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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20887, 1 June 1931, Page 13

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MATCHES IN AUCKLAND. GOOD SCORING DIFFICULT. COMPETITION. AT MIDDLEMORE. "Weather conditions at Middlemore were most unpleasant on Saturday when members of the Auckland Golf ,Club played in the George Cup competition. Heavy rain fell throughout the day and with a strong, northerly wind good scoring was particularly difficult. Out of the 120 entrants, 80 took part in the George Cup competition. Conditions for the cup have been altered this year, players returning the best eight cards in a qualifying round to play off in match play, the winner to be the holder of the trophy for th«j year. Following were the best cards returned, the last three players having to play off for the last two places:—R. G. Rainger (3), all square; H. A. Joyce (8), 'all square: R. J. King (14), all square; H. Tidmarsh (4), 1 down; E. C. Pare (11), 2 down; D. MacCorniick (5), 2 down; E .Friedlander (12), 3 down; W. S. Ralph (scr), 3 down; A. Donald (2). 3 down. The captain's tourney reached the semifinals stage on Saturday when the following matches were played:—W. S. Kalph (scr) beat 11. A. Joyce (11), 5 and 4; R. G. Rainger (4) beat V. W. Wilson (5), 4 and 3; R. J. King (20) beat H. V. Coverdale (5), 2 and 1. The match between Dr. It. W, Johnson and J. P. Aldred has yet to be played. MAUNGAKIEKIE CLUB. Members of Maungakiekie Golf Club played the third round of the Kingswell Shield competition at One Tree Hill on Saturday. The course was in splendid condition in spite of the heavy rain experienced, but the scoring was not too good. The match resulted in a tie between H. Morpeth, A. K. Hawley and L. B. Schnauer, who each returned a score of 3 down. The bogey match played in conjunction was won by W. Calderwood with a fine card of 1 up. Other good cards were:— J. B. Shanly, 1 down W. J. Smeeton, H. Morpeth, 2 down; A. K. Hawley, 3 down; J. S. Rankin, A. K. Turner, 4 down; H. Walker, R. W. Verry, 5 down.

MAUNGAKIEKIE LADIES' CLUB. Following is the draw for the bogey handicap match to be played by members of the Maungakiekie Ladies' Golf Club at One Tree Hill to-morrow, commencing at 10.45 o'clock in order of the draw:—Mies A. Grove v. Miss C. Stubbs, Miss K, Horton v. Miss G. Parr, Mrs. A. Swain v. Misa M. Miller, Mrs. H. Johnston v. Mrs. Grevatt, Mrs. Mcllraith v. Mrs. J. Maaon, Mrs. McArthur v. Miss Carnachan, Miss E. Schnauer v. Miss M. Haslett, Mrs. K. Churton v. Miss S. Johnston, Mis. Jerrat v. Miss P. Lawrence, Mrs. C. J. Schnauer v. Miss Morrison, Mrs. Hipkins v. Mrs. G. White, Mrs. Neale v. Mrs. Wellsted. Mrs. Robinson v. Mrs. Horton, Miss McGowan v. Miss Preece, Mrs. H. Wiles v. Miss D. Lamb, Mrs. M. Henry v. Mrs. Burton, Mrs. Brown v. Mrs. S, Reid, Mrs. Saxton v. Mrs. Malcolm, Mrs. G. Hardley v. Mrs. Baird, Mrs. Dunne v. Mrs. Ramsay: Mrs. L. N6rton v. Mrs. Balgarnie, Miss I. Walker v. Mrs Nicholson. Mrs. Bourke v. Mrs. Fraser, Mrs. Hendereon v. Mrs. Kilner; Mrs. v. Mrs. Dudley, Miss Millington v. Mrs. H. Walker, Miss Blackburn v. Mrs. Owen, Miss P. Reid v. Miss Tiarks, Mrs. Keys v. Miss A. V. Hay, Miss R. Williams v. Mrs. H. Williams, Mrs.' Feis v. Miss G. Finnerty, Mrs. O. Neill v. Mien Paterson.

