THE ROYAL AND ANCIENT GAME OF GOLF

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 852, 28 August 1933, Page 4

THE ROYAL AND ANCIENT GAME O F GOLF

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“THE COLONEL”

Football kept a good many golfers on the “ otherwise engaged ’’ list on Saturday, but Sunday's almost perfect conditions were enjoyed by full complements at all clubs. There was just enough wind to make things interesting. Shirley players will rejoice with R. A. Wilson on his win in the Invercargill Club’a championship. Bob was a steady man here a few years ago, and Shirley lost a strong lance when he went south, Percy Alliss, ’the English pro. who won the German open this year lor the fifth time, was for some years professional at the Berlin Club. Of 190 competitors in the Leeds Professional Tournament, forty used hickory shafts. The Aga Khan possesses a niblick with a blade like a battle-axe, which he calls “the giant-killer”, and a famous legal luminary used a 1 wavs to call his niblick “Faith”, because, as he delighted to explain to his friends. Faith can move mountains. “Fobbv” Jones calls his putter “Calamity Jane”. The Royal and Ancient Club’s appeal for linguists to assist the foreign competitors in the last British open championship brought in nearly 1000 applications. One lady claimed to he able to speak six languages “fluently". What is *the Jfcule f An extraordinary happening is reported from the course of the Malayan American Plantations. Ltd., at South Kedah. Tn a four-ball, .T. Firth Fletcher drove from the second tee, and, believing the ball to be out of bounds, drove another. Both balls were in bounds, however. They were together in grass about three or four inches high. The sevond ball was resting actually on top of the first ball, leaving onlv a small portion of the first ball visible. The facing hillside is open to view from tee to green, and there was no one else in the vicinity at the time. *.♦ fj A Valuable Pot. The “ Tatler ” relates that the ladies of a certain golf club iad been competing for one of their chief po‘s, but when, the presentation ceremony drew near, an awkward hitch occurred. The previous holder confessed that she had forgotten to bring the trophy with her. “Never mind,” said the resourceful lady captain. “A great friend of mine lives quite close. He’s got cups for all sorts of things. I’ll borrow one which we can use for the presentation ceremony, and the real one can be handed to the winner later.” So a cup was hastily borrowed, the presentation Ceremony went off beautifully, and then the blushing winner thought she would glance at the inscription on the cup. It read: “For the best fat heifer in the show.” ♦.* Umpire Tournament. Australasia made a poor show in the annual Empire Tournament, played over thirty-six holes against bogey at Walton Heath (London) on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 11 and 12, for the Lucifer Golfing Society Cup. It was the sixth of the series,' and proved ‘.he most successful of all. A scratch player, N. K. Garnett, hailing from India, with a wyd of 3 up, >-»k fust place, thus once again proving that, especially over an extended restthe double figure marker, getting only a three-fourths allowance of strokes, has only the outsidest of chancest against the cracks. In the list in “The Times’’ the only Australian name given is that of O. H. O'Brien, the well-known Sydney golfer, who, playing off the 10 mark, finished three down. Australians in Dr G. R. Nolan (15), square, and E. J. Tait (IS), two down, played well on the grst day. So did G. P. Roberts (N.Z.). (3), for a square card. & !*• M Championships of Australia. The season’s practice and preparation in all the Australian States will culminate in the contests for the national championships to be played on the Royal Melbourne Club’s splendid twin links at Cheltenham at the end of this month and during the first half of September. The great events are the open and the amateur, and in addition there are the professional and the women’s and the foursome titles to be won, but ike foursomes are not taken seriotffcly, and no one cares a straw who wins them (comments the “Australasian”). They are items .placed on the championship list long ago at the instance of Norman Brookes and the late W. J. Carre Riddell, who could not see why there should not be doubles events in golf as well as in lawn tennis. There are no such contests held in either Britain or America. Christchurch Club. The following were the scores in the stroke handicaps played concurrently with the first qualifying rounds of club championship, Richards Cup (9 to l2) and Cox Cup (13 to 24): — SENIOR.

Harewood Club. Hare wood played off the second round of the Godby Cup and also a mixed or otherwise four-ball bogey. In the Godby Cup results were:—J. J. Agar beat L. N. Austin 2 and 1. 11. F. Robertson beat R. G. Malcolmson 3 and 2, H. M. Taylor beat R. Twyneham 2 and 1, R. S. Smith beat C. T. Werren 4 and 2. The best cards in the bogey handicap were:—

Russley Club. The following players qualified in the three championships:— * SENIOR.

The draw is: Wilson plays Palmer, Smithson plays Ronaldson, Gilmour plays Robinson, Dagger plays Ronnie.

The draw is: Burns plays Anderson. OHa lloran plays Well wood, Alley Plays Smy the, Wynn-Williams plays. Hampton. JUNIOR.

