ideas though and not only saved a Britos penalty but fired through two goals to secure victory for La Indiana and earn himself a Most Valuable Player prize in the process. Earlier in the day Emlor and Talandracas produced one
of the best games of the tournament in the subsidiary Cartier Trophy match. Spencer McCarthy’s Emlor, featuring his son James, took the lead for the first time in the sixth chukka to win the trophy, 12-9. In fact, these teams had been finely balanced in all six chukkas and Emlor never allowed Hugues Carmignac’s Talandracas team to be more than a goal ahead at any time. Tension was apparent in the early stages of the game,
with far too many whistles, but by the third chukka the teams had found their rhythm and the spectators on The Duke’s Ground were treated to a display of fast, running polo. With both teams failing to find the flags at all in the fifth, they headed into the sixth chukka 8-8 and so much still to play for. Agustin Merlos, Diego Cavanagh and James McCarthy all found the flags in this chukka – Merlos making his a double – to only one in reply off the
