Polocrosse is an outdoor sport played on horseback. Each team has six players, but only half are on the field at any one time. Players pick up or catch the ball in a net attached to a long polo stick shaft. They pass it from one to the other and try to score goals by throwing the ball between goal posts.
Polocrosse was invented in Australia by Brigadier Edward Hirst as a variation of a similar sport played indoors in England. Brigadier Hirst and his wife first played the English version in 1938. In 1939, they formed the Ingleburn Horse and Pony Club, which sponsored polocrosse in Australia.
