GOLF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15659, 13 July 1914, Page 11

GOLF.

AUCKLAND CLUB.

„v D ROUND OP CHAMPIONSECOND » SHIP<

aiority 0 the matches in tho second ; Th * ho club championship were got off on Saturday. Tho surprise •'■ f vSnoon was the win of F. G. Binc* { " e . ,F J, Sharland, who on tho form & ""ft lite was thought by many to bo s^ n . , the running for this year's chainW\. Playing to the first hole, Shar- *, ''Led his second into trouble, and 111 on with a 5, but Sharland equalthe next in a like number of strokes, ■i Lame l up at the third with a splenji "loved i. Binney, however, won the 4 din" four holes in 5, 5, 5 and 3, halved C °iUth in '> and won tllc ninth wi ' aG ' • Hne him .i up at the turn. Ho was still p at the fourteenth, where he becamo i P .' Both played indifferently to and Sharland won with « but the game ended at tho six- * th which was halved in i. Sharland tee !Li unable to get on to his game, and a xicfy when his opponent began to P Z t J ',an hold his own unsettled him. «r B Colbeck was much too good for W. jt Grace' ar.d won by the ample margin ,'x up and 3 to play. \ SI Clark and J. B. Lush had the closest V, 0 I the day, the former winning by 1 SWi > the 19th hole alter Lnsfc appeared to J the game well in hand, when dormy , Bo* si"""' 1 l'' ,tcllil y. Clark being es--3' •ally so. and was '2 down at the sth. Ho roved his position at tho 6th with ft 5 trie's 6, and the 7th was halved in 3 ' B, !1° increased his lead to 3up at tho turn, ■nine the Bth and 9th holes in i and 6 ro*3y. Tho 10th was halved in 4. Play•to the Uih, both found the gully with I'kfir seconds. Clark was stymied by Lusk'a jpnroach pu». which Clark put down in enjLoiirinfi to negotiate, making Lusk 4 up. : Tic 12* *' as Clr ' rk ' s in 4 ' and tbo 13th Tn-k's'in 5, but Clark reduced the leeway to tin with a well-played lat the 14th. Tho ,-,>> was halved in 5. which left Lusk in the Satiable position of dormy 3. Weak »p----*3, -i.' by Lusk at the next enabled RS to *in with a 4, and the latter .run¥ll\ lor.i' putt down for another win in 4, flask's 5 at the 17th. kept the WW going. I i,"got food drives and seconds away to & home hole, but Lusk'a failure to carry Z h«'« with his third stroke cost him tho K. -md the score being all square, the fer had to so to the 19th, where Clark Sled the question with a faultless 3 and *H Morton put up a good fight against F. C Fryer and was 3 up when only 5 holes kid been' plaved, chiefly duo to his good putfin" He however, failed utterly in this dc--1 triment at tho sixth, requiring 4 putts after Kg alongside the green in 2, and Fryer I» with a 5. Tiio next two holes were haired in 4's. The ninth and tenth were Fryer's in S and 3 respectively, making tho 'tore nil square. The eleventh and twelfth «re halved in 5 and 1, and Fryer gained the lead with a win in 5 at the next. The fourteenth was halved in 5, and a correct i at tie next increased Fryer's lead to 2 up. Both players got 3's down at the sixteenth, making Fryer dormy 2, and the seventeenth being hiked in 5, gave him tho match 2 up »e(1 1 to play. D. MacC-ormick beat H. Hanna 3 up and 2 to after an evenly-contested game over the' first half. MacCormick was 1 up at the end of the outward journey, but successive wins at the twelfth and thirteenth gave him a lead of 3 up, which ho retained to tho finish-- . . G. Fi»te scored a good win against E. Hicksra, whom he beat 2 up and 1 to play. Hick?on was 3 up at tho seventh, sad halved the eighth in 4, but his play at tbii next three holes was weak, and enabled Fcote to make the score all square at the skventh. Foo assumed tho lead with a wll-played 4 at the fifteenth, and tho next wis halved in 1, but a 5 to Hickson's 6 at tie seventeenth gave him tho match. MADNGAKIEKIE CLUB. Th-? second round for the R. 0. Gardner Cup was played by members of the Maungakieki 3 Golf Club on Saturday. Tho best card; returned are as follows:—D. G. Macfirlane, 91-17-74. F. Brabant, 93-23—75; G. ilorrin, 05—77; N. P. Green. 84—6— 18; R. George, 85—7—78; P. Morris. 100— 51-79; H. Hansard, 104-23-79; F. Brownin?, 108-25-80; V. F. Reid, 98—17—81; N. Morpeth, 9:3—12—81; W. Pavitt, 102—20—82; F. Trice. 103—20—83; C. F. Gardner, 92-&-84; A. G. Cooke, 102-17-85; H. W, Cooke, 102-17-85.

