A BAD START

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 141, 16 June 1932, Page 11

A BAD START

KIRK-WINDEYER CUP

BOTH FOURSOMES LOST

N.Z. TEAM PATCHY

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SYDNEY, loth June.

At the end of the first day's play in the Kirk-Windeyer Cup contest, New South Wales leads New Zealand by two matches to niL The players had to contend with a strong wind, reaching gale force in the afternoon, and a thunder shower in the morning, which drenched them. ■ The foursomes resulted:—• Ferrier and Thompson (N.S.W.)- defeated Hornabrook and Silk (N.Z.) 11 up. ; Bettington and Withyeombe (N.S.W.) defeated Black and Brinsden (N Z ) 2 up.. No. 1 NEW ZEALAND PAEB CEASHES. Ferrier and Thompson won the first two holes of their match. The next two were halved, and the New Zealanders won the fifth. iTho sixth was halved. The visitors were in trouble at the next hole, but Hornabrook sank a long putt for a half. At the short eighth the local players visited 'two bunkers, enabling the New Zealanders to square they match. New South Wales went ahead "again at the tenth,. Ferrier navigating a half-stymie. The New Zealanders then won two holes, being 1 up at the sixteenth, but lost the next two and went to lunch 1 down. During the morning Hornabrook several times was astray with his tee shots, but Silk recovered splendidly, each time. New South Wales was 2 up at the nineteenth, when -Hornabrobk missed a nine-footer, losing the-hole 3 to 4. The twentieth wasvhalved after Ferrier had hit his second into the rough and Hornabrook had put his -second five feet from the pin, the New Zealanders taking two putts. Ferrier and Thompson then played sensational golf, winning the next seven holes in a row and putting the match beyond doubt. They- .were 9 up, with eight to play. Hornabrook was still playing his tee shots badly,- and Silk was recovering splendidly. Thompson sank several very long putts, while the New Zealanders' putting was weak. The New South Wales pair finished 11 up. BLACK AND BRINSDEN*STEADY. Bottington and Withyeombe commenced in a similar manner to the first pair, winning the first two holes. Black and Brinsden, however, squared the ,match at the fourth, due to New South Wales errors. The next two were halved in par-figures, but New South Wales went ahead when Black's third found the pot guarding the green at the seventh, and went further ahead when the New Zealanders took three putts. at the eighth. The New Zealanders won the ninth,: 4 to 5 ; and turned 1 down. Due to the high wind the golf was poor. Bettington and Withyeombo won the tenth and eleventh, losing the next. They halved the.thirteenth and won the fourteenth with a par 3, and the fifteenth- with a birdie/4, to be 4 up. Black and Brinsden, then won three I holes in a row, their opponents taking three putts in each case, and the New Zealand pair turned. 1 down. In the afternoon the nineteenth was halved in -par 3's, and, the twentieth in par 4's, Black sinking a long putt. New South Wales won the next 4■ to 5. Tho twenty-second was halved, but.j New South" Wales won tho twenty-third when Brinsden twice visited the bunkers. The New. South Wales players increased their lead to 4 up when they won tho next, in 2 to their opponents' par 3. The, local pair were in trouble at the twenty-fifth, and the New Zealanders won,s to' 6. The next was halved when Bettington missed an easy putt for a win. Black and Brinsden won the twenty-seventh. New Zealand got one back at the twenty-eighth, but lost it again at the next hole, when, after failing to--get out of a bunker, they picked up. After twice being in the bunkers at the thirtieth, New South Wales won the.hole .and went, to 4 up when they won tho long thirty-first 5 to 6. J Brinsden dispatched a great tee shot at the next, enabling his side to win the ' hole, making the New ZealandeTS 3 down. Winning the thirty-third, New Zealand were 2 down. Winning the thirtyfourth, New South Wales were 3 up. New-Zealand, however, won the thirtyfifth. Brinsden negotiated a stymie at the last hole for a half, New Zealand losing 2 down. UNCERTAIN FORM. Patchiness of form has been one of the greatest troubles of the New Zealand team. :It may be accounted for by;the comparative youth of the members. Nothing could affect the nerves more than such continual-changes in the team. Black has evidently suffered a bad spell/ Jnst before- the State foursomes he did a 72 on the ( course. Wagg must have recovered form. Apparently Silk has shown the greatest steadiness throughout. Hornabrook lias had one of his wild spells from the tecy and his.chagrin at putting his partner so often in the rough, and tho strain of frequent recoveries on the part of Silk, has apparently put them off their ting. Black and Brinsden evidently played steadily in their .match.' A dead stymie at the last hole was hard luck. The.weather was unfortunate, but New Zealanders: should be more used to it than Australians. : All now depends on the singles.