“Kirk- Windeyer Cup Should be N.Z. v. Australia in Future, ” Suggests Victorian Golf Critic

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 961, 2 May 1930, Page 7

“Kirk- Windeyer Cup Should be N.Z. v. Australia in Future, ” Suggests Victorian Golf Critic

The “Australasian” makes the following comment on New Zealand’s Kirk-Windayer Gup victory Play on the second day, which resulted in the elimination of Victoria, confirmed the opinion generally held tnat in T. H. Horton, New Zealand lias a player not only distinguished by beauty and rectitude of style, but a “battler” of the highest class. He was opposed by the Australian amateur champion. M J Ryan, but neitliei that fact nor the importance of the occasion shook his fine game, which remained as stead.\ round about the flag as it was up to the green. On the other hand, Ryan was relatively weak in the short game, and as masliie and putter have

o'er been the real arbiters of a golf match he went down, dropping two strokes behind on the morning round and losing four more after lunch. It was a heavy defeat for our champion. On Thursday Sew South Wales came into action to defend its title won so r.rilliantly at Metropolitan 12 months : ago. However, New Zealand proved far i too strong and won all along the line 1 almost, Hattersley in the singles oeing * responsible for the one success scored by the holder. It was a great triumph ; u i New Zealand, and suggests that in ; future the match should be New Zea- ! .nd v. Australia.