AUSTRALIA BEATS AUCKLAND

Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26848, 29 September 1952, Page 12

AUSTRALIA BEATS AUCKLAND

First Match Of N.Z. Tour

VISITORS’ TACTICS SUPERIOR

(New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, September 28. The Australian amateur golf team began its month’s tour cf New Zealand yesterday by beating Auckland at Middlemore by 5J games to -J. Superior staying powers, better putting, and sounder tactics all contributed to Australia’s success. The match provided excellent golf, played keenly and in the best of spirits. It suggested that the Australians while in New Zealand will win more often than they lose, and that they will prove stcut adversaries at the national championship tournament at Wanganui in mid-October. The results were:— Foursomes.—W. D. Ackland-Horman and R. Stevens (Australia) beat W. W. Smith (Titirangi) and R. Hay-Mackenzie (Titi? rang!), 4 and 2; J. Coogan and H. Berwick (Australia) beat W. A. Campbell (Akarana) and G. R. Adams (Remuera), 1 up. Singles.—Stevens beat Adams, 2 and 1; Coogan beat Campbell, 2 and 1; AcklandHormari halved with Smith; Berwick beat Hay-Mackenzie, 2 up. Play in Foursomes In the first foursome, Hay-Mackenzie and Smith were ill at ease. They took 41 for the first nine holes. At this, they were one stroke better than Ackland-Hor-man and Stevens. The match was square at the turn, but with a three at the tenth and a birdie three at the eleventh, the Australians gained a useful lead, which they held to. the end. Adams and Campbell, with a good start of four successive 4’s, were soon 2 up against Coogan and Berwick. At the difficult fifth hole, Berwick’s drive was pushed out into the rough, leaving Coogan with a knotty problem. However, Coogan retrieved the position. It was a decisive moment. Campbell failed with a straightforward shot, and Auckland lost the hole. Auckland also lost ‘the next hole. The Aucklanders were 1 down at the turn, reached by the Australians ifi 38 and by the Aucklanders in 39. Coogan missed a three-foot putt at the tenth. Berwick, playing out of a fairway bunker at the fourteenth, put his shot into a greenside bunker. The Aucklanders became 2 up with 3 to play when Campbell played one of the shots of the day, an approach to within three or four feet of the fifteenth hole. However, the Aucklanders failed to capitalise on 1 their advantage. The Australians, with three fine 4’s, won, 1 up. The Singles Stevens’s defeat of Adams in the first single was an extraordinary performance. Stevens had been ill with influenza, but he returned a score of 72, equalling the scratch figure. He came home in 33. He had a capital 2 at the short tenth hole—the putt was about five yards—and an even better 2 at the 220-yard thirteenth. This made Adams’s lead one hole. He had gone out in 36. Then, as in the morning, he lost three successive holes. Stevens scored 2,4, and 4 at the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth holes. At the seventeenth, Adams’s approach st’ayed into a bunker, and his first intended explosion shot failed, yet he took only 73 for the round.

Coogan and Campbell had an even battle over the first six holes, and scored no fewer than four birdies. Campbell secured a two-hole lead by safe play at both the seventh and eighth holes, and held it at the ninth. He was out in 37 to Coogan’s 40. At the fifteenth the match became level, and Coogan took the lead at the sixteenth.

The match between Ackland -Horman and Smith was the most interesting of the day, in spite of an unpromising beginning. Smith was 3 down fn five holes. Both had rounds of 73. Ackland-Horman had halves of 36 and 37, and Smith halves of 40 and 33.

Smith was still 3 down at the turn, but with a steady 3 at the tenth and a good 2 at the thirteenth, he brought the margin back to one. Smith won the seventeenth with a birdie 4, and before the last hole they were all square. Smith’s drive was bunkered, but he played a great shot to the green, and the hole was halved in 4’s.

