Barry's and Rijas/Green Orchard carved out impressive victories in the Lieutenant General Shah Rafi Alam Memorial Polo Cup 2018 matches played here the Lahore Polo Club (LPC) ground on Wednesday. Hernan Pieres guided Barry's 61/2-4 triumph over Outfitters in the first encounter of the day. Hernan Pieres was top scorer from the winning side with his fabulous four goals while Jamil Barry and Raja Mikael Sami contributed one goal apiece. They had also half goal handicap advantage. From Outfitters, Ahmed Ali Tiwana banged in a brace while Shah Shamyl Alam and Adnan Jalil Azam hit one goal each.

The match started with a field goal from Ahmed Tiwana to give Outfitters 1-0 lead which was soon equalized by Barry's when Hernan converted a 40-yard penalty successfully while Jamil Barry fired a field goal to give Barry's 2-1 edge. Outfitters bounced back in the second chukker by banging in brace - one each by Shah Shamyl and Adnan Jalil - to take 3-2 lead which was leveled by Barry's when Hernan struck a field goal to finish the chukker at 3-3. The second encounter of the day saw Rijas/Green Orchard registering 6-41/2 victory over Guard Group. Geoffredo emerged as top scorer with four goals while Ahmed Zubair Butt thwarted two goals. From the losing side, Bilal Haye struck all the four goals but his heroics couldn't help his team score win.

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