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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17238, 19 April 1930, Page 7

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KIRK-WINDEYER CUP VICTORY FOR NEW ZEALAND (Per Proas Association,) OHIMSTOHUItrH.JasI nighl. New Zealand won the Kirlc-W indeyer Cup liy four and a-half matches to one and a-half—two wins in foursomes and two wins and a squared match to New Zealand, one win and one squared match to New South Wales in the singles. The results of yesterday's play were. New Zealand name.; being given fust : Horton and Lee-Brown, all square; MacFarlane beat Keane. two up; Ross beat. Dobson. five up; Black lost to 11 at - tersley, live down. Two features of yesterday's play were the splendid lighting games by Horton and .MacFarlane. both of whom appeared in the afternoon to have lost all chance of winning. Horton was six "down with 10 holes to play, and. at about the same stage of the match, MacFarlane was four down. Horton made a miraculous recovery; indeed, he missed by an inch, a putt which would have .given him a win on the last green. He came home -in 34. with a bad six in bis score, so that be played eight of the last nine holes in 28." He started the afternoon round four down, lie failed to recover any of the lost boles early and, presently," lost two more. Then ho settled down to play bis best golf, and fortunately for him, Lec Blown failed to sustain bis morning brilliance The New South Wales man bad a score of 74 for the morning round. He wenl out in the

afternoon for . 7 >7, bill took 40 to come home The hist nine holes left the chances open, and Horton seized every one.

MacFarlane set out one down against Keane, having scored 71 to Keane's 70 in the morning. In the afternoon, Keane's figure was 38 and MacFarlane notched par figures 35. His young opponent, probably feeling the strain, slipped a little. Hattersley was Black's master all the day. They finished the morning round with Black three down and black had lost those three or the last four holes of tha round. In the afternoon, though Hattersley at times was brilliant, Black was given chants, which he was unable to take. The Wellington man was uncertain with the wooden clubs. He has been so. since the series began, but ho was far worse vesterdav, and Hattersley's 30'J-vr.rd drives gave the NewSouth Wales plaver an advantage winch enabled him to hold Black, who failed to make good his faults in the long day by bis'usual safe play in the greens. ' Ross was three up against Dobson in the morning, playing a round of 72 to Dobson's 75 In the afternoon, he increased his lead to seven, but thereafter, promptly lost two boles and finished live up' with a round of 76. Dobson took 81.