Monty Waterbury Cup

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The Monty Waterbury Cup is awarded annually in polo at the Meadowbrook Polo Club in Westbury, Long Island. The first match was in 1922. It is named after James Montaudevert Waterbury, Jr. [1] In 1956, Herbie Pennell was the winner. [2]

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Aknusti, winners of the 1938 Monty Waterbury Cup. Left to right: Robert L. Gerry, Jr., Elbridge T. Gerry, Sr., Mrs. Raymond Guest, Charles Thomas Irvine Roark, Raymond R. Guest Monty Waterbury Memorial Cup - Oct 2, 1938.jpg
Aknusti, winners of the 1938 Monty Waterbury Cup. Left to right: Robert L. Gerry, Jr., Elbridge T. Gerry, Sr., Mrs. Raymond Guest, Charles Thomas Irvine Roark, Raymond R. Guest

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References

  1. "Monty Waterbury Cup". New Bridge Polo and Country Club . Retrieved 19 September 2010. James "Monty" Waterbury was a 10-goal player, always composed, in perfect control of himself, his pony and his mallet. Few players had a shorter yet more illustrious career than him, in his day he held the distinction of being the best scorer the game had ever seen.Playing with The Wanderers, he won polo's very first U.S. Open in 1904. But he is perhaps best remembered as a member of the "Big Four", the U.S. team that won five Westchester Cup over Great Britain between 1909 and 1914. In 1920, he died of a heart attack at the age of 45. Two years later, his friends and teammates played for the first Monty Waterbury Cup, at the Meadow Brook Club, in Westbury, Long Island, were it became a perpetual challenge trophy, open to all teams.
  2. Newsletter Archived 2013-11-01 at the Wayback Machine ., Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame, January 2012