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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 441, 24 May 1937, Page 6

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STRATFORD CLUB Matches With Hawera Hawcra beat Stratford at Hawera. by seven games to two, three games being halved. Details, with Stratford names first, are:— Strachan and Neal all square with Whitehead and Armitage in the morning and lost 4 and 3 in the afternoon. Anderson and Heslop lost to McKay and Meuli 2 and 1 and 4 and 2. Wills and Rutherfurd all square with Ward and Jones and won 1 up. Sole and Irwin beat McDonald and Sagar 2 and 1 and lost 2 and 1. Young and Spedding lost to Ryan and Ekdahl 3 and 1 and all square. Pegg and Kehely lost to Hollis and Dingle 4 and 3 and 3 and 2. Eighty players took part in a stableford on Saturday. The best scores were:— S. Gibson 24—14—38 W. Dunlop 23—14 —37 H. Vernon 16—20—36 Oliver 16 —20—36 B. Cruickshank .... 18—18—36 S. McKay 31-=- 5 —36 JUNIORS WIN The Stratford junior team won easily against Hawera on its own course, conceding 1J games in the morning and winning all six in the afternoon. Conditions were ideal. Results, with Stratford names first, are:— R. Brown and J. Coupe v. J. J. McCarthy and J. D. McKay lost 4 and 3, won 3 and 2. B. Green and T. Sullivan, v, J. C. Robb and N. Douglas, won 3 and 2, won 4 and 3. T. O’Neill and W. B. Farquharson v. G. F. Russell and A. Hawk, won 1 up, won 1 up. R. Fryday and M. Thompson v. W. A. Sharp and J. L; Thompson, won 3 and 1, won 3 and 1. F. Bodie and W; Clark v. R. Goodchap and M. Lester, won 4 and 3, won 1 up. W. H. Simons and R. Kivell v. D. B. Cruickshank and J. T. Longbottom, all square, won 2 up. Totals: Stratford, 10 games; Hawera 1 game, 1 all square.

FOUR-BALL BOGEY CONTEST T With a card of 6 up T. Urwin and V. Young easily won. the Stratford cldb’s four-ball bogey match on Saturday. The best scores were: T. Urwin and V, Young 6 up, W. B. Farquharson and R. Kehely 3 up. R. Strachan and C. S. Lucas 2 up, R. Kirkwood and K. Neath 1 up. R. Kivell and J. Wilmshurst all square.