GOL F GLADING DEFEATED BY HORNE IN AMATEUR CONTEST
(P.A.) NEW PLYMOUTH, Nov. 12. The open champion, R. H. Glading was defeated by the defending amateur champion, W. G. Horne, in . the second round of the New Zealand amateur golf, championships on the New .Plymouth Club’s links today. Horne played exceptionally well and fully deserved his win. The weather was gloriously fine, with a. slight breeze from the north, providing conditions ideal for good scoring.- Two. Australians, W. A. Edgar and R. S. Brown, have entered the quarter-finals. There were two close finishes in the semi-finals of the professional championships, and the ~ standard of olay was particularly. high. A. Murray beat A. J. Shaw 1 up, and A. E. Guy beat J. Weir by the same margin. . Results:— ... ....
.Amateur Championship— Second Round: W. G. Horne (Wellington) beat R. H. Glading (Titirangi), 4 and 3 D. V. Sutherland (New Plymouth) beat A. R. Kitto (Castlecliff), 3 and 2. W. A. Edgar , (Commonwealth, Victoria) beat T. Jeffery (New Plymouth), 4 and 8. G. P. Roberts (Hutt) beat B. Baffifield (New Plymouth), 2 and 1. B. M. Silk (Wanganui) beat I. A. Ewen (Hutt), 2 and 1. W. B. Reilly (Hutt) beat J. Holden (New Plymouth), 2 and 1. N. H. Amon (Manawatu) beat J. Jeffery (New Plymouth), at the twentieth. R. S. Brown (Northern, Victoria) beat A. Colledge (Yurongpilly, Queensland), 2 and 1. Professional Championship—Semifinal; A. Murray (Titirangi) beat A. J. Shaw (Miramar), 1 up. A. E. Guy (Akarana) beat J. Weir (Grange), 1 up.. ... New Zealand Plate—Elimination Round: H. J. Longstaff (Hastings) beat D. A. Stevens (Miramar) by default. K. S. Glendinning (Manawatu) beat K. D. Fix (Royal Fremantle), 3 and 1. J. L. Black (Hutt) beat H. A. Black (Miramar), by default. W. E. Jones (Taumarunui) beat H. W. Rogers (Invercargill), 2 up. B. G. Thomson (Auckland) beat T. P. Jones (Taumaranui), 3 and 2. D. L. Woon (Marlborough) beat J. Winterburn (Otaki), 5 and 3. F. J. Parkinson (Manukau) beat R. C. Wills (Stratford), 1 up. F. C. Hutchison (Wanganui) beat lan" Thomson (Stratford), 6 and 4.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 13 November 1947, Page 5
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