GOLF

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19768, 9 April 1934, Page 5

GOLF

KIRK-WINDEYER CUP NEW ZEALAND BEATS NEW SOUTH WALES By Telegraph—Press Association AUCKLAND, April 7. By winning two of the three singles matches to-day the New Zealand team defeated New South Wales in the Kirk-Windeyer Cup contest by four matches to two, each side having won a foursomes yesterday. The weather was overcast but fine in the morning, while real summer-like conditions with a hot sun prevailed in the afternoon. There was a light north-easterly wind blowing. The course was in wonderful order and the greens, although a little faster, offered a perfect puttingsurface. The attendance of the public was the largest ever seen on the course. Each match commanded a large following. Visitors were present from as far south as Dunedin and Christchurch, while almost every centre in the North Island was represented. There were also many enthusiasts from Australia. The standard of golf displayed was a bigimprovement upon that shown in the foursomes on the previous day although the putting, generally speaking, was unimpressive. The two younger members of the New Zealand team, Menzies and Hornabrook, covered themselves with glory as at no time did they leave their supporters in doubt as to the results of their matches. Menzies, on his first appearance in such a match, naturally was a little shaky in the stages but once he settled down he made full use of his local knowledge and was on the day. Hornabrook gave a fine exhibition with the exception, perhaps, of a few lapses on the greens. Wright played finely up to the greens, but his putting was not of the same standard as when he annexed the Dominion title at Titirangi in October last. Horton played well. He was at times brilliant, but hooked a few tee shots which

made his approaches difficult. His approach putting was excellent, although under strain he failed at times to hole short ones.

Of the Australians, Dobson played : some beautiful golf, but again, as on the previous day, failed occasionally with high approach shots, pushing them slightly off the line into sand traps. The manner in which he recovered from bunkers was at times almost uncanny and won him frequent applause from the large gallery. His putting, hawever, was below the high standard for which he is noted as he developed a fatal cut with holing out putts. Hughes drove magnificently with few exceptions and showed the onlookers that it was possible to play high iron shots on to hard greens. He thoroughly deserved the only success which went the way of the visitors. Apperley played well to the greens but displayed his old uncertainty with the putter, and seemed quite unable to gauge the strength of the greens. Ruwald outdrove Menzies by a wide margin, but occasionally hooked into trouble from which he was unable to cope with his opponent’s steady golf. In the middle of the afternoon he gave an exhibition of the play of which he is capable, but it was too late to affect the result. Although in every instance the matches were won long before the eighteenth green, the rules governing the Cup contests made it necessary for the play to go right to the final hole in each round. The following scores, therefore, are those which cards showed when the play ultimately ceased on the last green. T. H. Horton (New Zealand) beat W. R. Dobson (New South Wales), 1 up. P. F. Hughes (New South Wales) beat B. V. Wright (New Zealand), 6 up. J. P. Hornabrook (New Zealand) beat E. L. Apperly (New South Wales), 9 up. B. H. Menzies (New Zealand) beat C. C. Ruwald (New South Wales) 7 up. “We have thoroughly enjoyed our games and I am quite satisfied that the better team won. That is about all I can say in regard to the contest.” Such were the brief remarks of Apperly, captain of the New South Wales team, when asked for his opinion regarding the result of the competition. “Conditions at Middlemore are different from those to which we are accustomed in Australia,” he said. “Our courses are mostly of a sandy nature. However, we found the Middlemore course a fine test of golf.”

CANTERBURY WOMAN CHAMPION. By Telegraph—Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, April 8. In the final of the women’s golf championship of Canterbury, Miss Valmai Fleming beat Miss Edna White Parsons 3 and 2. In the final for the Shirley Cup knock-out tourney on handicap, Mrs W. E. Stickings beat Miss E. Parsons 5 and 4.

TIMARU CLUB. On Saturday at Highfield a match was played between teams selected by the president and vice-president with

GLEN-ITI CLUB. Following are the results of a bogey match played at Glen-iti on Saturday afternoon:—

the following result:— P. V.P. W. . H. Walton v. J. W. Pair .. 0 1 D. S. Kemshed v. P. L. Barker .. 1 0 J. P. Steven v. M. T. Houlihan a A D. J. Purdom v. D. J. McBeath 0 1 J. Moyes v. G. Fairbrother .. .. l 0 J. G. Johnston v. G. M. Gamble 0 1 R. H. Hastwell v. W. J. Foote .. 0 1 E. G. Kerr jun. v. J. Mackay .. l 0 B. Baxter v. N. C. Martin ., .. 0 1 E. A. Scott v. J. G. Nicol .. .. 1 0 A. I. Marshall v. D. Sutherland.. 0 1 A. C. Martin v. P. Sinclair ., ., J 4 A. L. Gee v. W, D. Lunan ., .. 0 1 M. F. Ledingham v. E. G. Kerr 0 1 J. M. Kerr v. C. E. Torlesse .. .. h % G. P. Lawson v. A. P. Greenfield 1 0 D. W. Beswick v. C. S. Young .. 0 1 I. K. Martin v. J. Skinner .. .. i * V. T. Nicholas v. J. M. Ireland .. 1 0 G. A. Ussher v. W. Thomas .. .. 1 0 W. Crawshaw v. K. C. Tonkin i P. G. Raymond v. L. G. Cameron i 5 R. A. Holdgate v. H. R. Scott .. 1 0 A. M. Robertson v. W. I. Tait 1 0 V. J. Forbes v. M. A. Raymond h T. W. Lynch v. L. S. Abernethy 1 0 A. E. Horwell v. D. L. Grant 1 0 A. L. Marshall v. G. R. Kingston 0 1 E. D. Hunter v. F. S. Cave . 1 0 G. B. Creemer v. G. W. Morrison 1 0 C. W. Wood jun. v. B. W. Moody 0 1 Total 165 144

J. C. Kay 2 down G. F. Carmichael 3 W. J. Smith 3 down R. J. Johnston 3 E. Hobin 4 down D. Menzies 6 C. Steele 7 down J. Menzies 8 down R. G. Slade 8 down Women’s Games. Miss McBride 11 down Miss Sellwood 13 Miss Morgan 13 down