INTERNATIONAL POLO CUP
AMERICA DEFEATS BRITAIN. RAPID CHANGE OF FORTUNES. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Vancouver, Sept. 10. At Westbury the United States retained the international polo cup to-day, defeating Britain by 14 goals to 9. A crowd of 35,000 saw the British play their rivals to a standstill and hold the upper’ hand for most of the five chukkers. Lacey” with four goals and Roark with three were the stars of the challengers’ attack, getting away repeatedly for brilliant scoring runs. One of Roark’s best mounts broke down in the fourth chukka, fracturing a leg, and was destroyed. Trailing six and seven after five chukkers the Americans put on' a blazing rally in the. sixth, routing the British. Eric Peddley ran wild, scoring eight goals, and tallied six in the last three ehukkers. Hoping contributed two in thcsixth.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 September 1930, Page 7
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