PLAY IN LOCAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 93, 22 April 1919, Page 3

PLAY IN LOCAL CHAMPIONSHIP

■ Play in the golf tournament was continued at Heretaunga yesterday, when the second round and semi-finals of the Wellington amateur championship were decided. The day's play left A. D. S. Duncan, of the Wellington Club, the present holder of the cup, and G Richmond, of the Miramar Club, in. the final, which is to be played to-day SECOND ROUND PLAY. The weather yesterday was by no means ideal for golf, a strong, gusty wind frequently upsetting players' calculations. The eight players le£t in the second round of the championship games were : —A. D. S. Duncan, G. Richmond, C. A. Griffiths, E. 0. Hales, P. Blundell, W. E. Reid, L. B. Taylor, and J. B. MacEwan. The games resulted as follows: — Richmond v. MacEwan: Richmond was always in the lead, and from the twelfth to the fifteenth, by perfect golf, holed out in 4, 4, 3 and 2, winning the match by 4 up and 3 to play. Taylor v. Reid: Taylor secured the lead early in the match, and, playing steady golf, won by 4 up and 3 to. play Beid did not play Ms iron shots too well.

Hales v. Griffiths: Griffiths failed in his driving, and thus lost the match. Ho was four down at the turn, but though playing better coming home could not reduce his opponent's lead, Hales winning • by 4 up and 3 to play. Duncan v. Blundell: The first five holes in this match were halved. Duncan won the sixth and seventh, and, coming on to his game,' easily held Blundell —who was not playing so well as on the previous day—and won comfortably on the fourteenth by 5 up and 4 to play. SEMI-FINALS. The semi-finals produced a great game between the two Miramar players. Play was-as follows:-— Richmond v. Taylor: From the start each played rather too carefully, which, though spoiling the score, tended to make the match distinctly interesting. The first two holes were halved. Taylor won the third, and Richmond evened matters by winning the fourth. The fifth and sixth were halved with poor scores, the results of visits to the rushes. Richmond won the seventh, but the eighth, went to Taylor, Richmond's putting beina; weak. The ninth was halved, and Faulty putting on the part of hie opponent gave Taylor the tenth. After the eleventh was played the game was again all square, and then for the twelfth came the best hole of the day. Richmond, against the wind, reached the green in two, and just missed a three, the hole being nicely halved by Taylor by aid of a pretty mashie. shot and a fine putt. The thirteenth and fourteenth were halved in ordinary play, a similar fate occurring to the fifteenth, where Richmond was again beaten by the green, taking three putts to hole out.1 Richmond had a chance at the sixteenth, but a poor attemptata five-foot putt allowed Taylor to halve. Both were to the left of the green in two for the seventeenth. Richmond, playing first, holed a beautiful chip of 15 yard 6, and, Taylor failing, the former went to the last tee dormy. Richmond was short with his iron shot on the eighteenth, while Taylor's second hit the tree on the edge of the green and rebounded to within four yards of the pin. Again Richmond failed on the green, and the match was squared. Taylor had a chance on the nineteenth, but-failed with a five-foot .putt. The twentieth decided the match, Taylor missing a four-foot putt and Richmond holing out successfully.

Duncan v. Hales: Duncan was naturally expected to have an easy victory over his long handicap opponent, and did so, winning by 6 up and 5 to play. MEDAL HANDICAP- . ■it The medal handicap wus won by Sir K. Douglas, with a net score of 70, his handicap being 16 points. The next best cards were: —D. A. M'Lennan (14), 76; A. Amies (14), 80; W. L. Hurst (2), 81; A. Young (16), 81; J Marchbanks (10), 81; G. S. Matthews (18), 83; A. A. Stichburv (10), 84; H. Buddie (14), 84; J. S; Tennant (13), 84; E. H. Liddle (4), 85; A. Bamfield (15), 87;' W. B. Lees (8), 87; J. L. Black (2), 87; J. Bowness (12), 88; D. Stewart (12), 88; W. F. Ward (14), 88; W. T. Wynyard (5), 88; J. G. Hughes (18), 88; W. A. Bdwring (16), 91; R. W Atkinson (14), 92. MEN'S FOUR-BALL BOGEY HANDICAP. The Men's Four-ball Bogey Handicap resulted as follows :—Marchbanks (6) v. Williamson (12), 6 up; Black (2) v Barnfield (11), 6 up; Parker (8) v. Kirker (8), 6 up; Treadwell (3) v. Wagg (4), 5. up; Grange (I*4) v. Hughes (14), 5 up; Wynyard (4) v. Liddle (3), 4 up; Wilson (12) v. Fussell (8), 4 up; Mason (8) v. Climie (2), 4 up; Reakes (11) v. Stichbury (8), 4 up; Whyte (6) v. Blundell (6), 4 up; Hodson (9) v. MacEwan (4), 3 up; Stewart (9) v. Amies (11), 3 up; Scott (11) v. M'Lennan (11), 3 up; Sclanders (9) v. Crawford (8), 3 ud : Ward (12) v. Crombie (8), 2 up; Griffiths (9) v. Reid (6), 2 up; Edgar (14) v. Bowring (12), 2 up.