at 2 o’clock in the af- j ternoon Hawke’s Bay B, team will j 3 meet Feilding 8., and following the! afternoon tea adjournment, Walrar-1 apa will meet Parewanui. Playing at; 3 the Feilding Cub’s tourney last year, Parewanui defeated Wairarapa by 12 1 goals to 3, but It Is expected that the visitors from the other side of the ranges will more than hold their oifni on Monday afternoon. | Thc following comprise the Home- ] wood teams: —A: W. A. Couper (1).! 1 S. B. Donnelly (2), E. T. Wilder (3).: and. W. Walker (4). B: D. Neilson (1), B. Williams (2). D. Ncwbiggan (3), and W. Johnson (4). The public can obtain admission to .he lawn and grandstand for Is, and I specially erected stand has been rovided fpr those who wish reserv.d seat accommodation.