Lord Wimborne & the England polo team, 1914

Captain Frederick Barrett, captain of the 1914 England polo team, pictured with Lord Wimborne, a supporter and helper of the team, at a practice game on Leopold de Rothschild's ground at Gunnersbury Park. The Tatler entitled the image, The White Hope - of downtrodden English polo in the Anglo-American contests. England had been beaten by America in the recent previous contests over the Westchester Cup, but in 1914, they achieved a historic and emphatic victory with the team of Captains Barrett, Cheape, Tomkinson and Lockett

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