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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17170, 13 June 1921, Page 8

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« ENGLISH CHAMPIONSHIP. ' i KIRK.WOOD IN FINAL. ' fßv Cable—Press Association— Copyright) i' 'At Glerieagles-, ' Kirkwood beat. Renouf, : , three up and two to play. \ , - ■ Kirkwood'scored a great triumph m reachin- the final, in which he wall <>PP°» ™ • . long-Wtting Abo Mitchell,. who defeated Ock- . ,enden,6 up and sto *:¥■', - 4 t, T>*r,™,f : Playing in tho semi-final witlr Renoxif, " Kirkwood gamed a load of three holes on-the- ' 'first round, but though he i ■."•' holing a two-yarder'for a two at the ftftn, ' : j. .fifteen-yarder at the tenth, and a twenty-) yarder at the eighteenth, he took three .putts i on three greens and lost each, so was brought ... hack to oiie up, perhaps because he played a '" little too-e-aeily. Nevertheless,.he played with .., mipreme confidence and won, the interest ' being sustained to the last stroke, when Hark-. .■''.* wood was accorded an ovation. Hra oppo- '.. nent played well .throughout. \.. ■ '.'■•' Kirkwood opened the afternoon round by, '-'' losing the first two holes. He won this third, "- halved the fourth, and then, lost the fiitn, "=•' taking three ,-putts. The next . three were '- J" halved. Renouf' won, the ninth with a bril-1 : " square, at- the' turn. Renouf ','':'■ rnadie'his only serious mistake at the tenth and picked up. Kirkwood reached the green -.in two. At the eleventh Kirkwood holed a ../..•'difficult putt for a half in three. H<? took " 'three putts at tho next, which was halved. He won the thirteenth with a good four.' ;, Renouf holed at the fourteemfih from fourte-jri | ;■" yards for two. Kirkwood won the fifteenth, j ' ! but an impossible stymie, at the sixteenth. ,-'. 'prevented', him from holing. At the seven-, ;>' . teenth Kirkwood played perfeoty, though ho - was not so Brilliant as in tho second) round, but had the match fairly safe throughout ■ "■■<--'■ A WIN FOR MITCHELL. (Received Juno 12th, 6.5 p.m.) .'•;■■■-': '^ r LONDON, Jims 11. " .r final- Mitchell.beat Kirkwood by 7 .-;',< V'ufeiawfcvf to play. .■.'.. . <^ : :-,,;5.-?Dwfinal was played in fine weather, but ,:•- ■->Whigh'v>ind, before *-->orowd'- . of . 10,080. /'■ '''i'ffifchell played •■ wonderful goM throughout. y!' Pie was four iup after'the first round,' the i< ' scVres .being. Mitchell 70, Kirkwood 74. ~\ . Mitchell -opened brilliantly. He, won the ■'? V ,firatV in iWfM' Kirkwood pulling into the ). \iougKi, and flnwig the bunker near tho green. •The irWxt'tourpkoles were halved in 4, 6, 5, *" and 3\ Kttklpxl brilliantly won the .sixth; >• ■' : '"rs-7*to**-itf'tJ9B*. hut drove badly at the '"- '■ Boverilji, where he had tq have a. direction ■■; orediia/order to. play his second. ■ him, Kirkwood lost the '!-'" 'eighth, hole owing to a short second shot. .''' 'Mtobjala, at-'the ninth, had to play odd for , • . the. : filßO tinfeJbut a brilliant approach gave '<, him &iß»lf;Var/o; lie turned two up. Mitchell .'u-j' won in four to Kirkwood'a- five, V i ljnt only halted the eleventh, where he had three wjrtto./.'-' Kirkwood missed a six-foot T puft'af/the ( twelfHh for a win, and then lost the thirteenth,"-;where Mitchell drove 840 " yards, - through.. a penalty for moving the ball whilst /addressing it." Both players drove .■ . ; to' the fouirteeath :green, and Mitchell put- / : Kirkwood over-ran the hole, and / nimself. He studied tho position, ' rod holed a brilliant' hop" over amidst tre-i-%eniaou»fapplause. At the fifteenth Kirk.v':>v«>b^"ieaohed':the.green in two. Mitchell's j|Ks«3wl■"•track, and moved Kirkwood's. The a short putt, Kirkwood- won in two, halved the seventeenth, "?^y* : and lost the eighteenth, where he took three -; .""Jfutts,7 -In the eecon3 round Kirkwood won the'Sist in six after being bunkered. This .was Mitchell's worst-Sole of.the day._ He ' made amends ,«t the eecond with a drive of . 'B7O yards down.tho wind, winning'in three - to'; Kirkwood's four. The third was halved. .'■■' ->' ftb-jcwood's brassie shot at the. fourth found v';' the;,bunkei, Mitchell winning the hole. He ~ip ; was now five up: Kirkwood, by means of a .., ttree yard* putt, won the fifth in two. The ".' ■' ; etrth "was 'halved. ' Mitchell won : the next, ; '-" where JKjrkwood.had three putts. The eighth V : - .was halved.' Mitchell .won the ninth, Kirk-. *' wood'* approach over-ahooting the green. •r .' MitcheE' turned six up. At the tenth, Kirk-•v;-V : wood's ..bad slice gave him. ■an unplayable '■'.,■ ■■'' lie •mong the stones. He played a third -, ' ' {torn the tee, putting Mitchell seven np. The next :■ two were halved, Mitchell winning the ."••"' match, and the first prize of £2OO, and Kirkwood the eecond prize of JBIOO.< ' : HAGLEY'CIiUB. The competition for the Meares Cup far senior grade members of Hagley Club, wae ■"•■. :•„• -conimenced. at;. Hagley Pari on Saturday, '.''. v.. ;^»hen'the.first' sound and part of' the second ■; J \ were' completed. The; following are the rei - > .suits.:— .-,- -a t-. : i ■': ■■"■-.-■.. i'"'''' : v'Fixßt. : 'ltoaiidr-Rba»'.' , Tieat..Tayler,..s up and ,-> n ByHohb« heatTosawill, Xivp and' 3; Robini ■;';,' son beat up '«aa r l; iGreepwood beat 5:• Harman,, 2 up; Dr. Penwick beat. Laurie, 2 ' ' Tip; Reeves' teat, Fell, .1 up; Ronaldson ' ;;v .'lieat. Amyea,"'SfTip, and 2; Freeman beat '*' OlUvier, 1 up. Second Bound—Harris beat Irwin, 5 up and 2; Donnelly heat Montgomery, 3 up and a> 2; Pegler beaVßeese, 4up and 2; Stevenson 1s> :: ;b*»t; Gordonj-lTrp; . . ~ ' , Oup oompetitiA for junior grade members:— ! . First Round—Hamilton beat Doughty, 2 '.. ni and X", Smith beat Andrews, 1 up; f" v Maof»xlane''beat Boulrrois, all -square; AtS ' Jdnson beat Grmisey, 8 up and- 2;: Sellers " " beat' Sullrvan,' 4 up" and 3; Lascelles -beat 'Livingstone, S up and 4; Harman beat . Graham, S up and 4; Morrison beat Reeves, 4 up and 3; Menries beat Abemethy, 2 up and 1. . Secbpd Round—Partridge beat Sullivan, 2, up; Scott beat Jameson, 8 up and 2. : .. CHRISTCHURCH CLUB. I A team: from Kaiapoi visited Shirley art Saturday, the match resulting in a win for {he heme team.'