The draw is: Hewlett plavs winner of tie, Duncan plays Hean, Eaton plays Glasson, Hall plays Beaumont. The return match between the Russley and Richmond Hill Clubs was played at Russley over the week-end and resulted in a win for Russley by 18 4 matches to SJ, thus reversing the result of the previous match at Richmond Hill, where the home team nearly always prove to be too good for visiting teams. Detailed results are (Russley names first): Singles. R. R. Dagger 0, J. D. Lawrence 1. H. P. Rennie 1, R. H. T. Hamilton 0. A - w - Smithson 0, F. J. Glackin, jun., G. A. G. Connal 1, H. J. Gosset. 0. J. R. Stevenson 1, F. J. Glackin. sen., 0. J. S. Middleton 1, R. D. Glackin 0. W. M. Ross 1, J. A. Jamieson 0. C. If. Johnstone 0. R. D. Bassett 1. A. M. Fowler 1, C. A. Rattrav 0. - R. B. Smy the 1, V. E. Hamilton 0. P. Wynn-Williams 5, R. E. Tfastie 5. D. S. Amlerson 1, J>. M. Richardson 0. E. F. L. Hill F. O. Strong 4. G. L. O'Halloran 3, H S. Feast 0. G. J. Leech 1.. T. Simpson 0. G. M. Hall 3, L. J. Moorhouse 0. Four-ball Matches. Dagger and Rennie 1, Lawrence and R. Hamilton 0. Smithson and Connal 1, F. J. Glackin. jun.. and Gosset 0. Stevenson and Middleton 1, F 1 J. Glackin, sen., and R. D. Glackin 0. Ross and Johnstone 3, Jamieson and Bassett 0. Fowler and Smythe 1, Rattray and V. Hamilton 0. Wynn .Williams and Anderson 0. Hastie and Richardson 1. Hill and O’Halloran 4, Strong and Feast J. Leech and Hall 1, Simpson and Moorhouse 0. Lyttelton Club. Fine but dull weather conditions prevailed at Chitrteris Bay for the annual inter-club match between the Golf Club and a team from the Avondale Golf Club. Many of the games were closely contested, but the visiting team were too strong for the home (earn, who were defeated by 13 games to 5. The results were as follows Avondale names being mentioned first:— Singles—T. Knights lost to F. Knights: J. R. M’Clymont lost to L. Gower; W. M. Cleland halved with K.

Gower; L. S. Smith beat C. Flimmer; J. M. Preston halved with H. Derbidge; R. Pearson beat D. E. L. Collett; C. W. Oborn beat M. L. Page: R. Hay M’Kenzie beat C. Collins; T. Condliffe beat H. G. Banfield; J. L. Garit beat T. Bowling; L. W. Hudson lost to D. R. Wallace; J. Pierce beat R. Crawford. Foursomes—T. Knights and M’Clymont beat F. Knights and L. Gower; Cleland and Smith beat K. Gower and Plimmer; Preston and Pearson beat Derbidge and Collett; Oborn and M’Kenzie lost to Page and Collins; Condliffe and Gant beat Banfield and Bowling: Hudson and Pierce beat Wallace and Crawford. Plaj’ing in a knockout competition for the Plimmer Trophy, Mrs H. G. Banfield beat Miss E. Bundy 5 and 3. Rawhiti Club. A mixed foursome played by the Jlawliiti Club on Saturday resulted as follows:

Stroke Kandloap. A stroke handicap played in conjunction with the second qualifying round of the championships resulted as follows: SENIORS.

JUNIORS.

Club Championship. Qualifying rounds of the club championships resuited as follows: SHAW CUP. (Senior Championship.) Ist 2nd

LYTTLE CUP. (Junior Championship.) Ist 2nd

Diamond Harbour Club. A mixed foursome match was played on the Diamond Harbour links during the week-end. The winners were A. G. Sinclair and Miss Edna 'White- Parsons, 1 up. E. Cooper and Mrs Cooper. 5 down, were runners-up. Waimairi Beach Club. The semi-finals of the championship and Junior Cup were plaved at Waimairi during the- week-end. Results were as follows: Championship—J. Arnold beat R. J. G. Collins, 3 and 1; D. Bowker beat 11. Lake, 2 and 1. Junior Cup—C. E. Smith beat 11. A. Taylor, 6 and 4; T. A. Fleming beat A. Henry 2 up. The club’s junior trophy final resulted in a tie between D. C. Parker and at S. Morris was the winner of a stroke handicap. The best cards were:—

