The Adelaide Polo Club is a

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club in

Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

, Australia.

Location

The Adelaide Polo Club is located in Mount Barker, a suburb of Adelaide in South Australia.Official website: History of polo
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History

The Adelaide Polo Club was founded by William Horn in 1879 at

Montefiore Hill Montefiore Hill is a small hill in North Adelaide, South Australia, which affords a view over the Adelaide city centre. Location and description The hill lies within the northern Adelaide Parklands, within the area known as Park 26: Adelaide O ...

in Adelaide, South Australia.Patricia Summerling, ''The Adelaide Park Lands: A Social History'', Wakefield Press, 2011, p. 12

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John Lancelot Stirling Sir John Lancelot Stirling, (5 November 1849 – 24 May 1932), generally known as Sir Lancelot Stirling, was an Australian politician and grazier. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1881 to 1887, representing Mount ...

, a politician and grazier, also helped found the club.J. J. Pascoe, ''History of Adelaide and Vicinity: With a General Sketch of the Province of South Australia and Biographies of Representative Men'', Hussey & Gillingham, 1901, p. 34

/ref> He was an early captain of the club. On 16 April 1881, the club hosted its first match with other teams from the British Empire. A crowd of 4,000 onlookers attended the match. It took place at the Victoria Park, Adelaide, Old Victoria Park Racecourse. The club returned to its original location at Montefiore Hill, until it moved to new grounds at Birkalla, now known as

Plympton Plympton is a suburb of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England. It is in origin an ancient stannary town. It was an important trading centre for locally mined tin, and a seaport before the River Plym silted up and trade moved down river to Plym ...

, another suburb of Adelaide. Frank Hagger Downer (18 October 1863 – 19 March 1938), the son of

Henry Edward Downer Henry Edward Downer (22 March 1836 – 4 August 1905) was a South Australian politician. He was a brother of Sir John Downer and George Downer, and a noted lawyer and businessman. Henry Edward Downer was born in Portsmouth, England and emigrate ...

, was captain of the club at the time of his death in 1938. Moreover, Sir

Arthur Campbell Rymill Sir Arthur Campbell Rymill (8 December 1907 – 27 March 1989) was a businessman, solicitor and Lord Mayor of Adelaide, South Australia. History Born in Adelaide, the son of businessman Arthur Graham Rymill (9 May 1868 – 10 September 1934) ...

, a lawyer and politician, was a member of the club. In 1960, the club moved to Waterloo Corner, another suburb of Adelaide. In 2000, it moved to its current location in Mount Barker. It is a member of the South Australian Polo Association.Australian Polo Federation: Members states and clubs

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*{{Official website, https://www.adelaidepolo.com.au/ Polo clubs in Australia 1879 establishments in Australia Sports clubs and teams established in 1879 Sports clubs and teams in Adelaide

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