RICHMOND HILL CLUB. A medal match was played on Saturday, the following being the best four cards handed in:— Gross. Hep. Net. A. Rattray .. ..86 12 74 F. S. Marrie .. 92 14 78 W. H. W. P. Raphael ..92 12 80 In the final of the Rawnsley Cup mixed foursomes, Mrs O. H. Hamilton and F. C. Wooler defeated Mrs Harris and E. T. Menlove 3 up and 2 to play.

ORBELL CUP. i. (press association telegram.) TIMARU, June 12. Playing for the Orbell Cup yesterday, Christchurch' (challengers) beat Timaxu (holders) by 35 up—3 in the singles and 32 in the foursomes. ORBELL CUP COMPETITION. The Orbell Cup, played for at Timaru on Saturday between Chiristchuroh and Timaru, was won bv Christchurch. Scores: — CHRISTCHURCH ' TIMARU. Ladies' Singles. Miss Anderson .. 0 Miss Wright .. 1 Mrs l Kingscote ... 0 Miss Budd • .. 3 Mrs Godby .. ' 2 Mrs Kerr .. 0 Mrs Donald .. 1 Mrs Cox .. 0 Miss HeLmore .. 0 Mrs O'Calkghan ■ 4 Mrs Lawrence .. 3 Miss Cotterill .. 0 Mi's Cdwlishaw .. 0 Mias Huddles-tone 1 Miss B. Cotterill J Miss Pringle .. i ' Totals .. . 6& ' 9 i Men's Singles. 03 B. Wood .. 1 H, E. Wright .. 0 J C. Tempter .. 3 Scott 0 J. A. Gow .. i Marshall ~. 1 B. C. Rutherford 0 Zeisler .. ..1 E. M. McFarkn© 0 Baxter .. ..1 L. Bonnington .. ; 4 Kerr .. •• 0. S K. Sleigh .. 2 Lynch .. •• 0. M. H. Godby '.. 0 Revell .. " _ Totals ..104 4 i Mbrad Foursomes. Wood, and Mr« Kingscote i; Wright and ■■Miss Wright 1 ■ , . ' . " . Tempkr and Miss Anderson D; Scott and Miss Budd 8. ' ■ , ~, ' Gow and Miss- Helmoro 3; Zeisler and Mrs Rutherford and Mrs Donald' 8; Lynch mi Mrs Cox 0. ~ McFftrhvne and Mrs Lawrence 6; Miarshall and Miss. Huddlestone 0 Bonnington and Miss Cowlishw 6;Revell and Miss Cotterill 0. Mt and Mrs Godby 7; Kerr and Mrs O'Callaghian O. Sleigh anct Miss B. Cotteril 10; Baxter and Misa Prinele 0. Totals—ChristohTiTch, 35J; Timaru, B|. Grand Totals—Chriatohurch, 62J; Timaru, m. N.S.W. CHAMPIONSHIP. (By Cable—Press Association—Copyright.) (Australian and N. 4. Cable Association.) ' (Received June 12tih, 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, June 12. The -State amateur golf championship was won by T. E. Howard,- who defeated E. Pope, 9 up and 7 to play.