WOMEN GOLFERS
TEAM NEW ZEALANDERS' FORM MATCH AT MELBOURNE COMMENT ON BRILLIANCE 25y Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received August 13, S.3"> p.m.) MELBOURNE, August 13 The members of the New Zealand Tasman Cup women's golf team played a practice match'at Melbourne to-day before going to Adelaide. Although all were beaten they ■displayed considerable brilliance. A leading commentator says: '"The New Zealand players are disiinctly impressive and are better stylists than most of our players. They have more controlled swings .and a sounder sense of balance and •they get the ball through remark ;ably well. "It will be extremely difficult to stop tone of them from winning the Australian title at Adelaide." Sand and bunker work handicapped rthe New Zealauders to-day. Mrs. Fullerton Smith is the finest woman swinger jteen on the Melbourne links.
Details'of the play,are: .Misses Morpeth and McLeod (Victoria) defeated Miss Oliver Kay and Mrs. Knllcrton •Smith, one up. Mrs. Alex Russell and Miss E. Hutton defeated Miss Horwell :and Miss Fleming, three and two.
Mrs. E. Shaw and Miss J. Sinclair '(Victoria) defeated Miss Mclean (New Zealand) and Miss Bailey (Victoria)
<t>ne up. , The visitors left for Adelaide this (evening.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22497, 14 August 1936, Page 12
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