Ninth Tee.—Mrs. Oxlcy v. Mrs. Pocock, Mrs. Goldwater v. Miss Harvey, Mrs. Rudgß v. Mrs. Verry, Miss M. Robson v. Mr®. Napier. Miss Ronayne v. Miss R. Hill, Mrs. Caughey v. Miss H. Hardley, Mrs. Sawers v. Mrs. Dawson. Miss A. Palmer v. Miss E. Hardley, Miss Thompson v. Miss A. Yonge, Miss C. Creamer v. Miss E. Thompson. The third round of the eclectic match for C grade members will be held on Thursday, players to choose partners. TITIRANGI LADIES' CLUB. The draw for the bogey handicap to be played by members of the Titirangi Ladies' Golf Club to-morrow ia ao follows: First tee, at 10.40 o'clock.—Mrs. R. Deighton v. Miss M. C. Bray, Mrs. T. W. Hosking v. Mrs. G. McMillan, Miss G. I. Easton v. Mrs. J. C. Finlay, Miss M. Richardson v. Mrs. Paterson, Mrs. A. 11. O'Leary v. Mrs. R. L. Wilson, Mrs. M. Shroff v. Mrs. H. Brinsden. Miss B. M. Grierson v. Miss M. Goldwater, Miss M. Cooke v. Miss A. Hacket. Mrs. I. B. Stewart v. Mrs. Cain, Mrs. G. L. Taylor v. Miss M. Fouhy, Miss K. Fouhy v. Mm. E. D. Henrys. Mrs. B. Cooke v. Mrs. Lovatt, Mrs. F. G. Alpe v. Mrs. Chappell, Mrs. Joplin v. Miss M. Bailey, _ Mrg. Gyllies v. Miss L. Hall, Mrs. McKinnon v. Miss G. Thompson. Mrs. Rawson-Smith v. Mrs. Maclndoe. Eighth tee, at 10.30 o'clock.—Miss Noel Self v. Mrs. Ferguson, Misß R. Cornaga v. Miss M. Duder. Mrs. C. K. Grierson v.. Mrs. G. T. Finlay, Miss J. Easton v. Mrs. G. Court. Mrs. Anderson 'v. Mrs. W. H. Cooke. Mrs. ,1. B. Johnson v. Miss P. Moody, Mrs. E. Alison v. Miss Nesta Self, Miss F. Hall v. Mrs. Richardson. A C grade match will also be held, commencing at 10.15 o'clock, players to choose partners.

AKARANA CLUB. The first round of the Roskill Cup competition was played by members of the Akarana Golf Club on Saturday. The best cards returned were as follows:—C. Taylor, 93, 24—69; A. Galloway, 95, 24—71; V. Baker, 79, 8—71; F. Mcßobie, 86, 14—72; J. Trayes, 92, 18—74; Dr. Nicholson, 95, 20—75; J. R. Campbell, 99, 23—76; J. Swanson. 84, 8 —76; W. Swanson. 87, 11—76; H. Cullen, 94, 18—76; B. J. Smith, 77, scr—77; J. Fraser, 101, 24—77. i GLENDOWIE CLUB. A bogey handicap will be played on Wednesday morning by members of the Glendowie Golf Club. The president s foursome will be held in the afternoan, players to choose partners and opponents. The match ladies v. men to have been played on Saturday was abandoned on account of rain. GLENDOWIE LADIES' CLUB. } Following is the draw for the L.G.TT. match to be played on Thursday by members of the Glendowie Ladies' Golf Club:— Mrs. Hill v. Miss Brookfield. Mrs. Browne v Mrs. Hutchison, Mrs. Hintz v. Mrs. Stanley, Mrs. Mathieson v. Miss W. Hintz, Miss John3on v. Mrs. Bennie. Mrs. Warren v. Mrs. Butler, Miss B. Hill v. Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. Montgomery v. Mrs. Keys, Mrs. Lintott v. Mrs. D'Authreau. Mrs. Lovegrove v. Mrs. Macartney. Mrs. Cahill v. Miss Meadows. Miss Todd v. Mrs. Combes. Miss Colebrook v. Miss Lundon, Miss Sutton v. Mrs. Markwick. Miss M. Enclish v. Miss Prosser. Miss O. English v. Mias Lawrence, Miss Scott v. Miss Sharland: _ C grade players will play the second round of the match for Miss Johnson s prize. EVERSLIE LADIES' CLUB. Members of the Everslie Ladies' Golf Club played an L.Gr.U. handicap niedal inaich on Saturday. The best cards returned were:—Mrs. Busing, 81 net; Mrs. R. Lever. 82. MANUREWA CLUB. A flag match played by members of the Manurewa Golf Club on Saturday was won by T. C. Galloway, who carried the nag to Following is the draw for the first Tound of the president's handicap to be ployed next Saturday :—Barnard v. Blore, White v. EdcW O. V. Adlam v. Gilmore, Galloway v. O. R. Adlam. J. D. Jepson v. Ansley, J. Jepson v. H. Flemming, Maxwell v. Jenkins. Priest v. T. J. Flemming. Roberts v. Hill. Woolley v. B\ Nathan. Margetts v. Dunn.