Inter-borough Match. The annual golf match in the interborough contest for the M’lntosh Shield was played at Rangiora on Saturday, Rangiora defeating Kaiapoi by li.J games to 24. Following are the details, Uangiort} names mentioned first: —P. G. Ellis 1. R. J. Smith 0: E. O. Ilenev 1. H. R. Aspinall 0: R. G. Edward 1, E. J. Corcoran 0: H. K. Kippenberger 1, E. D Evans 0: J. D. Palairet 1, L. B. Evans 0: J. E. St radian I, A. W. Leithead 0 M. E. Leech 0, H. H. Blackwell 1; W. T. X. Keir 3, H. J. Templeton 0; Miss Morrish 4. Miss Stark 4: Miss Glasgow I, Mrs Johnston 0; Mrs Menzies 1, Mrs Aspinall 0; Miss Walker 0, Mrs Hammer 1; Miss X. Macdonald 1, Miss Horrell 0. R. A. Wilson’s Title. (Special to the “Star.”) INVERCARGILL, August 27. The final of the Invercargill Club’s championship over thirty-six holes Was won by R. A. Wilson, who beat C. A. Masters two and one. Wilson was four up at Juneh, doing eighteen holes iri 77, while Masters took 83. For the seventeen holes in the afternoon Wilson took 74 and Masters 71.

K. W. Hasel 1 .... Gross. Hep. Net. A. C. Thomson 10 7 r. M. Godby .... . 7 8 F. S. Grant G. A. Dougall .... P. S. Foster . S3 11 D. Reese FT. G. Denham 85 <\ J. Ward P. H. Brown . S3 R. G. Arnould . 7 S R. W. Morgan . 7 S M. H. Godby . 70 4 W. G. Seannell . SI 6 G. Hansen . SB P. IT. Godby . 81 B. C. Whitcombe . 82 M. K. Gray . S3 H. R. Bussell .... 0 J. D. Hutchison . SB 10 76 W. R. Gascelles . . 11 < . A. Seymour . so R. S. Beadel .... H- W. Macfarlane SI D. TT. Butc-her . 82 G. N. Francis .... P. H. Wood . 8 4 J. Dolph . 85 s W. Harman s A. R. Blank .... 78 R. M. Adams .... 10 78 G. R. Stevenson . SO 78 A. A. Boon •T. Tv. Davidson r0 G. W. Haverfield . 85 fi G. M. Best 7 70 W. B. Purclias . SS 70 R. J. Hobbs . no 70 \f. A. Johnston . no P. H. N. Freeth . 84 SO W. D. Wood .... . 84 4 so G. TTarris . 87 W. G. M. Dearsley SS 8 so ( J. G. A it ken .... . 01 1 1 so A. Stringer . 02 12 A. T-T. Glasgow .... . 92 12 so J. "H yn Trwin .... so G. J. Wilson 0 2 12 80 C. Holds worth .... <1 F. G. Bristed .... . 86 W. H. Cowper . 87 f. J. Ramsden 81 F. S. Taylor .... . 80 8 SI S. N B. Wynne . 90 81 Tv. G. Archer . 01 10 81 P. E. Allison . 93 12 SI S. B. Simpson . . . 03 12 SI N. E. Tingey . 00 S2 Sir Cyril Ward 8 P. Wood . 03 1 1 82 E. T. Shores . SS S3 N. TT. Skinner . 94 11 S3 A. Macfarlane . so 5 E. J. Oordner . 02 8 S 4 J. T-T. W. Sheppard . 05 8 4 J. M. Epps H. Mill 11 . 05 85 < *. Bennington 12 85 G. T-T. Wood 87 A. T. Donnelly . 101 SO G. W. Ward . 102 1 1 01 B. G. Dalgety 102 1 0 02 J. D. Marks 101 12 92

JUNIOR. F. A. Brittan 8 5 15 70 H. S. Williams 86 15 75 H. R. T. Spanjer .. 00 13 75 L. Treleaven 01 15 76 L. A. Bennett 15 19 76 D. M Foreman .... 92 15 77 S. H. Hooper 03 16 77 L.. B. Scott 98 16 77 J. L. Vergette 94 17 77 H. Barlow 94 16 78 J. A. Oliver 92 13 79 W. N. Seay 96 17 79 N. Barlow 96 16 SO E. R. Reay 9 7 J.7 80 R. L. M. Kitto 94 13 SI C. Ogilvie 96 15 SI H. G. Helm ore .... 97 16 81 F. P. Tyraons 97 16 Si G. N. Fairliurst 9S 17 SI H. O. IX Meares ..99 is si J. E. Donald 101 16 S3 P. Curtis 104 IS 86 S. P. Godfrey 107 20 87 C. N. Fraser 104 16 SS A. D. Tench 105 17 SS

