Cheshire Polo Club can claim through a ‘direct line of succession’ to be the oldest polo club in England. It has been under its present name only since 1957 - a brief period in polo terms - but is actually an amalgamation of three much older clubs; Manchester (founded in 1872), Wirral (1885) and Bowdon (1891). Manchester, one of the very first in the British Isles, was founded by the Cholmondeley family, more recent representatives of whom were leading English players. In 1877, the Club moved to Trafford Park, Manchester, following a revival by the 18th Hussars, and came back into the county of Cheshire - to grounds at Ashley - in 1906. The annual subscription in those days, it might be noted was ten guineas.
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