Army and MMS won the Hamdan Housing Polo Cup 2017 opening matches after defeating their respective opponents here at the Lahore Polo Club (LPC) ground on Tuesday. In the first match of the day, Army outran Barry's by 9-41/2. The soldiers started the match with complete authority and kept their opponents under pressure throughout the match.
They slammed tremendous three goals in the first chukker to have a healthy lead, which remained intact till the end. Barry's tried their best to bounce back and also managed to score two goals in the second and third chukker but Army put more miseries on Barry's by hammering four more goals to finish the match, having 9-41/2 lead.
Manuel Taqulinu was superb with horse and mallot and was main contributor in Army's victory as he pumped in superb six goals while Major General Asfand Yar Khan Pataudi and Ahmad Zubair Butt scored one goal apiece. From the losing side, George Marrick slammed thee and Hamza Mawaz Khan one.
The second match of the day saw MMS defeating Habib Bank by 5-3. SaqibKhan Khakwani was top scorer for MMS as he thwarted tremendous three goals while Raja Taimur Nadeem and Bilal Haye contributed with one goal each. Saqib hammered three goals in the first two chukkers to proved MMS a healthy lead. Taimur Ali Malik though helped Habib Bank bounce back in the fourth chukker yet his efforts couldn't bear fruit for his team as MMS were the ultimate winners of the match.