AUCKLAND LADIES' CLUB. The qualifying round for the trophy presented by Mrs. Arch. Clark, president of the Auckland Ladies' Golf Club, will be played on Tuesday. The draw is as follows:— H. Geddea plays Miss E. Culling; Miss C. Thorpe slays Miss S. Payton, Miss Mavis Clark plays Mrs. Martin, Miss M. Payton plays Miss C. Hull, Miss N. Gorrie plays Miss F. Foote, Miss M. Fratei plays Miss P. Macfailane, Miss R. Coleman plays Miss E. F. Gorrie, Miss M. Cooper plays Mrs. Briffault, Miss S. Henderson plays Miss M. Beid, Miss G. Gorrie plays Miss D. Morton, Miss J. Geddes plays Miss A. Carr, Miss P. Gome plays Miss W. Cotter, Miss A. Henderson plays Miss E. Young, Miss C. Draper Plays Jim R. Greig, Miss K. Clark plays Miss M. Alison, Mrs. Andreas plays Miss J. i rater. Miss J. Reid a bye. WAIHI BEATS TE AROHA. [Br TELEGRAPH.—OWN- CORRESPONDENT.] Waihi, Saturday. The Waihi and Te Aroha Golf Clubs plaved la inter-club match on the local links this attemoon, the men playing over the 18-holo 1 coarse and (he ladies over 12 holes. The 1 tome team won by thirteen games to three, 1118 details being as follows. Waihi players mentioned first:-Ladies: Mrs. Clark beat Mm A. J. Fawcett, 3 up and 1 to play; are, Ueary beat Mrs. Lamb, 2 and 1- Mrs. Gibson lost to Mrs. McGlashan, 6 down; Miss Swears beat Mrs. Montgomery, 3 and *i Mrs. Kennck beat Miss Maingay, 4 and i; Mrs. Johnston beat Mrs. Simpson, 4 and ': Miss Smallbone beat Miss Bell 1 upSis. Gauviar beat Miss Craig, 4'and 3 Jen: S. Morpeth beat Kenny, 8 and 7: i. Morpeth beat Fawcett, i and 2; W M Jackson beat Simpson, 5 and 4; A. T Kenr.cs beat Maingay, 2 up; E. A. Wilson lost to Rutherford, 1 down: J. G. McAndrew m Hanna, 3 and 1; V. Hawko lost to Bonjers 2 down; S. J. Bishop beat Burrows. ' and 6. CHRISTCHURCH CLUB'S CHAMPIONSHIP. WON BY H. E. WRIGHT. [BY telegraph.— association.] ! CnMSTCirrjRCH, Sunday. ; Tie final round of tho Christehurch Golf ~'HP,? championship was played yesterday «■ ota-ley Links in excellent weather. B. B. wood and H. E. Wright played off. In the «Wrnooc there was a large numbor of specters and considerable interest was dio- ' rfyed in the proceedings. In the first Etna the two players were all square at the &t a , ch registering 10. Wood won the H»ta hole with 4 to 5. but Wright succeeded * equalising at the next with 5 to 4. At «» hirlcentn Wright succeeded in gaining EL 1' , IIC he , lcl aDtil the fiftcenth i"«n'i 1 Vood ,eot level again. The next tt.i? i %**■ , talve 4 and the last hole s?,*™ l, 7 nght with 6to 4, leaving him 1 fi. - o£ lup at t!,e eighteenth. lit i«i re . Cod rouild Wright had increased K™£V tur , t0 2 up ' The tenth the pC?. I «?i d i with 5-5, and Wright won ™* hole with * to G. «* Wood Bpntrt with 3 to 4. At the thirteenth hole aW m. a ? am , successful, leaving him 1 & ,$ e w fourteenth hole was halved in SW n ? ht won thc ' next ' with sto 6 & £*£,» cad of - "P- Th« sixteenth Sth L h? ved ' Ut Wri^ 1 * on the seven*ith3E? I,y i a , nd * won tho championship " un iup and Ito play.