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In 1913 he won the [[All Ireland Open Cup]] playing at [[Hillmorton]] with [[William Balding]], [[John Drage]], and [[Stanley Barton]].<ref name=polo>{{cite book |author=Horace A. Laffaye |title=Polo in Britain: A History |year=2012 |publisher=McFarland |pages=296–297 |isbn=9780786489800 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EsxYBYIFEoYC&q=Harry+Rich+polo&pg=PA297 }}</ref> |
In 1913 he won the [[All Ireland Open Cup]] playing at [[Hillmorton]] with [[William Balding]], [[John Drage]], and [[Stanley Barton]].<ref name=polo>{{cite book |author=Horace A. Laffaye |title=Polo in Britain: A History |year=2012 |publisher=McFarland |pages=296–297 |isbn=9780786489800 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EsxYBYIFEoYC&q=Harry+Rich+polo&pg=PA297 }}</ref> |
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He died in [[Hillmorton]] in England on 8 October 1930 from a self-inflicted [[double barrelled shotgun]] wound.<ref name=obit>{{cite news |title=Poloist Found Shot Dead. Captain Harry Rich Played for Britain Against America in 1909 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/10/09/archives/poloist-found-shot-dead-captain-harry-rich-played-for-britain.html |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=October 9, 1930 |access-date=2015-05-16 }}</ref><ref name=shot>{{cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]] |title=English Polo Player Found Shot to Death |url=http://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/cornell?a=d&d=CDS19301009.1.1&e=--------20--1-----all---- |newspaper=[[Cornell Daily Sun]] |date=October 9, 1930 |access-date=2015-05-16 }}</ref><ref name=hill>{{cite news |title=Capt. Harry Rich |url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19301017-1.2.69.aspx |newspaper=[[The Straits Times]] |date=October 17, 1930 |access-date=2015-05-16 }}</ref> |
He died in [[Hillmorton]] in England on 8 October 1930 from a self-inflicted [[double barrelled shotgun]] wound.<ref name=obit>{{cite news |title=Poloist Found Shot Dead. Captain Harry Rich Played for Britain Against America in 1909 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/10/09/archives/poloist-found-shot-dead-captain-harry-rich-played-for-britain.html |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=October 9, 1930 |access-date=2015-05-16 }}</ref><ref name=shot>{{cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]] |title=English Polo Player Found Shot to Death |url=http://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/cornell?a=d&d=CDS19301009.1.1&e=--------20--1-----all---- |newspaper=[[Cornell Daily Sun]] |date=October 9, 1930 |access-date=2015-05-16 }}</ref><ref name=hill>{{cite news |title=Capt. Harry Rich |url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19301017-1.2.69.aspx |newspaper=[[The Straits Times]] |date=October 17, 1930 |access-date=2015-05-16 }}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 02:39, 3 June 2024
Captain Harry Rich (circa 1875 – 8 October 1930), also known as Henry Rich, was an English champion polo player.[1] He was a six-goal handicap player and was the winner of the Narragansett Cup and the Gladstone Cup. He was a member of the Polo Pony Society.[2]
Biography
[edit]He was born in England around 1875. He had a brother Frank Rich who was the polo instructor for the Prince of Wales; and Herbert Thomas Rich.[2][3]
in 1901 he won the County Cup playing at Eden Park with Percy Bullivant, Hubert Marsham, and Hugh Cardwell.[4]
In 1906 he was described as "brilliant, though he is apt at times to be a little erratic."[5]
He participated in the 1909 International Polo Cup held at The Hurlingham Club with team-mates, Herbert Haydon Wilson, Frederick Maitland Freake, Patteson Womersley Nickalls, John Wodehouse, 3rd Earl of Kimberley and John Hardress Lloyd. His team lost to the United States.[6]
In 1909 he won the County Cup playing at Kingsbury with Julian Winans, Gordon Withers, and Paul Winans.[4]
In 1913 he won the All Ireland Open Cup playing at Hillmorton with William Balding, John Drage, and Stanley Barton.[4]
He died in Hillmorton in England on 8 October 1930 from a self-inflicted double barrelled shotgun wound.[1][3][6]
See also
[edit]- Raymond Rodgers Belmont, American polo player who took his own life
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Poloist Found Shot Dead. Captain Harry Rich Played for Britain Against America in 1909". New York Times. 9 October 1930. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- ^ a b Horace A. Laffaye (10 March 2015). "Harry Rich". The Polo Encyclopedia. p. 313. ISBN 9780786495771.
- ^ a b "English Polo Player Found Shot to Death". The Cornell Daily Sun. Associated Press. 9 October 1930. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- ^ a b c Horace A. Laffaye (2012). Polo in Britain: A History. McFarland. pp. 296–297. ISBN 9780786489800.
- ^ T. B. Drybrough (1906). PoloPolo. p. 174.
- ^ a b "Capt. Harry Rich". The Straits Times. 17 October 1930. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
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