Wanganui Golf Club Successfully Defends The Wilson Cup
The Wanganui Golf Club successfully withstood a challenge from the Manawatu Golf Club for the Wilson Cup in a match played a t the Belmont links at the week-end by eight matches to three, with one game halved.
In an inter-club match played at the sam etime, the Wanganui senior team defeated the Palmerston North players by 21 matches to 12. The top twelve players in each team competed for the Wilson Cup in the singles played in the afternoon.
Conditions at Belmont were difficult owing to the very strong \vesterly wind prevailing, but the course itself was in excellent order, which augers well for the tournament to bq played at Belmont this week. Results were a s follows (Wanganui players bein g mentioned first); Singles: J. F. Collins beat K S. Glendinning, F C. Hutchison beat E. J. Astin, U. G. Williams lost to N. W. Amon, V. B. Haworth halved with D. G. Leng Ward, M. J. Thornton beat C. R. Ward, J. P. Carde lost to A. B. Ward, J. Goss beat J. Burns, G. J. xuussey beat V. Oliver, W. K. Creighton lost to K. Neal, B. D. Fitz Gerald beat C. Sheerin, H. T. Cox beat A. ■Stirling, J. F. Farley beat J. S. Shand, E. Moss beat C. Merrington, K. Brooks lost to G. S. Robinson, F. V. Wiggens lost to W. G. Stern, L. Keltie beat P. Queenan, T. M. Alexander beat E. G. Fletcher, I. D. Parsons lost to J. M. Taylor, H. H. Collins beat D. Clayton. P. E. Ogier beat G. B. Northover, R Osman lost fo T. B. Nelson, R. Carew beat J. A. Bell, W. G. Haggle beat J. Dunlop, A, D. Wilson lost to B. J. Bell.
Fourball: Collins and Hutchison beat Glendinning and Astin, Williams and Haworth lost to Leng Ward and Ward, Thornton and Carde lost to Ward and Burns, Goss and Hussey halved with Burns and Oliver, Creighton a nd Fitz Gerald halved with Neal and Sheerin, Cox and Farley beat Stirling and Shand, Moss and Brooks beat Merrington and Robinson, Wig-gens and Keltie lost to Stern and Queenan, Alexander and Parsons lost to Taylor and Fletcher, Collins and Ogier beat Clayton and Northover, Osman and Carew beat Nelson and Bell, Haggle and Wilson beat Dunlop and Bell.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 3 October 1949, Page 6
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