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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6667, 21 July 1928, Page 3 (Supplement)

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A -BATTLE ROYAL MANY CHANGES : SEEN 1 | The amateur champion of New Sontiji* Wales-for 1328 is:C.'H.' Fawcett. th*| Koval Sydney GolfV.Club veteran, but, he whs hard put to it to earn- .ttartj honour in face lion of tlie other finalist, Dr. Lee Brown, of the Australian ClubjWha| beat Sloan Morpeth in. the ;Klrk-W|n-i| deyer'Cup matches at Wellington early^ th good and'steady golf, cett 'was 3. up in .the; morning, though, Le Brown had- the . misfortune To ®*Vt| counter, two stymies- , In the aftepn«mn| both players seemed nervous, andj, though "each played some beautiful,. shots, each played some very bad Fawcett, after a very exciting match*. the Fawcett, played first two holes very badly, and Tort* them both,, as he deserved to ho. A perfect 3 at the third for a wln. anf a faultless 4 at th© long sixth made amends,'and squared the match. ~.J Lee Brown was. unlucky at thf eighth,: where was was set a stymie* which'he did not attempt to negotiateA'bity. for, as it turned out, h© might-have-holed it, and It would have made all the difference. At the 16 th he was styriuedT again, and made the most beautiful pitch into the hole imaging .able.;-Tt was one of the finest shots of afternoon Fawcett seemed rathep nervous, and was not hlttin|t hia piitts with the same precision SSj| hi. tb? morning. The gam© was square; ar the sixth. -J Lee Brown became one up at the: eighth through faulty putting by Fawyl cett.’ He let a chance slip at the where bis drive was bunkered, and; Fawcett won In 4, and the game wag; square, at the turn. •, Lee 1 Brown picked up at the tenth*-, after playing his fourth from the rough; aridi Fawcett became dormie 3 up at> the I6th., - ..^i| H©’ 'ohly wanted a 4 at the 17th toi halve und win, but, from 12£t from the: -hole/Tpis-hit the putt, was tod arid stymied himself. A beautiful atg ternpt/went in and out, and he wag only l‘-up. , -4 ' The last was halved ip and cett won 1 up, , - : ;‘r,i ■0;,.:,. . ■ A