AUSTRALIAN GOLF

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 August 1929, Page 9

AUSTRALIAN GOLF

MORPETH DEFEATS APPERLEY

(Australian Press Assn.) (By Cable—Press Assn—Copyright.)

ADELAIDE, August 28

Sloan Morpeth defeated Apperley in the amateur golf championship eight up and seven to play. Clem Hill, the famous international cricketer, refereed the Morpeth-Apperl ley match. Morpeth was three up at the end of the morning, his fine driving and clever iron play both compensating for his weak putting. Apperley was one up at the turn, Morpeth missing a two-foot putt at the sixteenth. The next was nearly halved in threes, Apperley with a magnificent mashie getting eight feet from the pin, bift missing his putt. Morpeth holed a sixfooter, and got a superb eagle at five hundred yards at the seventeenth. Morpeth got home in thirty-five strokes and did the round in seventy-six. Apperley took eighty. Taking the twenty-first with a birdie three, Morpeth was four up at the twenty-fourth, and he was six up at the twenty-eighth. The game now took a sensational turn. Apperley duffed hi>s drive in a drain, and was short on his second from a stance oh a footbridge. Then he laid a screaming brassie on the green almost three hundred yards away, and he holed a thirty-foot putt fQr a par four. Morpeth followed with a long drive, straight second, and was down with a twelve-footer for a birdie three. Apperley missed a short putt at the twenty-ninth hole, Morpeth thus winning the match eight and seven. Ryan beat Hattersly one up, and thus Ryan and Morpeth play the final to-moirow.

Among the professionals, Bissett beat Thomson two and one, while Stewart beat James eight and seven. The final will be played on Saturday. GREYMOUTH MEN. The draw* for the Medal Match to be played this week-end is as under: — “A” GRADE. McCarthy v. Revell. Meldrum v.. Shallcrass, F.W. Smith v. McKechnie. Kettle v. Jernes. Matheson v; Doogan. Brown v. Gower. Pratt v. Croudis. Shallcrass G-, v. Smyth. Cairney v. Fogarty. McKay v. Seddon. “B” GRADE. Thorpy, P.F. v. Menzies. Keating v. Carroll. Stevenson v. Hill. McKay v. Parkinson. Olney v. McCallum. Davis v. Thorpy. Ray v. Rattray. Casey v. McCulloch. Heaphy v. Cunningham. All members are urged to complete matches for the Four Ball Challenge, Orkney, and Four Horsemen Cups as soon as possible. The leading net scores in the Eclectic ending this week are: — Doogan 55, Smith 56, Revell 58, James 58. “B” grade:—Casey 55, Carroll 56, McCallum 57, Fogarty 59. GREY LADIES’ CHAMPIONSHIPS

The first round of the Ladies’ Senior Championships resulted: — Mrs. Cunningham beat Miss Griffen six up and five. Mrs. Hannan beat Mrs. Thorpy eight up and six. Miss Tennent won by default from Miss Coates. Mrs. Seddon beat Mrs. Brown seven up and six. The qualifying round of the Junior championships will be played next Saturday, the draw being as follows: — Miss A. Pratt v. Miss Cullen. Miss Hambleton v. Mrs. Hogg. Mrs. Kitchingham v. Miss Doogan. Miss Sheedy v. Mrs. Kane. Miss Warnes v. Miss Kilgour. Miss Tennent y. Mrs. Warnes. Miss Pratt v. Mrs. Thomas. Miss Noonan v. Scorer.