PUPUKE CLUB. Members of tlio Pupuke Golf Club played a medal round on Saturday for a trophy presented by Mr. J. E. Close, in conjunction with the second round of the Hawes Cup. The winner was G. A. Waterman with a score of 82, Other good cards W ere:-W. A. Bush, 89, 22-67; Cf P. Hopkins. 85, 17—68. L. H. Saunders, 80, 12—68; D. 11. C. Mowbray, 83, 14—69; B. M. Sellarß 69, 20—69; H. Goodwin, 83, 13—70; H L M. Buisson. 93. 22—71: H. Stevens, 79 8-71; G. A. Buddie, 93. 20-73; W. I. Stemscm, 92, 18—74; E. W. Mills, 83, 9—74; It. Johnston, 86. 12—74; F. H. Mingay, 86, 11—75.

PUPUKE LADIES' CLUB. Following is the draw for the C grade match to be played by members of the Pupuke Lndies' Golf Club on Thursday for Mis. Scales' trophy Mrs. Milne v Mrs. Kissen, M>-s. Maxwell v. Mrs. Heldt, Mrs. Gray v. Mjs. Randall, Mrs. Jagsrs v. Mrs. Atwood, Mrs. Goodwin v. Mrs.. Harrison, Mrs. Gillett v. Miss Westou, Mrs. Winter v. Mrs. Bond, Mrs. Hall v. Mrs Scales, Mrs. Prosser v. Miss Johnston, Miss Gledhi'll v. Miss Barton, Mrs. Thompson v. Mrs. Quick, Mrs, Thomas v. Mrs. Lushi Mr». Whitcomb# ▼. Mrs. Hume.

PLAY AT TITIRANGI. RENDELL VASE COMPETITION. The medal handicap for the Rendell "vag®, played; by members of the Titirangi Go'J Club on Saturday, drew a large field of competitors. The links were in excellent condition notwithstanding the hen-.vy rain experienced. The match was won by A. N. Taylor, who returned a cord of 83, 12 — 71. Other good cards were:—A. J. Good, 81. 0 —72; F. W. Lucns, 93, 20—73. R. R. McCrystal, 77, 3—74; G. C. Jones, 91, 17— 74: H. Brinsden. 77. 2—75: T. Goudie. 85, 9-76; J. Murray, 84, 7—77: R. F. Ward, 94, 17—77; J. H. Goyder, 87, 9—78: H. W. Cooke, 91, 12—79. Following were the results of matches played in the fifth round of the Taylor bowl competition:—B. W. Beaumont beat P. E. Cleary, at the 22nd: H. Broadbent . beat W. R. Vercoe, 2 and 1: J- H. Goyder beat P. Harrison, 4 and 2; T. Goudie beat K. F. Ward, 2 and 1. A medal handicap for the Gardner Cup will be played on Wednesday morning in conjunction with a four-ball match. LADIES' INTER-CLUB MATCH. .. Alv All AN A BEATS PAPAKURA. A match betwoen members of the Papakura Ladies' Golf Club and the Akurana Ladies' Club was played on the Papakura course on Saturday, Akarana winning by ten matches to five. Details are as follows, Akaiana names being mentioned first: —Miss Smith lost to Mrs. Rushton, 6 and £; Miss E. Cox beat Miss White, 1 up: Mrs. Grant lost to Miss M. Walters, 9 and 7; Mrs. Halford lost to Mrs. Brooks, 2 down; Miiss Wyny.ird bent Mrs. Pavitt, 2 up; Mrs. Co? beat Miss McLennan, 4 nnd 3; Miss P. Peet lost •to Miss Walker,, 6 and 5; Miss McGee beat Mrs. Urquhart, 1 up; Miss Jones beat Miss O'Callaghan, 2 up; Mrs. Sutton beat Mrs. Duncan McLennan, 2 and 3: Mrs. Tingey beat Mrs. Pegler, 2 up; Miss Katt beat Mrs. Knight. 3 and 2; Miss Barton beat Mrs. Watts, i and 3; Miss Dalton lost to Miss Coxhead,. 6 and 5; Miss Jenks beo.t Mrs. Walters, 6 and 5. NEW LINKS AT OTAHUHU. OFFICIAL OPENING FUNCTION. : In spite of adverse weather conditions th» official opening of the Otahuhu Golf Club was held at the new links on Saturday. Mr. S. W. House, president of the club,, extended a welcome to the visitors and referred to the club's good fortune in securing the present property. He said the membership now stood at 60 men and 130 ladies, representing an ir.crease of 46 members since last year. Mr. Wardell. of the Everslie Club, replied on behalf of the visitors after which Mrs. R. Wallace, wife of the patron, drove the first ball. A mixed foursome match over nine hole* resulted in a win for J. Williams and- Mrs. McNeely with a net score of 35. The next best cards were:—B. O. Heather and Miss H. Percy, 37; E. Stephenson and Miss E. Wliitely, 37i; Waddell and Miss Wyllie, 39. FRANKLIN TEJIJiS CUP. WON BY WAIUKU. [FBOK our own correspondent. 1 PUKEKOHE, Saturday. The teams cup recently donated to th« Franklin Golf Association by Messrs. Walker ana Hall for annual competition was won for the first time to-day, when Waiuku defeated Pukekohe in the final. The match was played on the Pukekohe links ,in , ' drizzling rain, Waiuku winning by a margin of three games. There were some/very close contests. Results are s,s follows, Waiuku names being mentioned first:— Singles: P. Howden and H. E. Kissling, all square; W. S. Colbeck lost -to C. G. Johnson, 3 and 2; A. W. M. Ohlson beat , D. Coylti, 1 up; T. R. Bloomfield beat J. Roulston, jun., 3 and 1. Foursomes: Howden and Colbeck beat Johnson and Kissling, 2 up; Ohlson and Bloomfield beat Coyle and Roulston, 8 and 6. " In conjunction with the cup match, a . home-and-home match between Waiuku and Pukekohe was also played, Waiuku win-' ning by a comfortable margin. _ Results are as follows. Waiuku names being mentioned first:—P. Howden and Kissling, all square; C. E. Howden won from Lawson by default; Colbeck lost to Johnson, 3 &nd 2; Ohlson beat Coyle, 1 up; Bloomfield beat Roulston, jun., 3 and 1; Forbes beat Schlaepfer, 4 and 2; C. Herrold beat McWhirter, 2 and 1; T. Herroid beat Jobson, 4 and 3; Jerram beat Charlesworth. 1 up: Aldred lost to John?, 5 nnd 4: Roscoe lost to H. Short, 6 and 5; Munro lost to Mills, . G and 4; Flavjll won by default from '■ Payne; Hamilton and Moore, all square.

