3-052-721 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Polo-match by electric light at the Ranelagh Club, [south west London], 1880. 'The arena was carefully marked out, and at intervals were suspended Chinese lamps, which of themselves gave to the gardens a very pretty effect. The game did not begin till about ten o'clock in the evening. Three stands had been erected for the electric illumination, and the brilliant light, when thrown on the players, lent such a strange and weird appearance to the scene as the game progressed in all its exciting detail, that polo under such circumstances must be seen to be thoroughly appreciated. The match was between the Ranelagh and the Hurlingham Clubs, the former, which sported rose and white, being represented by Captain Herbert, Mr. A. Peat, Mr. T. S. Kennedy, and Mr. W. Anderton, whilst the Hurlingham contingent consisted of Mr. E. H. Baldock, Mr. A. E. Peat, Mr. Howard, and Mr. Wyndham Quin, the colour worn by the latter division being blue. For upwards of an hour the game continued, and on both sides the play was exceedingly even and exciting, Captain Herbert, Mr. A. Peat, Mr. E. H. Baldock, and Mr. Howard showing to considerable advantage'. From "Illustrated London News", 1880.