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
editHe 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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