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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6313, 13 September 1907, Page 5

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CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES. RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S PLAY. PRESS ASSOCIATE NAPIER, September 12. Tho New Zealand Golf Club's championship meeting woe continued to-day. Slight rain fell late in the afternoon, when the day’s play was nearly over. The amateur championship of Hawke's Bay was won by Arthur Duncan with tho fin© score of 150 for two rounds. His score for to-day's round was 76, a record for tho links, beating by 2 points the previous best record of 78 made by S. H. Gollan and Kurupo Tareha four years ago, Duncan’s driving, approaching, and putting were all splendid, and his performance was undoubtedly the finest all-round exhibition ever seen on the links, either by amateur or professional. His opponent in to-day’s round was MacLaren, the Dunedin professional, who won tho open championship, bnt Duncan beat him to-day. Results: OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP. First Second

ZEALAND. Third Bound. H. D. Bamford beat J. G. Rutherford, 3 up, 2 to play. ' J. I>. Kettle beat G. Herburn, 1 Up at the nineteenth hole. T. Lynch beat M, E. Turrell, 5 up, 4 to play. Major Gordon beat A. W. Gillies, 3 up, 1 to play. G. A. Dargaville beat H. C. Cook, 3 UP. 2 to play. 11. B. Lusk bent B. B. Wood, 2 up. W. Handyisiue beat J. Came Bidwill, 1 up. C. Armstrong beat W. B. Colbeck, 4 up, 2 to play. A. H. Fisher beat H. D. Gillies, 1 up. K. 1). Duncan beat C. Bennett, 7 up, 6 to play. H. E. Wright beat E. Knight, 5 up, 3 to play. A. Duncan beat H. B. Watson, 8 up, 8 to play. W. E. Eeid beat H. D. Bates, 3 up, 3 to play. J. F. Kitchie beat W. T. Harman 2 up. 1 to play. C. A. Turnbull beat E. W. Kirkby, 6 up. 4 to play. H. C, Smith beat H. P. Troutbeck, 3 up, 2 to play. NOTES ON THE PLAT. A. Duncan's splendid performance ih the Hawke's Bay Championship completely overshadowed all the other players in the same event. Hie scores were as follows : ■ Out—s, 3,4, 5,4, 5. 4,4, 3—37. In—s, 6,5, 3, 4, 5,3, 4, 4—39. His scores at the last two holes were the result of long puts. On each occasion he was about two yards from the hole with his third shot, and succeeded in holing the ball in the fourth. Some good play was shown in the third round of the Amateur Championship of New Zealand, and there were several surprises. A Duncan almost beat H. B. Watson pointless, , winning with 9 up. and Bto play. K. Duucan also had a big margin over C. Bennett, being 7 up and 6 to play. H. E. Wright had an easy victory over B. Knight, his score being 5 up and 3 to play. .1. F. Bitchie, who is playing very consistently, beat W. T. Harman, 2 up and 1 to play. There was a capital "go”' between H. B.' Lusk and B. ,B. Wood, Lusk eventually winning by 2 up. H. C. Smith, who is also showing capital form, put down H. P. Troutbeck easily. The contest between N. H. Fisher and H. D. Gillies was very close and exciting, Fisher winning 1 np. Another capital contest was that between G. Thorburn and J. O. Kettle, who were level at the 18th hole. Kettle won by 1 up at the 19th hole. One of the surprises of this round was the defeat-of J. Game Bidwill by W. Handyside. The young Wairarapa player showed capital form in the first, round of the Hawke’s Bay championship, aiid had also done fairly well since, but he was eff his play this afternoon to some extent, and Handyside' beat him 1 up. It is still difficult to say who is likely to be found fighting out the final with A. Duncan, but J. F. Ritchie,, 11. C. Smith, or N. H. Fisher. may be the runner-up for the championship. It seems certain that A. Duncan will be returned the winner.

Round. Round. Tl. MacLaren ... 83 85 167 D. Hood ... 80 88 168 F. G. Hood .... 87 82 169 J. M. Herd ... 83 86 169 J. A. Clements ... ... 85 86 172 D. Johnston ... 87 87 171 A. J. Milliner ... ... 87 96 1„ HAWKE’S BAY AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP. First Second Round. Round. Tl. A. D. S. Duncan ... 83 76 159 J. C. Bidwill ... ... 80 86 10b K. Tarcha ... 83 86 109 Ct. Thorburn ... 83 88 17 j H. B. Lusk ... 87 81 17. Kapi Tarcha ... 8G 88 17-. D. E. Murray ... ... 85 69 17H. Gillies ... 86 89 175 J. F. Ritchie ... 91 85 176 B. B. Wood ... ... 87 89 176 A. H. Fisher ... 89 87 1T( J. Harold ... 94 87 181 C. A. Marshall ... ... 93 88 18. K. D. Duncan ... ... 95 86 181 W. Harman ... 92 89 If D. Pryde ... , ... ... 95 90 185 C. Turnbull ... 91 93 187 C. Treweek •... 92 89 181 H. C. Smith ... 91 92 183 H. Balneavis ... 95 89 It T. Lynch ... 95 91 189 W. Handyside ... ... 88 102 . 190 D. Donald ...‘ 97 97 ' 191 P. T. Upton ... 97 9S 195 M. E. Tun-ell ... 96 101 197 W. E. Bidwill ... ... 91 105 199 L. C. Seifert ... 101 98 199 L. J. Maclcersey ... 190 100 200 G. M. McLean ... ... 102 100 202 J. G. Rutherford ... 98 104 2o_ H. C. Cock ... 103 101 291 C. Bateson ... Ill 101 215 Dr ITenley ... no no 220 AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP OF NEW