DECISIVE WIN
NEW ZEALAND POLO TEAM. ’ CUP HOLDERS OUTCLASSED. SYDNEY, April 21. The New Zealand polo players scored a decisive and clear-cut win in the semi-final against the Australasian Gold Cup holders, Hunter River, this afternoon. Hunter River led 2-0 at the end of the first period, but thereafter until the end of the fifth period the New Zealanders were definitely superior, finally wining by 7 goals to 4. G. Peake scored five goals and K. Peake and McKenzie one each. Excellent combination and hitting were displayed by the winners, but the remarkable speed of their ponies gave them a decided advantage. The ponies are considered to be the finest string seen here since the depres .ion. The Hunter River mounts were sluggish by comparison. K. Peake was a magnificent back, his control on all hands being uncanny. McKenzie was sound, while both Nolan and G. Peake were versatile.
Town and Country Whites defeated Queensland by 8 goals to 5 in the other semi-final.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 April 1938, Page 7
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