GOLF “A GREAT GOLFER”

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVI, Issue 21324, 19 April 1939, Page 12

GOLF “A GREAT GOLFER”

TRIBUTE TO HORNABROOK By releffraoh - Prpss Asocial ion WELLINGTON, April 18. . “He Is a great golfer and is equal if not superior to any amateur we have in Australia,” remarked N. von Nida, the Australian golf professional who, with E. Cremin, played exhibition matches at Masterton to-day, when referring to J. Horr.abrook, the leading New Zealand amateur. Von Nida and Cremin who were opposed to K. Williams, ’•.3 Masterton professional, and Horna-

brook, won 2 up after a keen game in which the standard of play at tmes was particularly good. The Australians took some time to settle down and were two to the bad at the turn for home. Then Von Nida struck a winning patch. Hornabrook played the best ' olf of the foursome and he did the round in two under bogey. Von Nida went out in 39 and home n 36. Cremin was out in 39 and home in 38. Hornabrook was out. in 34 and home in 37, and Williams out in 39 and home in 41.

LADIES’ GOLF UNION

AUTUMN FOURSOMES By leiegrapn-Press Association WELLINGTON, April 18. The first round of the New Zealand Ladie.-’ Golf Union's autumn foursome was played on the Hutt course this mornin fc . The fairways were dry and parched and the greens deceptive owing to run and the difficulty of remaining on them. Results: First Round Mrs Lightband and Miss McGuire beat Miss Campbell and Mrs Hatrick, 4 and 3. Mesdames Cresswell and Brooks beat Mesdames Wiliams and Whitehead, 3 and 2. Mesdames Cook and Wilson beat Mesdames Hamilton and Marsden, 6 and 4. Mrs Hall-Jones and Miss McCallum beat Misses Collins and Ilorwell, 2 and 1. Mesdames Park and Welton-Hogg beat Mesdames Hobson and Carter, 3 and 2.

Mesdames Sadd and Wells beat Miss Batham and Mrs Murray, 3 and 2. Mesdames Asche and Norman beat Mesdames Pacey and Green, " and 5. Mesdames Johnston and Chapman beat Mesdames Wilson and Wade, 6 and 4.

Mrs J. M. Ellis and J 'iss M. Thompson beat Mrs F. M. Hansen and Mrs G. Albertson, 1 up. Miss M. Pearce and Mrs A. B. Martin beat Miss V. Campbell and Mrs Foreman, 2 up. Mrs H. Pearce and Mrs Treadwell beat Mrs Seddon and Mrs Kingscote, 4 and 3.

Mrs Monkman and Miss Griffen beat Miss V. Fleming and Miss Buchanan, 2 and 1. Mrs Holden and Mrs Esdaile beat Mrs Evans and Miss E. Smith, at the 21st. Mrs A. C. McKillop and Miss Wylie beat Mrs Crombie and Mrs Turnbull. 1 up. Mrs Davidson and Mrs Schneider beat Mrs Harvey and Mrs Collins Brown, at the 19th. Mrs Duncan and Mrs Dudley beat Mrs Cornaga and Mrs Aiken, 3 and 2. Miss J. Duncan and Mrs Cliff beat Miss Chesney and Miss Gibbons, 3 and 2. Second Round Mrs Slater and Mfs Chrisp beat Miss J. Hornabrook and Mrs Mcßae, 5 and 4. Mrs Mackenzie and Mrs Houston beat Mrs Lightband and Miss McGuire, 6 and 4. Mrs D. Wilson and»Mrs R. C. Crook beat Mrs Creswell and Mrs Brooks, 4 and 1. Mrs Hall-Jones and Miss McCallum beat Mrs A. Park and Mrs WeltonHogg, 1 up. Mrs Ashe and Mrs Normal, beat Mrs Sadd and Mrs Well, 3 and 1. Mrs Richmond and Mrs Banks beat Mrs Chapman and Mrs Johnston, 1 up. Mrs Tripe and Mrs Whatley beat Mrs Schroder and Miss Schroder, 5 and 4.

Mrs Ellis and Miss M. Thompson beat Mrs Morrow and Mrs Kerr, 5 and 4. Mrs Lewis and Miss White-Parsons beat Mrs Hunt and Miss D. Todd, 1 up. Miss Nutt and Miss Beadel beat Miss Pearce and Mrs Martin, 6 and 4. Mrs H. Pearce and Mrs Treadwell beat Mrs Monkman and Miss Griffen. 3 and 2.

Mrs Holden and Mrs Esdaile beat Mrs McKillop and Miss Wylie, and 2.

Mrs Davidson and Mrs Schneider beat Mrs Rhind and Mrs Hewitt, at the twentieth.

Mrs Duncan and Mrs Dudley beat Mrs Cliff and Miss J. Duncan, 5 and 4 Mrs Chapman and Mrs Munden beat M s Spiers and Mrs Howden, 4 and 2.

Mrs Marshall and Mrs Harman beat Miss Cotterill and Miss Webster at the twenty-first.