SECOND ROUND IN N.Z. WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP

Greymouth Evening Star, 11 October 1948, Page 8

SECOND ROUND IN N.Z. WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP

PALMERSTON NORTH, Oct. 9

The second round of the New Zealand women’s golf championship was played this morning in drenching rain and a howling northerly gale. The rain fell until about 10.30 a.m., but a strong wind continued, and served to dry the course quickly. Miss E. Wilkinson (Grange), the New Zealand champion, maintained her form to beat Mrs R. H. Coker (Marlborough) by 4 and 3. Mrs G. W. Hollis, who has three times been New Zealand champion, is also playing jn something like her old form. Today she beat Mrs Hatrick (Miramar) by 4 and 2. Mrs Fullerton-Smith (formerly Miss Bessie Gaisford), twice winner of the national title, is also staging a comeback. She proved too good for Miss K. Shand, the Otago Club champion, by 4.and 3.

Results were:— Open Championship

Second Round:—Mrs G. W. Hollis (Titirangi) beat Mrs J. B. Hatrick (Miramar), 4 and 2; Miss R. C. Hodges (Auckland) beat Mrs N. S. Hawkes (Timaru), 5 and 3; Miss K. Rutherford (Christchurch) beat Mrs C. McCormick (New Plymouth), 2 and 1; Mrs C. N. Jacobsen (Auckland) beat Mrs J. Cliff (Manawatu), 5 and 4; Miss H. Buchanan (Christchurch) beat Mrs B. H. Chapman (New Plymouth), 2 and 1; Miss J. Duncan (Wanganui) beat Mrs M. Towler (Waimarino), at the nineteenth; Mrs P. Andrew (Titirangi) beat Miss A. Prichard (New Plymouth), at the twentieth; Mrs P. R. Glanville (Hamilton) beat Mrs E. W. Thurgood (Wellington), 5 and 4; Miss M. Beverley (Matamata) beat' Mrs G. M. Burnett (St Clair), 5 and 4; Miss E. Wilkinson (Grange) beat Mrs R. H. Coker (Marlborough), 5 and 3;' Mrs R. F. Hutchinson (Poverty Bay) beat Miss V. Collins (Wanganui), at the nineteenth; Mrs R. S. Fullerton-Smith (Marton) beat Miss K. Shand (Otago), 4 and 3; Mrs B. E. Andrews (Hokitika) bear Mrs W. H. Smith (Hutt), 5 and 3; Mrs Jackson Ball (Wanganui) beat Mrs A. H. Macdonald (Hamilton), 2 and 1; Mrs F. H. Cresswell (Miramar) beat Mrs D. Mcßae (Wellington), 2 and 1; Mrs H. Murray (Miramar) beat Mrs I. Z. Casey (Manakau), 5 and 4.