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GOLF. ;• j , * \ NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIPS.;: AMATEURS AND PROFESSIONALS. (Per Press : Association).WELLINGTON, This Day. ? Good weather again favoured the golfers of Miramar to-day for the first , and second rounds of the New Zealand' amateur and professional championships. A field of 32 in the amateur event, includes “Pax” Smith, Hornabrook,' Reilly, EKven, Glading, Silk and A. - Kitto, who were likely contenders for ' the title. ; J On his performance in the open championship, Hornabrook’s chances “ are favoured most. Interest in the professional championship promises to be well sustained. <- Guy, last year’s runner-up to Fuller ‘ (who did not qualify), has been playing’ sensational golf in the present tourna- •• ment, and Murray, (Mclntosh, Shaw * and Weir promise to be his most serious rivals. •
Surprises came thick and fast in the first round play in the amateur and professional championships. The. first ; disaster was the defeat of “Pax”Smith, other early casualties being Ewen and Reilly. . ,1 The amateurs turned on sensational ' golf, as shown by the 68’s of Mortland and Taylor. -.£ V ■ Results:— ' " : Amateur Championship. First Round. i Hornabrook heat Simc, .-five and ■> three. ;; Jeffery beat E. Henderson, one up at the twenty-first. Nash heat “Pax” Smith, two and one. K. Smith heat Ewen, one up at the • twentieth. Taylor beat Roberts, four and three. R. M. Kitto beat Reilly, two and one. L. Quinn heat Morrison, three and : two. Mortland beat Dixon, six and five. - A. Kitto beat Doneghue, one up at • the nineteenth. - ; Holland beat Duncan, five and three. H. Black beat Whyte, two and one. Tunnell beat J. Black, two up. P. Quinn beat Cameron, two up. ; Silk beat Shelly, four and three. Professional Championship, \First Round.
Allbon beat Guy, one up.- ( Murray beat Weir, one up at the nineteenth. James Galloway heat Butters, two up. George Watt heat A. Dyke, one up. Mclntosh. beat J. Clements, three and two. ; '
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 29, 14 November 1939, Page 6
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