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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 118, 15 April 1930, Page 11

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KIRK-WINDEYER CUP. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, April 14. The eliminating round for the KirkWindeyer Cup was begun to-day on the Shirley course, New Zealand playing Victoria. There ’was perfect weather. The 1 fairways were dry and hard, and tho • greSns are recovering from the dry spell, ■ but are not in their best order. Duncan stood down from the New Zea- ! land team, leaving in Horton, Macfarlane, Black and Ross.. On the play to-day, Duncan certainly should have played instead of Ross, who could produce nothing better than handicap golf all day. His drives were rarely straight, his approaches invariably short and his putting inaccurate. The Victorian team comprised Ryan, Bulte, Hancock and Russell. Macfarlane and Horton (New Zealand) beat Ryan and Bulte (Victoria) seven up. Black and Ross (New Zealand lost to Russell and Hancock, one down. Actually, the first match ended with Macfarlane and Horton winning five up and four to play, but in view of the possibility of tho holes won having to be counted, which is the rule if each team wins on equal number- of matches, the whole 36 holes had to be completed. In the other match, the Victorians won six up and five, but the New Zealanders recovered part of their lost form and won the last five holes. Tho day ended with each side having won one match, but New Zealand has a. lead of six holes. Macfarlane and Horton played nearly par golf, with very few strokes dropped. They completed the course in the morning in 74, which is tho standard scratch score at Shirley. Ryan and Bulte scored 78 in the morning, and in the afternoon 73 for 17 holes, ono being abandoned. Horton’s long game -was excellent. Off the tee Ryan sometimes was superior but through the green, Horton made few mistakes. Macfarlane’s long game was good, but his greatest strength was in his knowledge of the course, which enabled him to. play ono shot holes with certainty and also made him very safe with hi 3 iron shots to the pin. He rarely failed to play inside the Victorians. Neither was faultless on the greens, but the turf seemed to be playing uncertainly. Of all the Victorians, Ryan seems most likely to win the single to-morrow, but ho must show improvement on to-day’s form to beat Horton or Macfarlane. Bulte could beat neither of them on to-day’s form. Black struggled manfully against odds in tho other match, getting little assistance from his partner, Ross, who was far below championship form. Black played some dazzling recoveries, his best being at the last holg of the day, where he played from under the trees, laying the ball six feet from the pin. In the morning round, Macfarlane and Horton had a lead of two up. In the afternoon they quickly increased the lead to four, and' thereafter had a certain grip on the. match. Hancock and Russell finished tho morning round with a lead of four up. Tho New Zealanders won the first two holes in the afternoon, but quickly lost two more and were six . down at the 31st. ■ Thereafter, luck and skill aided them. The Victorians presented them with ono hole, taking seven for the 16th (34th), and.the New Zealand-, ers won the others on merit. - The singles, over 36 holes, will he played to-morrow. The order of seniority of neither team is announced, nor is tho draw.