GOLF IN ENGLAND
AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP NEW ZEALANDER BEATEN Independent Cablo Service LONDON, May 23 The New Zealand competitor in tho British amateur golf championship, D. C. .Collins, was defeated in tlia second round 3 and 2 by W. M. Robb. Ho played well, but was one down at tho turn. Then there was an exchange of wins and losses, but when Robb took the 14th with a birdie four ho was two up again. Robb also won the 15t,h, when Collins was bunkered, and the game finished at the next with a half. The Irish champion, James Brticn, defeated L. Crawley 4 and 2. The title-holder C. Yates (United States) defeated D, Cameron 2 and 1, and Hector Thompson, winner in 1936, beat A, Me Nairn 2 and 1.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23355, 25 May 1939, Page 11
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