Adelaide Polo Club
The Adelaide Polo Club is a polo club in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Location[edit]
The Adelaide Polo Club is located in Mount Barker, a suburb of Adelaide in South Australia.[1]
History[edit]
The Adelaide Polo Club was founded by William Horn in 1879 at Montefiore Hill in Adelaide, South Australia.[1][2] John Lancelot Stirling, a politician and grazier, also helped found the club.[3] He was an early captain of the club.[3]
On 16 April 1881, the club hosted its first match with other teams from the British Empire.[1] A crowd of 4,000 onlookers attended the match.[1] It took place at the Old Victoria Park Racecourse.[1] The club returned to its original location at Montefiore Hill, until it moved to new grounds at Birkalla, now known as Plympton, another suburb of Adelaide.[1]
Frank Hagger Downer (18 October 1863 – 19 March 1938), the son of Henry Edward Downer, was captain of the club at the time of his death in 1938.[4] Moreover, Sir Arthur Campbell Rymill, a lawyer and politician, was a member of the club.[5]
In 1960, the club moved to Waterloo Corner, another suburb of Adelaide.[1] In 2000, it moved to its current location in Mount Barker.[1]
It is a member of the South Australian Polo Association.[6]
Further reading[edit]
- F. D'A. C. De L'Isle. The Adelaide Polo Club: Its History. Adelaide, South Australia: Adelaide Polo Club. 76 pages.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Official website: History of polo
- ^ Patricia Summerling, The Adelaide Park Lands: A Social History, Wakefield Press, 2011, p. 126 [1]
- ^ a b J. J. Pascoe, History of Adelaide and Vicinity: With a General Sketch of the Province of South Australia and Biographies of Representative Men, Hussey & Gillingham, 1901, p. 342 [2]
- ^ Alick Downer, Sir Alexander Downer, The Downers of South Australia, Wakefield Press, 2012, p. 83 [3]
- ^ Haydon Manning, 'Rymill, Sir Arthur Campbell (1907–1989)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/rymill-sir-arthur-campbell-14182/text25194, published in hardcopy 2012, accessed online 7 September 2014.
- ^ Australian Polo Federation: Members states and clubs Archived 7 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Google Books