GOLF IN BRITAIN

Evening Star, Issue 22446, 17 September 1936, Page 11

GOLF IN BRITAIN

PROFESSIONALS AT PLAY FIRST ROUND RESULTS Press Association—By’ Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, September 16. At Oxhey in the British professional match play championship the first round matches resulted as follows: Fadgham (holder) heat Williams, 7 and 6. R. A. Whitcombe beat Land, 1 up. Lacey beat Branch, *2 and 1. E. R. Whitcombe beat Davies, 3 and 2. Havers beat Hooker, 2 up. Alliss beat Bright, 5 and 8. C. A. Whitcombe beat Large, 4 and 3. Cox beat T. Perry, 4 and 3. Cotton beat Adams at the twentieth. 0. Ezar beat Sam King, 3 and 2. Cotton and Adams had a terrific fight. Cotton was out in 34 to stand 2 up. Adams squared at the sixteenth. He overdrove the green at the twentieth, Cotton winning with 4 against 5. Ezar -is the first American ever to compete at this tournament. (Received September 17, at 11 a.m.) Second Bound.—Ezar defeated Fairweather, 1 up; B. A. Whitcombe defeated Lacey, 2 and 1; Alliss defeated Cawsey, 2 and 1; Padgham defeated Davis, 3 and 2; C. A. Whitcombe defeated Cox,. 2 and 1; E. R. Whitcombe defeated Havers at the nineteenth; Cotton defeated Pemberton, 4 and 3. Third Round.—Taylor defeated Ezar, 5 and 4; C. A. Whitcombe defeated Padgham, 2 and I; E. R. Whitcombe defeated R. A. Whitcombe, 1 up; Alliss defeated Faulkner, 6 and 5; Collins defeated Shoesmith, 4 and 3; Osborne defeated Matthews, 4 and 3; Rees defeated Denny, 1 up; Sutton defeated Cotton, 2 up. IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA CENTENARY CHAMPIONSHIPS. ' ADELAIDE, September 16. # The centenary amateur and professional golf championships have reached the semi-final stage, the results being as follows: AMATEURS. -Quarter-finals. — Sawers heat Whitton, 7 and 6. Nettlefold beat H. Thredgold, 1 up. Winser beat H. Hattersley at the forty-first. Rymill beat R. Christie at the fortieth. <» —Semi-finals.— R. Sawers (South Australia) beat C. Winser (South Australia), 4 and 3. W. Rymill (South Australia) heat L. Nettlefold (Tasmania), 3 and 1. PROFESSIONALS. —Semi-finals.— M. Smith beat R. Stewart, 4 and 3. A. Toogood beat C. Naismith, 1 up.