POLO CONTESTS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21454, 30 March 1933, Page 7

POLO CONTESTS

PROVINCIAL TOURNAMENT [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT] ! CAMBRIDGE, Wednesday j The Provincial, Polo Association's annual tournament .opened at ,the Cambridge Polo Club's ground at tho rncecourso to-day .in fine weather. The fixture, is a very oldestablished one'and is the only provincial 'tournament at > present, being .held in the Dominion. . ■ • \ . • ■ : The entries for the Provincial Handicap and the Junior Cups arte from Te Aw'amutu, Mutangi, Miitamota.' and Cambridge. :■ ; Although itiwps cut up a little• in a practico gnmo a few daj'a 'ago, the ground was in good order for to-day'a opiening plqy, Following; were the results of to-day'« play;— Junior Cup.—Mntamatn. 1? (E. Johnston, El Mojsly, Morgan, I<\ Vosper),-4 goals, v. Cambridge B (It. Sampson, It. Nolan, G, . Povritt. E. Speake). '3. . ' .Provincial Cup.—To Awamutu, A (L. lvay, R. Kay, A. Kay, .T. Kay), : 4 • £oals, 'v. Matanpi B (N. Brown, G.Peako, R. Hinton, Ij. Clntty). '2. The score was two-all to the last chnkka, when To Awamutu notched two goals to win. Ma,tangi, A (G. '.Ranstead, R. Ranstead, R. Townscnd and Vere Chittyl, 8 goals, beat Cambridge A (A. Fisher, G, Vospcr, K. Poake and R. Speake), 2. Matanga A and Te Awamutu A will meet in the final of the Auckland provincial polo tournament on tho Cambridge Club's new ground to-morrow. When these two teams met last year thcv provided one of the most spectacular games ever peon in the Waikato and so keen interest is being taken in their match to-morrow.