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Savile Cup polo final

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Two Waikato polo teams – Morrinsville and Cambridge – competed in the final for the Savile Cup in 1949. There is a long tradition of equestrian sports in the Waikato region.

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Reference: Weekly Review 399. National Film Unit, 1949

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Nancy Swarbrick, Waikato region – Sport and tourism, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/27174/savile-cup-polo-final (accessed 23 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 26 May 2010, updated 1 July 2015.