H. F. Robinson and It. G. Malcolmson 0 up F. Parris and J. H. Mortlock . . 8 up C. Haigh and C. Holdsworth . . 5 up A. R. Blank and N. Roake 5 up S. W. Binns and A. S. Geddes . 3 up J. T. Tavener and J. L. Harrison 3 up A. E. Kincaid and Miss Edmonds 3 up C. I... Crowley and A. M. Satterthwaite 2 up H. L. Whiteman and A. G. Jamieson .**... 2 up Mr and Mrs X. E. Tingey .... 2 up D. C. Crozier and Miss Robertson 2 up W. L. Lawry and A. L. Kay . . 2 up A. F. Preston and W. S. G. Milne 1 up A. T. Bell and C. , J. M’Fadden 1 up C. P. Agar and C. E. Hoy .... square D. Angus and A. A. Grimmer . square Mr and Mrs .1. S. Wilson .... square Mr and Mrs J. D. Carl square Mr and Mrs D. Crozier ...... square Mr and Mrs R. R. Bell 1 down Dr Trwin and C. S. Peate .... 1 down M. B. Cook and R. .J. M’llrov . 2 down Miss M. Garbutt and Miss *B. Sinclair 2 down H. Studholme and Miss B. Beadel 2 down S. Milne and L. R. Webley . . 2 down A. E. and P. J. Byrne 3 down

T. W. Wilson if,'' R. B. Bagger 160 J. P. Oilmour 160 -V W. Smithson 171 R. 1j. Ronaldson 171 R. K. Robinson 171 H. P. Rennie 174 O, S. Palmer 175

I XTKPJ1EDIATE, O. TT. Purn.« 170 P. Wynn-Williams .... 1 72 O. T. Alley 176 A. O. Wfllwood ISO <». T-. • O’Hal'Ioran ] SO R. B. Smythe lsi K. J. Hampton 7s2 O. S. Anderson 1S4

H. O. Hewlett ...... 175 O. M. Hall 394 C. Eaton 196 V. R. J. Hean 196 •1- V. Glasson 197 A. B. Duntan 197 H. S. Beaumont . ...... 199 A. Dickson . . 202 T. D. Harman J02

Mrs I-Todgkinson and Hdcp. Net Marchant Miss Harper and But91 27 64 ler Mrs Hastings and 92 25 67 Hastings 90 23 67 Mrs Miles and Skinner Miss Jenkins and PalS3 Id 68 loon Miss Olliver and 96 27 69 Bishop 90 20 70 Mrs Brown and Brown 87 1 6 71 Mrs Throp and Throp Miss Moore and 92 21 71 Hoskin 98 73 Mrs Lovell and Lovell Miss Smith and B. 94 20 74 Miles Mrs H. G. Lyttle and 97 22 75 H. G. Lyttle Miss R. Edmonds and 99 24 75 C. A. Cooper Mrs Gudgeon and 96 20 76 dudgeon Miss Thomas and H. 93 15 7 S Taylor Miss Hopkins and 103 2d 7S Kibblewhite 99 IS SI

Gross. Hdcp. Net A. Anderson 74 14 60 C. M. Mu)lan 75 14 61 H. G. G. Lyttle 75 1) 64 N. Jarvis 7:? 8 65 H. Throp 76 10 66 A. Stokes SI 15 66 V. Jensen 78 12 66 D. A. Tait SI 15 66 C. Shaw 75 8 67 W. M. Agar 77 10 67 W. Queree 81 14 67 L,. C. Matson 81 14 67 R. B. Jackson 74 6 68 L. W. Besley 79 11 68

Gross. Hdcp. Net. E. Marchant 83 20 63 H. M. Minson S3 20 63 N. Bates S9 24 65 H. M. Sparrow 85 19 66 R. T. Cooper 88 20 6S J. Lovell 85 16 69 L. Bowden S9 20 69 T. Matson SS 18 70 A. D. Clark 90 20 70 R. Fa 1 loon 89 IS 7t J. H. Shaw 94 23 71 R. W. Joyce 91 20 71 D. A. Clark 93 21 72

c. Shaw Rnd. Rnd. 7 5 Tl. 153 Ny Jarvis 73. H. Throp 76 153 H. B. Jackson . . . 74 154 \V. M. Agar 77 156 B. T. Coburn 78157 L.. W. Besley . . . 78 79 157 U. G. G. Lyttle . . . . . . 82 75 157

Rnd. Rnd. Tl. A. Stevenson 75 82 157 H. M. Sparrow 85 S5 170 Si. H. Diehl 85 86 171 K. Mart-hunt 88 8 3 171 J. Lovell 8!) 85 174 R. Falloon 85 SO 174 H. M. Mill son 93 S3 176 A. D. Clark SS 90 17S

Gross. Hep. Net. S. Morris 97 24 73 C. E. Smith 91 17 74 J. Arnold 90 13 7 7 R. J. G. Collins 95 18 77 W. Russell 91 13 78 B. M. Lake 96 17 79 W. HOrwell 99 19 80 J. Greenslade 100 19 SI