Hurlingham Autumn 2019 - page 43

Above
: The American ponies are paraded
ahead of the match.
Right
: A selection of
photographs taken in 1921 of the stable
and players at Hurlingham Polo Club
and the Hurlingham Polo Grounds entered
the archives of history.
The two teams would play only one more
time at Hurlingham, in 1936. It would be over
a half-century before Britons would know the
glory of an International Cup victory against
the States on British soil. ‘Winning the Cup
in 1921 was the highlight of his career,’ said
Webb’s grandson Sam.
When Lt Col. Webb, who fought with
the 311th field artillery at the Western Front,
arrived in Britain, he made sure to make
a detour to France, and show his 11-year-old
son the newly discovered Trench of the
Bayonets at Verdun, since memorialised as
a monument to the sacrifice of the Great War.
Though he was now at Buckingham Palace
with his teammates, bowing before the
King as the Westchester Cup Trophy was
presented, the indomitable Webb wasn’t
about to forget where he had been.
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