Berwick emulated his team-mates in steadiness. Hay-Mackenzie was out in 38. and then led by one hole. He Jost the next three holes. His birdie 2 at the thirteenth hole and a birdie 3 at the fifteenth made them level. Berwick won the sixteenth with a steady 4, and was dormie playing the home hole. Here Hav-Mac-kenzie cut his second shot over the fence and out of bounds. 9

MEDAL-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP AT JIMARU

(New Zealand, Press Association) TIMARU, September 28. J. B. Forrest won the South Canterbury medal-play golf championship at Timaru to-day after a play-off with K. S. Galloway. Forrest and Galloway returned 143 each, but Forrest won the playoff easily. » LINCOLN CLUB The closing day mixed foursome match played on Saturday by the Lincoln Go 1 f Club was won by Miss McFadyen and W. B." Purvis. The long driving competition was won by J. S. Wright; the approaching and putting competition by I. W. Weston; and a ringer competition played over the year was won by M. J. Parsons. TEMPLETON LADIES’ CLUB An open tourhament held yesterday by the Templeton Ladies’ Golf Club resulted : Senior championship and gross: Mrs G. E, Sinclair 87; Mrs R. J. Edwards 83. Senior net: Mrs F. W. Williamson, 88, 11— 76; Miss L. Hillis, 89, 11—78. The next best scores were:—Miss E. Lister, 93, 15— 78; Mrs F. Cobden-Cox, 87, 11—78; Mrs B. Langley, 97, 18—79; Miss M. Donaldson, 90, 11—79. Junior.—Miss J. Burt 88, Mrs R. W. Smart 98. Miss J. Burt won on a countback. Junior net: Miss K. Catto, 102. 26 76; Mrs C. M. Lipscombe, 199, 22—78. Other scores were: Miss M. A. Wornall, 110, 32—78; Mrs M. Booker, 99, 20—79; Mrs C. Galbraith, 104, 25—79; Miss K. Dobson, 101, 22—79. The winners of the teams’ match were Mrs F. W’illiamson, Mrs G. E. Sinclair, Mrs P. Potts, and Miss L. Hillis. A Canadian foursome and Stableford bogey, played in the afternoon, resulted: Mrs F. Williamson and Mrs M. Stewart, 33 points; Miss M. Donaldson and Miss J. Burt, 32; Mrs E. G. Mitchell and Mrs J. Middleton, 32. Miss M. Donaldson and Miss J. Burt won on a count-back. The putting competition was won by Mrs T. H ■ Barnes. AVONDALE LADIES’ CLUB In the final of the senior championship of the Avondale Ladies’ Golf Club, played yesterday, Mrs H. S. Chetwin beat Miss M. Manning, 5 and 4. In the final of the junior chamnionship. Mrs A. B. 800 l beat Mrs V. Atkinson, 2 and 1. A four-ball bogey match for Mrs E. J. Paton’s trophy, played on Saturday, resulted:—Miss E. Moore and Mrs V. Atkinson, 3 up; Mrs R. O. Reynolds and Mrs V. Claridge, 1 up; Mrs A. B. 800 l and Mrs J. Claydon, all square. WAIMAIRI BEACH LADIES’ CLUB An extra L.G.U. handicap, played on Saturday by the Waimairi Beach Ladies’ Golf Club, resulted:— Silver Division.—Mrs G. Collins, 91. 17— 74; • Mrs P. Frew, 91, 16—75; Miss M. Schofield, 89, 14—75. Bronze Division.—Miss D. Boundv, 95, 22—73: Miss D. Harrison, 105, 30— 75; Miss H. O’Daniels. 111, 36—75. RAWHITI LADIES’ CLUB A four-ball best-ball Stableford bogey match, played by the Rawhiti Ladles’ Golf Club, resulted:— Mesdames I. Popson and W. Norman, 40 points; Mesdames M. Leake and R. HookeK 40; Mesdames H. Whitford and Kneebone, 40; Mesdames E. T. Miller and T. Cotton, 39. Mesdames Popson and Norman won on a count-back. RICHMOND HAL LADIES’ CLUB The results of the semi-finals of the junior championship, played by the Richmond Hill Ladies’ Golf Club yesterday* were ps follows:—Miss E. Busch beat Mrs •T. Williams, 3 and 2: Mrs R. Bennett wpn by default from Miss K. Hampton. The September L.G.U. match was won by Mrs R. Bennett, 102, 27—75.