Hurlingham Club
The Hurlingham Club is an exclusive gentlemen's club in Fulham , a borough of London . His main focus is on sports . The club has 16 hectares with a Georgian- style clubhouse .
The clubhouse was built in 1760 as the country residence of the doctor William Cadogan . The club was founded in 1869 to be able to hold pigeon shooting competitions on the extensive grounds. The Prince of Wales, who later became King Edward VII , was one of the first members; the enthusiastic shooter helped the club to gain a high reputation right from the start.
The first polo game took place on the club premises in 1874 . For this purpose the club area had to be expanded. In the following years, the Hurlingham Polo Club developed into the leading polo club in Great Britain, was also the headquarters of the British Association and laid down the relevant rules. In 1908, the 1908 Summer Olympics polo competitions were held at the Hurlingham Club .
Other sports were added, such as B. 1877 tennis and 1900 croquet . During a flood of the Thames in 1928, the club grounds were up to two meters under water. A swimming pool and squash courts were added in the 1930s . During the Second World War , an anti-aircraft unit was stationed in the clubhouse and the polo field was converted into a vegetable garden. The London city authorities bought the field and converted it into a public park; this ended the polo tradition. The world polo association is now called the Hurlingham Polo Association .
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Competition venues for the 1908 Summer Olympics
Coordinates: 51 ° 28 ′ 1 ″ N , 0 ° 12 ′ 3 ″ W.