RULES AND BY-LAWS OF POLO 



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Hurlingham Open County Cup. 



All- Ireland Open Cup. 



When the All-Ireland Polo Club first gave this cup to be 

 played for, it was a challenge cup, to be won two consecutive 

 years before becoming the property of the winning team. The 

 only team who have won the cup are the Freebooters, who 

 won it in 1885-6. They then presented a new challenge cup 

 open to all teams, to be won three years in succession before 

 becoming the property of the holders. Since 1882, with the 



1 Only two teams entered for the cup this year. 



2 In this match two members of the i5th Hussars who were playing in the 

 final tie against All-Ireland met with accidents, and so the military team 

 scratched. 



