Was the Polo at Mr K F B Packer’s Ellerston Station on Saturday 27th April 1991 the greatest array of combined team talent ever assembled in Australia for any single sporting event? Aficionados of Polo would indubitably say ‘Yes’. Ellerston’s No 1 Polo Ground was a fitting venue for a coruscating camarilla of such rare and rich ability. They were indeed enhanced halcyon days for the Polo cognoscenti.
Featured Image: Coronel Suarez ‘The Machine’
Arguably the greatest team ever assembled was featured on the front page of the programme and as a prelude to this report. Was this the KP version of ‘World Series Polo’?
CORONEL SUAREZ (‘The Machine): The greatest Polo Team of all time?
Alfredo Harriott Juan Carlos Harriott Horacio Heguy Alberto Pedro Heguy
(Back) (No. 3 Captain) (No. 2) (No. 1)
This combination won an aggregate total of 70 Argentine Open Titles between them.
In the Polo world this is regarded as the absolute pinnacle.
Perfect Polo III
The first game ‘The 80 Goal Challenge’ was between two perfectly matched teams of 40 goals each
Featured Image: ‘La Espadana’
Both teams featured the same combination of 3 Argentinians and 1 Mexican player. The two Mexican brothers faced one another on opposite sides. The three illustrious younger Heguy brothers were featured in ‘The Rest of the World’ side. There was much good natured banter and some speculation concerning certainty of the absolute genotype of the youngest Heguy brother Eduardo. I think even KP himself weighed in?
I have to confess I do not remember the result; but it was close.
LA ESPADANA
Carlos Gracida Mexican 10 Goals 30 Years Old Number 1
Alfonso Pieres Argentinian 10 Goals 37 Years Old Number 2
Gonzalo Pieres (C) Argentinian 10 Goals 36 Years Old Number 3
Ernesto Trotz Argentinian 10 Goals 34 Years Old Number 4
40 Goals
Perfect Polo IV
Featured Image: The Rest of the World’
Both teams featured the same combination of 3 Argentinians and 1 Mexican player. The two Mexican brothers faced one another on opposite sides. The three illustrious younger Heguy brothers were featured in ‘The Rest of the World’ side. There was much good natured banter and some speculation concerning the certainty of the absolute genotype of the youngest Heguy brother Eduardo. I think even KP himself weighed in?
I have to confess I do not remember the result; but it was close.
REST OF THE WORLD
Memo Gracida (C) Mexican 10 Goals 34 Years Old Number 1
Gonzalo Heguy Argentinian 10 Goals 25 Years Old Number 2
Horacio Heguy Argentinian 10 Goals 25 Years Old Number 3
Eduardo Heguy Argentinian 10 Goals 23 Years Old Number 4
40 Goals
Perfect Polo V
Featured Image: Argentina
The second game was almost an anti-climax but would rank high as maybe the second most illustrious combination ever fielded in Australia? The Invitational Match pitted Argentina versus the Barbarians
ARGENTINA
- Peta Merlos 9
- Bautista Heguy 8
- Thomas Llorente 8
- Marcus Heguy © 10
35 Goals
This team featured two further members of the incomparable Heguy cadre.
Perfect Polo VI
Featured Image: ‘The Barbarians’
BARBARIANS
- Cody Forsyth (NZ) 8
- Adam Snow (USA) 8
- Howard Hipwood (Eng.C) 9
- Stuart McKenzie (NZ) 8
33 Goals
Two Kiwis, a Yank and a Pom; but a superb combination of rare talent