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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20274, 7 April 1934, Page 15

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Miss Fleming Triumphs in the Final. AN INTERESTING MATCH. The finals of the women’s championship of Canterbury and the Shirley Cup were decided at Shirley this morning. Miss Yalmai Fleming was defending her title in the championship against Miss Edna White-Parsons. Miss Fleming played her usual accurate game and did not give her opponent many chances, and always had the game in hand. Miss White-Parsons made a good game of the match. Her long work was equal to Miss Fleming’s, but the latter’s superiority in the short

game was the deciding factor. Miss Fleming won, 3 up and 2. In the Shirley Cup final, Miss E. Parsons found the task of conceding strokes to Mrs Stickings beyond her. Mrs Stickings played very confidently and never looked like defeat. She is a much 'improved player. Results were:— Championship Final. Miss Valmai Fleming beat Miss Edna White-Parsons, ■ 3 and 2, Shirley Cup Final. Mrs W. E. Stickings beat Miss E. Parsons, 5 and 4. Notes on the Play. In the championship, the first hole was halved in a good four. The second was also played accurately and halved in four. Both tee shots at the third found bunkers. Miss Fleming on the right and Miss White-Parsons on the left. Miss Fleming made the better recovery and lay dead for a 3. Miss White-Parsons made a good attempt with a long putt, but just failed. Miss Fleming 1 up. Both players got good drives and good seconds at the fourth. Miss White-Parsons pulled her third into a bunker at the left of the green. Miss Fleming was short with her third; she approached within Bft of the pin and holed in sto win. Miss White-Parsons’s shot out of the bunker over-ran the green and she would have holed in 7. Miss Fleming 2 up. At the fifth Miss White-Parsons sliced her second and found, the bunker to the left of the green with her third. However, she recovered well and made a half. Miss Fleming was on In 2, and narrowly missed a 4. Miss Fleming 2 up. At the sixth, their seconds lay within a foot of each other. Miss White-Parsons, however, spoiled what looked like » good hole by chipping into the creek and abandoned the hole. Miss Fleming had a putt for a 5. Miss Fleming 3 up.

Miss (White-Parsons made an excellent approach from the rough at the seventh, enabling her to secure a aalf in 4. Miss Fleming 3 up. Miss Fleming's tee shot at the eighth was on trie edge of the rough, and her second ley on the edge of the creek. Miss WniteParsons was practically on in 2 and holed in 4 for a win. Miss Fleming was 6. This was the first weak spot in Miss Fleming’s game. Miss Fleming 2 up. Both got good tee shots to the green at the ninth. Miss WhiteParsons at the back and Miss Fleming within sft of the pin, and she holed in 2. Miss White-Parsons took 3. Miss Fleming 3 up. Both got good straight drives from the tenth. Miss Fleming pulled her second, but played a beautiful iron to the green, which Miss White-Parsons reached in the same. The hole was halved in 5. Miss White-Parsons lipped for a 4. Miss Fleming 3 up. From equal seconds at the eleventh, Miss White-Parsons put her third dead for a 4 and a win, Miss Fleming taking 5. Miss Fleming 2 up. Both were too strong with their seconds at the twelfth. Miss Fleming was on the bunker at the back of the green and Miss White-Parsons just over the bunker. Both had difficult thirds to play, from which they lay equal. Miss Fleming lay dead for .a 5. Miss WhiteParsons over-ran her approach and missed the return, taking 6. Miss Fleming 3 up. Neither found the green with their tee shots at the thirteenth and the hole was halved in 4. Miss Fleming 3 up. Miss Fleming was short with her second at the fourteenth. Miss WhiteParsons was on the edge of the green. She was short with her approach putt, but. holed an S-footer for a win in 4. Miss Fleming 2 up. The fifteenth was halved in a sound 3. Miss Fleming 2 up. At the sixteenth Miss Fleming reached the green in 3, Miss White-Pars ms slicing into the trees on the right, and after playing six she surrendered. Miss Fleming Winning 3<up and 2. Shirley Cup. After seven holes had been played in the Shirley Cup match. Mrs Stickings was 4 up. Aat the eighth, Miss Parsons was well in in 3 and Mrs Stickings was in the bunker at the right of the green with her third. Having difficulty in getting out of the bunker, she gave up. Mrs Stlckiugs 3 up. Mrs Stioktngs’s tee shot at the ninth lay two feet from the pin, and she holed a 2 for a win. Mrs Stiekmgs 4 up. Both got fair drives at the tenth. Mrs Stickings was nicelv on in 3, but Miss Parsons was through on the hill. Miss Parsons pitched back to within inches of the pin and halved in 5. Mrs Stickings, 4 up. Both drives at the eleventh -vore pushed out. Both took 3 to the groan. Receiving a stroke, Mrs Stickings won in 5. Mrs Stickings, 5 up. Mrs Stickings pushed her tee shot out at the twelfth, and she took 3 to the green. Miss Parsons was on m 2 and won in 4. Mrs Stickings 4 up. A goo-1 tee shot by Mrs Stickings at the thirteenth landed close to the pin. Miss Parsons was in the bunker and she took a 4 to her opponent’s 3. Mrs Stickings 5 up and 4. Humphreys Cup. The following were the leading scores at 5 p.m. in tb« r, Cup, played at Shirley to-day:—-Hold.-v. o; l.i . Miss Loughnan, 3 up. G. See nn ell and Mrs D. C. Macfa t*lane. 1 down. H. J. Cosset and Miss White"-Parsons, C. J. Ward and Miss Stevenson, 2 down. X. Hansen and Miss G. Campbell, 3 down. CL K. Sams and Miss V. Campbell, 3 down. M. B. Cook and Mrs T. Armstrong, 3 down. H. D. Butcher and Mrs Butcher, 3 dOWTI.

