The Archive · 1930

Champion—H, S. Mitehell—306 Runner-up—M.W. Budd—308

Brd best score—R. T.

Denison—12 4th best score—Lt. F.C.

Bth dest sco 6th best score—Lt, E. C.

Pepper—316 Tth dest seore—E, C. C.

Marton—319 th dest score—H.

Buckland—823

Oth best score—

Wrigley—326 Oth best seore—J, Harrison—326 First Briton (other than Seotsman)—HL. S, Mitchell First Seotsman—K, M. Cumming Virst Ameviean—R, 'T. Denison First Japanese—K. Matsumoto Best Individual round, Hungjao—K, M. Cumming, 75. Best Individual round, Kiangwan—R. T. Denison, 70.

M, W, Budd and H. 8, Mitchell played together, and were followed by & considerable crowd of spectators. The vain of the preceding night had caused the course to be very wet, great amount of casual water being about, and to add to the difiulties of " set of players who for a week had been playing on, vor there was half gale blowin This Snereased in violence in the afte: noon, and the standard of golf was shown by the fact that scoring was opt as low as is shown in the conipanying table, Budd started off well with a four and a five, but Mitchell pushed both his drive' and brassie out at the second and required six. After this he steadied up, while Budd now found himself constantly in ditticul ties. At the fourty, he topped his drive into the creek in front of the Yee, and took five to reach the green, and with a couple of putts Reeded a seven. Budd bunkered himeelf at the sixth, and with three putts took w five for a bogey three ole. He was not getting his putts home; whereas Mitchell was playing all departments of the game stead Jy, and recovering well when trouble.

The disaster of the day happen-to Budd at the 1th hole, the one tucked up in a corner beside the voad. Here the wind was blow-Sng from right to left, and it was fatal to Budd. After an excellent drive ko played what ought to have Mees @ pretty shot, and which was at one time on the green but then Leurced out of bounds. In all Budd Fit four balls out of bounds here, and the hole cost him nine.

Nothing outstanding atill the 27th where Mit pretty approach up to within 20 feet.of the pin, but on walk to the ball he found it firmly bedded in the soft ground and had it out with a mashie-niblick, Aca result of overrunning the pin, he hole cost him a five, Neverthe: Jere he had quite a satisfactory roytd and registered a 76. while Bodd was 84.

Nelson practically put himself out of the running very early on, for he required a six at the first and then got into endless trouble the second. He pulled a ball into the very dificult low ground on the left, and, then, after getting out, shoved his approach into the creek. Te cost him nine, and he failed to make the Dest of matters thereafter for he needed a four at the third and a five at the fourth. He subsequently steadied down, but there two holes had proved to be {00 costly. His afternoon round was 87.

Dension went out of bounds at the first hole in the afternoon, but showed his command of the game by claiming a five thereafter, For the firat eight holes he took 35, but needed 41 for the nine, The 14th again proved his downfernoon round. In the to it during the day.

The results was. that he now found himself with four holes to do in 14 strokes in which to equal Mitchell's score, these being the long 15th (480 yards), then the short 16th (160 yards), and the other two of 400° and '275 yards respectively. Bogey for these four 16, and his only hope was that by the.deadly accuracy which he can show generally he would beat the Colonel. It was hardly the day, however, to hope for such a performance, and by taking five for the 16th, he practically lost his chance. 'The' bose he could do was to get home in 85, and this put him third on the Budd having secured second place.

Kenneth Cumming developed a fine game in the afternoon and did a 75, but B.C. Pepper, who had looked like being dangerous because of a 76 in the morning, required an 82 in the afternoon.

'At the conclusion of the competition Sir Peter Grain asked Mrs. 4..P, Brenan to present the prizes. In' doing so he mentioned that the winner, It. Mitchell, bad been Boy Champion in 1922 and runner-up in that competition in 1923. He won the Alexandria Egypt Open Championship in 1928 and was runner up in 1929. Referring to Mr. Budd's distinguished career wolfer Sir Petey pointed out that on four occasions he had won the China Open Championship and kad been runner-up twice.

Mrs. Brenan presented the trophies, whereafter Sir Peter pre sented her with a handsome bou-

The details of the prize scores are as follows:

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