SYDNEY MATCH PLAY

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 137, 14 June 1927, Page 4

SYDNEY MATCH PLAY

Amateur championship

SpME GREAT BATTLES

(United Press Association. —Copyright:) • vi; , SYDNEY, 13th June. j^lie 'weather was fine in tho morning for the first round of match play in the New South Wales amateur golf championship, but two heavy showers of rain . fep'during the afternoon. t)nn'can and Apperley had a baitle royal.' The New Zealander went out in So* He took three putts on the tenth gr'jjen,! however, and from thence onwajrd his putting was weak. Apperley wrfn the-tenth, eleventh, and sixteenth holes, Sbiifc Duncan squared the match at* the seventeenth, only to lose the 1 eighteenth. ■ In the afternoon Duncan w<j(n'thefiri t, but lost'the third and foßrth. He was two down at the ninth, an<l, though he won the tenth, Apper- ; lejf had the upper hand, arid won 3 up anS 2'to'play.-. V : porton played against Thorn. He '.. "wxja the third, but Thorn squared the mitch at the fifth. Horton then -won th| sixtjij seventh, eighth, and ninth, : jnSintairtted his form, and was 6 up at thji conclusion of the morning round. In*the afternoon he sparkled out in 36, an|l eventually won 9 up and 8 to play. HI will' meet Russell, of Victoria, tc~ :.. .mijSrrow.. • ...' V •.;. ■..-... . ■ 3Sv"hitton played fine golf against Mac- :".: Fa^l»o*j-and the New Zealander was 7 down at the conclusion of'the morning . round^'Snd gave up -the match. A feature of the play was the defeatof'the present champion, Morrison, by Sturrook. ; '■: .' ; , STJMMAKY OP RESULTS. ' Following is a' summary of results:— Whitton . defeated. "MadParlane, 1,- xesigned. ;... K. Harrison' defeated Bettington, 4 and .3'to play. ; V ... '.■'': Nigel Smith.defeated Coonan, 3 and „ 2.-'. ,- . , .-..'..... ':,..■■ •••.-■ •■■ . . , • Apperley defeated Duneani 3 and 2. Bnssell defeated -Wines, 6 and 5. Horton defeated Thorn, 9; and B. Stirrock defeated, Morris Sn, 3 krid 1. Walter Smith defeated', Murdoch, 2 and 1. : ■;.'-"■,'" .' ."' ):y '.'-..' ■_ Thjß draw f or; rto-morrov- is:—Whit.ton iieets Smith., Harrisoi. meets Bet-! Nigel .Smith-.meets. • Coonan,; Duncan meets Macfarlane, 3iißselln>eets. Wines, Horton meets Thorn^ Morrison' meets Sturroek, Murdoch intets Apper- ; ley- : "■■■.- • ,-■.'. : ;:■;.■• ■'.■■■■ ■■• -■.