The Lahore Polo
Club as we are seeking your kind help in rebuilding a library of
old photographs depicting the long and rich history of our club.
These photographs will be displayed on this website.
We would ask you to kindly
give some of your valuable time by looking through your family albums
and if you come across photographs of the polo scene please have
them scanned and emailed to us at polo@brain.net.pk
. We would appreciate if you would kindly mention the name(s) of
the person(s) appearing on the photograph and a brief write up,
if known. If you are in Lahore and do not have arrangements to scan
the photographs, kindly call us at 6310285 or Pegasus International
(5876782, 5876664) to do the needful.
We
are hopeful that his appeal would produce worthwhile results from
our members, patrons and well-wishers, wherever they may be.
| Exhibition match
1961 (L to R) Brig.Sardar Hissam El Effendi, Lt.Col.Jahanzeb,
Maj. Hamid Ali Noon, HRH Prince Philip, Her Majesty Queen
Elizbeth II, Brig. Gul Mawaz, Brig. "Hesky" Baig,
Col. "Sikku" Baig, Col. Shaikh and Col. Umar Khan.
Also seen in the background are Nawab Amir M.Khan (Governor
West Pakistan), Gen. M. Musa (C-in-C Pak. Army), a guest and
Gen. Yusuf Khan Afridi |
| (L to R) Qubali Alam,
Maj. Javed Mawaz Khan, Shah Shamyl Alam and Saqib Mawaz Khan |
Exhibition match
1959 (standing L to R ) Brig.Sardar Hissam El Effendi, Lt.
Col. Jehanzeb Khan Afridi, Brig. Sahabzada Yaqub, His Imperial
Majesty Shah of Iran, Queen Farah Deba, President Field Marshall
M. Ayub Khan, Gen. M. Musa (C-in-C Pak. Army), Brig. Gul Mawaz,
Col. "Sikku" Baig, (sitting L to R) A player, Maj.
Jaffar, Podger El Effendi, Tariq Khan Afridi and Syed Shahid
Ali
|
(Standing
L to R) ?.....Lt. Col. Hanif Minhas, ?...... ?....... Lt.
Gen. Sagir Hussain, ?...... Maj.Gen. Shah Rafi Alam, ?........
Maj. Jawed Mawaz Khan, (sitting L to R) Mateen Malik, Capt.
Azhar Ali, ?....... ?........ Capt. Irfan Ali Hyder and ?........
In case you can identify the persons
(?) kindly send us an email at polo@brain.net.pk
|
1983 - Standing
in red is the Nigerian Polo Team, from left: 2nd Maj. Gen.
Shah Rafi Alam, 4th Brig. Humayun Malik (D.G. Rangers), 7th
E. D. Noon (sitting L to R) Qadir Mamdot, Maj. Kamal Zeb,
Ishaq Khan Khakwani, Capt. Azhar Ali, Capt. Irfan Ali Hyder,
Syed Shahid Ali, ?.......
In case you can identify the persons
(?) kindly send us an email at polo@brain.net.pk
|
Early 50s (standing
L to R) ?....... Brig. Sardar Hissam El Effendi, Governor
General Ghulam Mohammad, Brig. Shahid Hamid, Maj. Gen. Sherali
Khan Pataudi (sitting L to R) ?...... Maj. Hamid Ali Noon,
?........ Brig. Gul Mawaz Khan
In case you can identify the persons
(?) kindly send us an email at polo@brain.net.pk
|
(Standing L
to R) Maj. Zahid Umar, Brig. Sardar Hissam El Effendi, Capt.
Azhar Ali, HRH Crown Prince Hasan Bin Talal of Jordan, President
Gen. Zia-ul-Haq, Syed Shahid Ali?........ Fakir Syed Aitazaz
ud Din (sitting L to R) Capt. Irfan Ali Hyder, Fakir Syed
Fayyaz ud Din, E. D. Noon and Brig. Jafar Khan
In case you can identify the persons
(?) kindly send us an email at polo@brain.net.pk
|
| Exhibition match
(L to R) Walter Bornshin, Capt. Azhar Ali, HRH Crown Prince
Hasan Bin Talal of Jordan, Amir Ali Noon and Maj. Javed Mawaz
Khan |
Exhibition match
in honor of H.R.H. Prince Hassan Bin Talal of Jordan (standing
L to R) ......?, Maj. Shahid, .......?, H.R.H. Prince Hassan
Bin Talal, ......?, ......?, Lt.Gen. Ghulam Jalani (Goverer
Punjab), ......?,......?,......?, Amir Ali Noon, ......?, Maj.
Hamid Ali Noon, Syed Shahid Ali, Asif Yar Tiwana, (sitting L
to R).......?, Col.Hanif Minhas, E.D.Noon, ........?, Irfan
Ali Hyder
If you can identify this occasion please
contact us with details at polo@brain.net.pk
|
| (L to R) American
Polo Team with King and Queen of Malaysia, Maj. Gen. Sahibzada
Yaqub Khan, Brig. Sardar Hissam El Effendi, Brig. "Hesky"
Baig and Col. "Sikku" Baig |
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