Eric Horace Tyrrell-Martin
Encyclopedia
Eric Horace Tyrrell-Martin (circa 1910 - ?) was an English international polo
player. At the height of his career, he held a nine goal handicap
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. He also won the 1939 US Open Polo Championship with Bostwick Field team.
Polo
Polo is a team sport played on horseback in which the objective is to score goals against an opposing team. Sometimes called, "The Sport of Kings", it was highly popularized by the British. Players score by driving a small white plastic or wooden ball into the opposing team's goal using a...
player. At the height of his career, he held a nine goal handicap
Polo handicap
A polo handicap is a system created by Henry Lloyd Herbert, first president of the United States Polo Association, at the founding of the USPA in 1890 so teams could be more evenly matched when using players with varying abilities....
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Biography
Tyrrel-Martin played for England in the 1936 and 1939 International Polo CupInternational Polo Cup
The International Polo Cup, also called the Newport Cup and the Westchester Cup is a trophy in polo that was created in 1876 and was played for by teams from the United States and Great Britain. The match is the best of three games. In 1886 it was decided to make the polo match a continuing...
. He also won the 1939 US Open Polo Championship with Bostwick Field team.