BlftMTT.TOar CLUB TEAM. SUCCESS AT ROTORUA. [BY TELEGRAPH.— OWN CORRESPONDENT.] | ROTORUA, Saturday. 3 The annual golf match between Humil- j ton and Rotorua took place to-day. Un- 3 fortunately, there was steady rain. The Hamilton team won by '6 matches to 4. Details are as follows, Hamilton names mentioned first:—Hopkins and Fisher lost to M. D. Carr and C. Kusabs; S and 2; Wake and Guy lost to N. Smith and K. C. Smith, 4 and 3; Horton and Ross beat Brett and Anderson, 2 up; Blundell and Rawson beat W„ Foggin and Hay, 3 and 2; Blackie and Gillies beat S. Carr and Troutbeck, 2 and 1; Tompkins and Harkness beat Bedhead and Kelly, 2 up; Champion and Morpeth lost to D. George and La T. Hill. 5 and 4; King and Blakely beat Hethingtoa and Barker. 1 up; Hovey and Runnerstrum lost to Speer and Money, 5 and 4j Eggleston and Pillar beat Roe and Fenton, 2 and 1. ONEWHERO COMPETITION. [fro:« our own correspondent.] TUAKATJ, Satuiday. Owing to the Everslie team being prevented from making the trip to Oncwhero to-day, the match arranged with the Onsvhero Club was postponed. Members of the Onewhero Club ployed the qualifying round for the president's trophy, when the following returned the best eight cards, thereby qualifying to compete further for the trophy:—McNaught, G2: Lindberg, 71; Wright, 72; Pattullo, 78; Taylor, 79; Allen, 79; Glasgow, 81; McDermott, 81. The draw for the first round, which will be played on Wednesday, is as follows: Pattullo v. Wright, Glasgow v. Taylor, McNaught v. Allen, McDennott v. Lindberg. WAITEMATA CLUB. Members of the Waitemata Golf Club will play n mixed foursomes match on Wednesday, etarting at 1.30 p.m., players to choose partners and opponents. PAPAKURA, LADIES' CLUB. Members of the Papakura Ladies' Golf Club will play a sealed hole competition on Wednesday, commencing at 12.30 o'clock. Players will choose own partners. NORTH SHORE CLUB. Members of the North Shore Golf Club will compete in a two-ball bogey competition on Wednesday morning and a fourbnll boßcy match in the afternoon. Playem will choose partners and opponento. The fast round of the captain's prize competition, which was to have been played on Snturday, was postponed.