GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13540, 11 September 1907, Page 4

GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.

NEW ZEALAND MEETING.

[BY TELEGBAFH- —PRESS ASSOCIATION'.]

NAriEB, Tuesday. The New Zealand Golf Club's Championship Meeting was commenced on the Napier Golf Club's links to-day. The competitors included all the best players in the colony, the number of competitors being the largest that has ever taken part in a golf meeting in the colony. The weather was beautifully fine, and there was a very large attendance, the various games being watched with keen interest. The teams' match for the Williams cup, for teams of four, to be nominated before the commencement of the match, the aggregate gross score of each team in the first round of the Hawke's "Bay Amateur Championship deciding the event, was won by the Napier team, who thus retain the cup, having won it last year. Following are the scores: — Napier team: Kurupo Tareha 83, G. F. Thorburn 83, Kupi Tareha 86, C. D. Kennedy 96: total, 348. Christchurch A team: H. B. Lusk 87, B. C. Rutherford 87, C. Trewesk 92, W. T. Harman 92 :• total, 358. Wellington A team: A. Duncan 83, W. Handyside 88, K. D. Duncan 95, W. E. Reid 97: total, 363. Dunedin team: A. H. Fisher 89, H. ' Smith 91, C. A. Turnbull 94, J. O. Kettle 96: total, 370. Christchureh B team: B. B. Wood 87, A, M. Borthwick 95, J. O. Jameson 96, W. Humphreys 100: total, 378. Auckland team: H." Gillies 86, W. B. Colbeck 91, P. T. Upton 97, H..' D. Bamford 107: total, 331. '

Amateur Championship of New Zealand: ! First round —J-J. H. Ghettle beat L. C. Seifert, E. A. .Dargaville beat E. J. D. Deck by default, Wi Karapena beat G. Saunders, C. Trewek beat F. L. Aspinall by default, W. B. Colbeck beat Dr. Bernau by default, H. T. Gillies beat W. Seifert, A. H. Fisher beat W. K. Bidwell, K. D. Duncan beat Kurupo Tareha, W. G. Wood beat D. Pryde, A. D. Duncan beat W. M. Kebbell, Kapi Tareha beat C. A. L. Marshall, C. Armstrong beat G. A. Braithwaite, J. B. Coates beat C. R. Fell, J. Harold beat E. Wilder, 0. Bennett beat P. T. Upton, Paere Keiha beat T. Tareha by default, N. K. Cox beat O, Nelson, W. Handyside beat D. R. Murray, E. R. Dvmock beat G. M. McLean, H. .E. Wright beat A. M. Berth- i wick, C. D. KennedvS*beat J. A. Mel.cod, J. Came Bidwcll beat P. McHardy, B. B. Wood beat F. G. Dalziell,. N. Kettle beat G. M. Morris by default,, C. H. Catto beat C. Bateson, W. "Peacock beat H. Baluoavis, H. B. Lusk beat F. B. Kelly. Hawke's Bay Championship and Open Championship of New Zealand: First round —David Hood, 80; J. Came Bidwell, 80; McLaren. 82; J. M. Herd, 83; Kurupo Tareha. 83; A. D. Duncan, 83; G. Thorburn, 83; D. R. Murray, 85: J. A. Clements, 86; H. Gillies, 86; Kapi Tareha, 86; F. G. Hood, 87; D. Johnston, 87; H. B. Lusk, 87; B. C. Rutherford,'B7 B. B. Wood, 87; W. Handvside, 88; A. H. Fisher. 89 H. E. Wright, 89; W. B. Colbeck. 91; J. F. Ritchie, 91; W. C. Smith, 91; E. M. Chettle, 92; W. T. Harman, 92; 0. Trewesk, 92; A. Barraud, 92; C. A. Marshall, 93; C.' Bennett, 93; J. Harold, 94; C. A. Turnbull, 94; W. E. Bidwell, 94; .G. Saunders, 94; 1). Pryde, 95; K. 1). Duncan, 95; H. Balneavis, 95; A. M. Braihwaite, 95; T. Lvnch, 95; M. E. Turcell, 96; H. Peacock, 96; J. O. Kettle, 96: CD. Kennedy, 96; A. J. Milliner, 97; W. E. Reid, 97; P. T. Upton, 97; D. Donald, 97; Paere Keiha, 97; G. M. Morrison, 97; E. A. Dargaville. 97; C. H. Cato, 97; T. F. Turner." 97; G. F. Rutherford, 98; H. .1).-Bates, 99; J. B. Coates, 99; A. Scott, 100; L. J. Maekersey, 100; E. Wilder, 100; C. Armstrong, 100; W. C. Wood, 100;: L. C. Seifert, 101; Wi Karanena. 101 ; A. W. Gillies, 101: W. A. Darcy, 101; F. G. Dalziell, 102; G. M. McLean, 102: .11. M.Roxby, 103: F. Kellv, 103; (J. Gore, .103: H. C. Cock, 103;, P. McHardv, 103; N'. Kettle. 104: F. W. McLean. 105 F. J. Ducrdz, 106: Major Gordon, 106: O. Nelson.: 107: H. D., Bamford, ,107; W. O'Cal'lagbM, 107 H. Appleby. 108; 1). R. Henley, 110; W. M. Kebbell, .113; H. E. Troutbeck, 113: C. R. Fell, 113: C. Bateson, 114; G. It.' Dymock, 117; W. Seifert, 117; G. A. Braithwaite, 119.