IN NEW SOUTH WALES

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 151, 29 June 1931, Page 9

IN NEW SOUTH WALES

APPERLY BEATEN

SYDNEY, 28th June,

Xjr the final of the amateur golf championship of New South Wales, J. Farrier defeatod E. L.. Apperly, the title-holder, one up.

Furrier, who is aged only sixteen, stands 6 feet 2 inches and weighs 14 stone. Ho is regarded as a phenomenal golfer, as already ho has beaten many first-class players in local competitions. He resides at Manly, where he holds tho local championship. Both Apperly and Ferrior played magnificent and sporting golf, and the match was fought to the end. Ferrier was dormie 3, Apperly won the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth, but the last was halved.

The crowd was the largest on record, nearly 7000 being present. The loser has been amateur champion of the State five times.

Ferrior's coolness and gameness woro remarkable, considering his extreme youth. There was a thrill at every hole. Apperly took seven at the eleventh hole in the afternoon, an expensive weakness.

Tho following details concerning tho Golf Championship of Now South Wales, played at tho Eoyal Sydney golf course on Saturday, woro picked up by wireless by Mr. X, Leslio Jones on Saturday:—

A sensation was caused when a boy 16 years of age name.d Jim Ferrior, of Manly, defeated last year's champion, E. L, Apperly, the lad winning by 1 up. Difficulty was experienced in keeping the excited crowd of 4000 onlookers off the green.

Experts regard the boy as being in line for world honours. He is a hard driver and gave an extraordinary display of golf.

In the first half Ferrier was 1 up, having taken 70 strokes for the round against Apperly *s 71. At tho 23rd both were all square. At the 25th Ferrier was at his best, and played the game of his life, being 2 up. At the 32nd the boy made no mistakos and was 3 up and 4 to play. He ran a forty-foot putt and missed the hole by only two inches. Ferrier had a groat drive at the last hole, and won the title by 1 tip, causing a great sensation. Apperly dcelared lie had never played a harder game.