GOLF MANOR PARK CLUB

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 58, 6 September 1937, Page 16

GOLF

MANOR PARK CLUB

MANOR PARK'S WIN FINE TEAM SCORING j INTER-CLUB MATCHES In showery weather on Saturday Manor Park beat Shandon by 9i games to 2i in the Watt Cup at Manor Park, but lost the Ranish Cup match to Shandon by 3i games to 6J. Friendly inter-club matches were played between Hutt and Wairarapa by Otaki and Titahi. At Karori W. G. Home (Hutt) produced a course record of 71. MANOR PARK V. SHANDON

Good scoring by Manor Park players gave the home club-a decided win in the Watt Cup match :with, Shandon. The. following are: the results, Manor Park players mentioned first:— F. W. Page beat J. Lqgan, 5 and 4. A. W. Clouston and F. H. McDonald, all square.- ■' ■' ..' E. Butler beat E. J. Kretschmar, 2 up. J. Ogilvie beat L, Minifie, 3 and 2. D. Butler beat J. S. Park, 3 and 1. . I. V. O. Duncan lost to G. McGregor, 3 and 2. .■■/'■ E. G. Moriarty beat R. Lulham, 5 a T Wagg beat W. R. Stuckeyj 2 up. A. Radford beat F. Hogg, 6 and. 5. . , K. Stephens beat S. Anderson, 4 and 3 ' . ■"• ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ' J. Hennessey beat F. Desmond, 3 and 2 ■' ■' .'' ' '-' ■ *W. D. Cobke lost to D. Warner, 2 and j. -:■-.-■.::■ ■•.•■ :. ■-,-.■.. ' ■.-.' .- . . In the Ranish Cup match at Manor Park, Shandon Won •■ by six games to three, with one game halved. -, The following are the results, the Shandon players mentioned first:—■■'■ M. C. Smith beat J. Barker, 1 up; E. C. Swinson beat C. Allan, 2 up; 1. Gallagher beat J. A. McKay, 2 and 1; R. Brien lost to F. Titterington, 2 and 1; W. McCormick and H, Payne, all square; H. M. McKelvie beat F. A. Frankpitt, 4 >and 3; R. Smith beat J. Stanley, 4 and 3. W- M. Rodger lost to A. Cockburn, 2 and 1; W. F. Park beat J. R. Wilson, 3 and 2; C. A. Turnbull lost- to C. .Sawyers, 6 and 5.:, The following Manor Park scoring shows why its team made, such a good showing:—Page did a-73 out in 35, and 5 up on Logan at the turn, and 6 up at the tenth. E. Butler did a 73 against Kretschmar's 76. J. Hennessey did a 74 against F. Desmond's 78. Clouston (75) was 3 down at the turn to McDonald, but finished all square, both doing 75, a great fighting game. D. Butler was' 75 to J. Park's 79. McGregor (Shandon) did a 73 against Duncan, who took 77. " ■■■ ■ ";:-

Whilst the Watt and Ranish ■ Cup matches were being played,on Satur r day, an 18-hole Stableford bogey was played by other Manor Park members. Two; cards of 37 points each were handed in, O. Evans (18) .being the winner- and E. W. Brpckett the runner-up. :■ ■ ... . ; iOn Sunday the qualifying rounds of the senior, intermediate,-and T jumor championships were Played. .In-the seniors- F. W. Page headed, the once again, with rounds of 71 and 74 making a total of 145, five strokes ahead of J. Ogilvie, whose; Tpunds were 77 and 73. T. Wagged a 73 in the morning and a 78 in the afteirioon and filled third place. Two 18-hole stroke competitions were held in conjunction votti the above, the winners 'in■■■the three sections being: Seniors, T. Wagg (10), 63 (morning), and J. Ogilyie (6), net 67 (afternoon); intermediate, C. Sawyers, net- 67 (morning), and.N. P. Robmson; 65 (afternoon); 'juniors, «. Blackburn, 65 (morning),, and "S. Hough, 66 (aThe ndub''plays a Watt.Cup with the Paekakanki Club on the Manor Park links next ■■weekend. # The officiaj draw for the senior, intermediate, and junior championv. 3. G. McKay; A, S. T. j Butler v. D. Woon; J. Hennessey v. T. Wagg; D. Butler v. A. Radford; E. Butler y.: A. W. Clouston; E. G. Moriarty v. W. D. Cooke; and E. W. Brockett^v. J. Qgilvie. Intermediate: E. W. BrocketVv. R. Telford; F. Gruar v< C. Allan; W. H. Smith y. H. Payne;. J. ; A- Barker v. J. A. McKay; C. Sawyers v. J. Ronald; A. S. T.Butler v. M. Hennessey; F. Titterington v. B; L. ■ Woodhouse; arid J. Stanley,^. N. T Pr, Robinsonv Junior: F. Gruar v^J. Murphy; W, Hodges v. T. Bowling;; H> Sherwood V. H. Blackburn; T. Barrow v. S..H: Cociirane; W. T. ■ Livingstone, v. N. J. Ninnes; W. Gowdy v.. O. Evans; H. Elsmore v. H. J. Smith; and G. K. Douglas v. J. Burns. : ■ ... .