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Exhibition Match VON NIDA BEATEN BY A. MURRAY (United Press Association) AUCKLAND, May 14. A professional exhibition golf match j between N. von Nida, of Australia and . Alex. Murray, of Auckland, was played at the Remuera course and was won by | Murray on the last green. Murray was two up at the turn. Murrays figures were 74 (36 out, 38 in), this being two over scratch. Von Nida’s halves were 39, 37, total 76. MEDAL HANDICAP AT OTATARA The monthly medal handicap was decided at Otatara on Saturday afternoon. A cold westerly wind made conditions unpleasant and must have affected the scoring. The best cards returned were:—
A GRADE H. C. Smith 82-10-72 J. R. Woods 82- 9-73 G. R. Hanan 83- 8-75 C. L. Stubbs 86-10-76 B. Mehaffey 88-12-76 H. A. Wilkes 84- 7-77 S. A. Bell 86- 9-77 J. C. Prain 83- 6-77 B GRADE M. C. Fairbrother , 87-15-72 H. Murphy 95-2 ?'Z? H. Ritchie R. M. Strang 95-20-75 A. G. Stubbs 92-16-76 R. C. Cook 101-24-77 G. W. Scott 101-24-77
Fairbrother won on the count back. QUEEN’S PARK CLUB A field of more than 70 took part in a Stableford handicap at Queen’s Park on Saturday.. G. E. Glennie had a fine round of 74, but it was not quite good enough to win, G. M. Buchanan equalling his Stableford points and winning on the count back. The best scores were:—
MEDAL MATCH AT GORE Members of the Gore Golf Club played the May medal match on the Croydon links on Saturday in fair conditions. The match was won by S. B. Taylor, who returned a card of 94-20-74. The scoring was again poor, players losing strokes on the five new greens. The best cards returned were:— S. B. Taylor 94-20-74 M. S. Tansley 79- 4-75 L. T. Cockerill 95-20-75 E. J. Crosbie 91-13-78 G. Young 93-15-78 G. D. Caldwell 86- 7-79
A GRADE G. M. Buchanan 25-11-36 G. E. Glennie 34- 2-36 L. G. Algie 28- 7-35 J. M. Daly 23-11-34 J. F. Miller 26- 8-34 L. E. Raines 25- 8-33 J. C. R. Fleming 26- 7-33 Buchanan won on the count back. B GRADE L. Barclay 19-14-33 A. R. Cullen 21-12-33 E. Hargreaves 14-18-32 L. R. McDermott 17-15-32 E. R. Barnett 21-11-32 A. Cox 18-14-32 L. Latimer 21-11-32 Barclay won on the count back.
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Southland Times, Issue 23817, 15 May 1939, Page 8
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