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Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 14003, 11 September 1909, Page 6

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AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP. ... : Press Associalion-By Telegraph-Copyright MELBOURNE. Sept. 10. ■. Falstead, a Victprian, won 'the open . golf • championship of Australia,. 'Wiiii i , j an aggregate of 316, beating Sout ir by" two strokes. / . TIMARU v. WAIMATE. •; v ■s" ." A team came up from Waimate on £j:: Thursday to play a return match against Timaru on the Highfield Links. * i'oonomes were played in the morning and twosomes .in .theafternoon.". The . liometeam proved much toostrong for the visitors, winning every game. The f.; '-following are the results:— Twosomes. . T. W. f; Barker v. Kiely 1 0 "Wright v. Greig , f 1 0 Kempthorne v. Perry 1... 1 0 0 . Perry v. Laing » x 1 0 ;,\v Knubky v. Holmes 1 0 -Hmy.v. Manchester ............ 1 0 "Baxter v. Hamilton 1 0 ' Hunter-Weston v. Morgan 10 Foursomes. " Kempthorne and Barker v. Kiely ~ . and Greie ;1 - 0 Wright and Perry v. Perry and £ Laing ..1.............:.... 1 0 P, KnnbTey and Baxter v. ~Holmes iv; ' and Manchester . 1 0 Hay and Hnntcr-Weston v. f ' Hamilton and Morgan 1 0 I" , . 12 0 jSte- i ; .. , In the final o£ the junior champions' ship Seymour beat ,Templer rather easft'S ilyy winning the game at the 24th hole. ; a - It was expected that the game would "* be very much but Seymour was in fhe top of his gaiiie, doing the first £' -18 holes in 86, whereas Templer was fe:nOtat his best." i®v- fin the final of the Bowe Cup-Mrs X McLaren and Tasker beat Miss N. Hay and, Marshall four up and three to play; the handicap of-11 proving too big_ a ■Z load for. -the scratch pair. Great inwas taken in .the game, and %;■■■'there was quite a followina of gpecta--7 tors. . . ~.. V