GOLF

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 155, 16 June 1932, Page 3

GOLF

KIRK-WINDEYER CUP RESULT OF FOURSOMES. NEW ZEALANDERS LOSE. Sydney, June 15. At the end of the first day’s play in the Kirk-Windeyer Cup contest NewSouth Wales leads New Zealand by two matches- to nil.

The foursomes resulted: — Ferrier and Thompson defeated Ilornabrook and Silk, eleven up; Bettington and Withycombe defeated Black and Brins-

den, three up. The players had to contend with a strong wind reaching gale force in the afternoon and a thunder shower in the morning, which drenched the players. Ferrier and Thompson won the first hole of their match. The next two were 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.

New South Wales went ahead again at the tenth, Ferrier navigating a half stymie. The New Zealanders then won two holes, being one up at the sixteenth, but lost the next two and went to lunch one down. During the morning Hornabrook was several times astray with his tee shots, but Silk recovered splendidly each time. New South Wales was two up at the nineteenth when Hornabrook missed a nine footer, losing the hole three to four. The twentieth was halved after Ferrier had hit his second into the rough and Hornabrook put his second five feet from the pin, the New Zealander taking two putts. Ferrier and Thompson then staged sensational golf, winning the next seven holes in a row and putting the match beyond doubt, being nine up with eight to play. Hornabrook was still playing his tee shots badly and Silk was recovering splendidly. Thompson sank several long putts, while the New Zealanders’ putting was weak. The New South Wales pair eventually finish-

ed eleven up. Bettington and Withycombe 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 the Welshmen’s errors. The next two were halved in par figures, but New South Wales went ahead when Black’s third found a 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, four to five, and turned one down.

Due to the high wind the golf was poor. Bettington and Withcombe won the tenth and eleventh, losing the next. They halved the thirteenth and won the fourteenth with par three, and the fifteenth with birdie four, to be three up. Black and Brinsden then won three holes in a row, their opponents taking three putts in each case.

In the afternoon the nineteenth was halved in par threes’ and at the twentieth in par fours, Black sinking a long putt. New South Wales won the next, four to five. The twenty-second was halved, but New South Wales won the twenty-third when Brinsden twice visited the bunkers. New South Wales increased the lead to four up when they won the next in two to their opponents’ par three. The local pair were in trouble at the twenty-fifth and the New Zealanders won five to six. The next was halved when Bettington missed an easy putt for a win. 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 bunkers at the thirtieth, New South Wales won the hole and went to six up when they won the long thirty-first, five to six.

Brinsden despatched a great shot at the next enabling his side to win the hole. The New Zealanders were eventually dormie three. The thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth were halved, but New South Wales won the last. Brinsden failed to overcome a dead stymie, losing the match three down. This match was evenly contested, the New Zealanders just failing at the critical moment. THE HASTINGS CLUB. DRAW FOR SATURDAY. The following is the draw for the second qualifying round of the club championship to be played on Saturday next:— To Start from No. 12 Tee. G. Saunders v. T. Garrod. F. M. Budd v. D. H. O’Donoghue J. M. Campbell v. W. J. White. H. A. Fannin v. W. B. Hobbs. R. White v. J. R. Hobbs. A. Murley v. C. H. Sih ter. E. Moore v. R. Bridge. R. Mclntyre v. G. J. Faulkner. M. Waterworth v. I{. Somervell N. Rideout v. F. S. Candy. P. L. Peacock v. To Start from No. J Tee. M. F. Greenwood v. E. J. W. Hallett. N. R. Mclsaac v. F H. Goldfinch. J. Redward v. S. I. Jones. J. Cowan v. E. Marshall. G. Estaugh v J C. Findlay. I). Ritchie v. M. Fenwick. D. P. Scannell v. W. J. Rainbow C. L. Vidal v A. S. Tonkin. 11. T. Dewson v. R. M. Egan. , G. Salmon v. W. Krogh. : 1). Mclntosh v. E. T. Gifford. | R. 1). Brown v. I. C. Moore. J. N. Craig v. A. E. Toothill.

N. Riley v. I. M. Mclntosh. W. T. Chaplin v. J. L. Giehard. B. 11. Appleby v. W. W. Wellwood L. A. Denton v. H. de Denne. E. L. Commin v. W. B. Nicoll.