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Hutt News, Volume 9, Issue 9, 7 August 1935, Page 7

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j MANOR PARK IN FORM, i S i J CUP .MATCHES. I i The rolil southerly wind on Saturj day week, although rendering coui ilitious bleak. seemed to suit the Manor Park players, who triumphed over Titmhi 13ay in beth the Watt Cup and Kauish Cup matches. The former they , look by <> film's to 4, with two games lialved, while the Uanish Cup mat'-h was won by 7 games to 1, with two halved. Following are the results, the Manor Park player being mentioned iirst in each instance: — Watt Cup. P. Page lost to Jr. [{. Mocre, •! and 2; Houston heat H. Boon, sen, 4 and Payne lost to Darce, t an.l ;i; Ogilvie heat Aitken 4 and McGirr lost to I"). stratmore. 5 and T. Wagg and Tarrant, all square; D. Butler 'beat Marchant. 2 up; Hennessey beat Carr -1 and 2; Kouald beat Crombie, and 1; A. S. T. Butler and A. Mot-re, all square; Radford beat 'Sloan e, J and 1; Butler lost to H. Boon jun. 2 and. 1. Ranish Cup. Sh'e and Johnston, nil square; Mills beat Cyh'S 5 and 4; Brookett beat Crichton .1) and 2; Forbes lost to Watt, 4 and 2; McKinnon bent Mexted 4 and W. I. Hendry beat Kelly, 7 and 5; Pitt ami ('. fivies all square; lOdwanls beat Swirrburne, and Quinnell beat Oichard 5 and I; Barker beat l.Vbson 2 and 1. To beat F. Page (Manor Park). Max Moore (Titahi Bay) produced good. golf. Going out in 117 he was 1 up at the turn. The Manor Park player got into ditfii'tiHits at the second and seventh holes, and had t<> pick up at both holes. He jjot one back at the ninth with a birdie but Moore became 2 up again with a perfect chip over a bunker to ihe tenth green, which gave him a win in to 4. Page being bunkered from his iron tee shot. They continued to ■play iir'-t-class golf, hut Mowe drew ,! up wen he took the short thirteenth in 3 to 4. They halved the short fourteenth in 3, and the fifteenth i» 5. Page hail a chance to get one back at the tricky sixteenth, when Moore sliced his No 2 iron tee shot c-n to the railway line, but the Manor I'ark champion went one worse by finding the lake with an abnormal hook off the tee. He had to pick out, and> play his third from the edge of the lake, and the match went to Moore by ,'i up and 2 to go when the hole was halved in 5. They finished out the round,

Moore getting si 3 nt the seventeenth and a 5 at the liome hole. lie came home in even -I'm, which gave liini 73 for th eround, which was excellent going under the bleak conditions. Page took 40 l'or the run in, 5