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Last Sunday, four matches were held at London's Guards Polo Club as part of the Autumn Nations Tournament. This Tuesday's (7th) action surpassed that figure, as no less than five matches went ahead during the event's seventh day.

Ithaca quite easily defeated Great Oaks 10-5, Santa Rita defeated Mad Dogs 4-2 and Equator overcame Aravali 6-4. In the other two clashes, The First Group emerged victorious against Azzurra 5-3½, while Inspirit edged Asprey London 7-5.

This 12-handicap event is to continue on Wednesday 8th, with Clarita taking on Equator, The First Group facing Great Oaks and Ferne Park playing against Laird.


Autumn Nations Tournament

Results:

Sunday, August 29th
Shalimar 8 vs. Ferne Park 6 ½
Hetman 5 vs. Laird 4

Wednesday, September 1st
Mad Dogs 9 vs. Inspirit 6
Jada 7 vs. Aravali 5
Asprey London 10 vs. Santa Rita 9

Thursday, September 2nd
Ferne Park 2 vs. Hetman 6
Clarita 3 vs. Aravali 6
Jada 5 vs. Equator 4

Friday, September 3rd
The First Group 7 vs. Ithaca 8

Saturday, September 4th
Azzurra 4½ vs. Great Oaks 6
Shalimar 6 vs. Laird 5
Clarita 6 vs. Jada 7

Sunday, September 5th
Ithaca 8 vs. Azzurra 2½
Asprey London 9 vs. Mad Dogs 5
Shalimar 5 vs. Hetman 4
Inspirit 3 vs. Santa Rita 8

Tuesday, September 7th
Ithaca 10 vs. Great Oaks 5
Santa Rita 4 vs. Mad Dogs 2
Aravali 4 vs. Equator 6
The First Group 5 vs. Azzurra 3½
Inspirit 7 vs. Asprey London 5


Dates of the Matches:

Wednesday, September 8th
Clarita vs. Equator
The First Group vs. Great Oaks
Ferne Park vs. Laird

Friday, September 10th
Semi-finals

Sunday, September 12th
Final



The Teams:

League 1

Shalimar
Kassem Shafi 0
Chris Crawford 2
Vieri Antinori 5
Hissam Ali Hyder 5
Total: 12

Ferne Park
Jonathan Rothermere -1
Eden Ormerod 3
Will Emerson 4
Ed Hitchman 5
Total: 11

Hetman
TBA 3
Manuel Plaza 3
Pancho Moreno 6
Saad Audeh 0
Total: 12

Laird
Nick Britten-Long 2
John Kent 2
George Meyrick 4
Alan Kent 4
Total: 12

League 2

Ithaca
Yanni Zographos 0
Pedro de Lamare 3
Guillermo Cuitiño 6
James Leonard 3
Total: 12

Azzurra
Gastón Laulhé 7
Mariano Zimmermann 5
Stefano Marsaglia 0
TBA 0
Total: 12

Great Oaks
Gonzalo García del Río 5
TBA 4
Ashley Rake 3
Cameron Bacon 0
Total: 12

The First Group
Gary Shepherd -1
Manuel Fernández Llorente 6
Ignacio González 6
Oliver Browne 1
Total: 12

League 3

Asprey London
Simon Holley 0
TBA 0
Chris Hyde 6
TBA 6
Total: 12

Santa Rita
Francois Le Barazer -1
Marcos Araya 4
Oliver Hipwood 5
Michael Howe 4
Total: 12

Mad Dogs
Alan Fall 0
Sam Gairdner 4
Will Hine 4
Juracy Santos 4
Total: 12

Inspirit
John Gunn 0
Tristan Pemble 2
Sebastian Dawnay 4
Lucas Talamoni 6
Total: 12

League 4

Clarita
Clare Mathias 0
Chris Mathias 1
Roddy Williams 5
Michel del Carill 6
Total: 12

Aravali
Karan Thapar 1
Temur Nadeem 1
Howard Hipwood 5
Gastón Devrient 5
Total: 12

Equator
Aniz Manji 0
Peter Webb 5
Tommy Wilson 6
Billy Jackson-Stops 1
Total: 12

Jada
Leroux Hendriks 3
Richard Le Poer 4
Ryan Pemble 5
Maurice Salem 0
Total: 12