R. S. Beadel and Miss M. Beadel, 3 E. H. Smith and Mrs Smith, 4 down. L. B. Scott and Mrs Scott, 4 down. W. J. Brown and Miss Morris. 4 down. D. Hoare and Mrs Cook, 5 down. F. Jarritt and Mrs Owens, 5 down. J. F. Watson and Mrs Macdonald, 5 down. W. Harman and Miss R. Macfarlane, 5 down. P. R. Godley and Miss Tipping, 5 down. J. Dolph and Mrs Dolph. 5 down. W. M. Ross and Miss Hartle, 5 down. N. H. Skinner and Miss Shaw, 5 down. Easter Tourney at Shirley. The Islington Cup mixed foursome at. Shirley was won by C. Holdsworth and Miss Loughnan with a score of 3 up. Hagiey Club.

Russley Club. The second qualifying round of the Tosswill Cup was played at Russley to-day in conjunction with stroke

Avondale Club. A stroke handicap under the Stableford system was played at Avondale to-day. Results;—

Professionals’ Match. United Press Assn.—By .Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received April 7. 2 p.m.) LONDON, April *5. In the first round of match piny at Roeliampton in the £2OOO professional tournament, the results included the following:—Perry beat Twine, 3 up and 2; Lacey beat Mitchell, 2 up and !; Cotton beat Holland, 4 up and 3; Davies beat Curtis, 4 up and 3; King beat Sayner, 2 up. In the second round. Perry beat Denny, I up; Lacey beat Cotton at the nineteenth; R. A. Whitcombe beat Davies, 5 up and 4; Kenyon beat King, 4 up and 2. A Big Stirpriie. Roeliampton provided great thrills. TJ#ie biggest surprise was the defeat of ivmg, the hero of the qualifying stages, in tiie morning he had an astonishing victory. He was two down at the eighth and then made a marvellous finish, his figures for the last nine holes being 2, 3,3, 4,2, 5,4, 3,3, which Is six under bogey, but in the second round King crashed badly. He was four down at the turn in 42, and never again found touch. Lacey had a great tfay. He defeated Mitchell in the morning and Cotton in the afternoon after a desperate affair ending at the nineteenth. Lacey Is one of the new school, and a long hitter. He recorded .a number of colossal drives with his steel-shafted driver, the head of which is made of a special kind of metal. One drive was 275 yards against stiff winef.

A tvogey match was played at Hagley to-day. The best cards returned were:— Seniors. W. Fisher (14) 4 up M. It. Renton (14) 3 up P. G. Greenwood (10) 1 up .1. C. Sheldon (14) 1 up J. Fitzgerald (14) 1 up C. H. White (14) square J. A. Fyfe (11) 1 down E. J. Ross (14) 1 down G. S. Strack (11) 3 down R. V. Kennedy (12) 3 down G. K. M’Allum (11) 3 down Juniors. J. D. Lawrence (17) 1 up H. S. Baton (18) 1 up S. W. Jameson (18) 1 up H. A. Gorderi (15) square E. E. England (17) square P. C. Fenwick (16) 1 down G. Sutton (17) 1 down C. G. Willcson (17) 1 down E. M. Taylor (17) 2 down Tj. E. Rowley (17) 2 down R. G. Goldstone (18) 3 down

handicaps. The best scores Seniors. Gross. were Hep. Net. F. W. Hobbs SO 15 65 E. J. Hampton 79 12 67 P. Wratt 84 14 R. W. K. White . . . . 84 14 70 P. Wynn-Williams 85 14 71 R. V. White .... 86 14 72 Jri. P. Rennie 80 7 ' 73 R. E. Robinson ....... 81 8 73 A. M. Fowler . . 83 10 73 C. H. Johnstone . . . . 86 13 73 T C. Clarkson 85 17 68 K. Ij. Newburgh 88 18 70 J. C. Bates 91 20 71 A. L. Smith 91 20 71 E. C. Tipping 91 18 73

Gross. Hep. Net. F. Penfold 22 12 24 J. R. Grange 24 0 33 N. S. Bowie 22 11 3 3 R. A. Campbell 23 9 3 2 W. N. Clelland 26 6 32 B. A. Gordon 20 12 32 T. W. Patterson ..... 23 0 32 K. More 15 15 30 J. F. Newman 21 0 30 W. Dickinson 14 15 29 J. W. Huggins 12 17 2*1 E. Atkinson 17 11 28 E. R. Riminington ..10 18 2?* T. Condliffe ... 16 12 28 C. G. ?.r. Boyce 13 14 27 J. S. Piper 12 15 27 F. W. Deighton IS 9 27