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Addington Foursomes

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Addington Foursomes
Tournament information
LocationAddington, London, England
Established1933
Course(s)Addington Golf Club
Month playedApril
Final year1939
Final champion
Dai Rees and Alfred Critchley
Addington Golf Club is located in England
Addington Golf Club
Addington Golf Club

The Addington Foursomes was a golf tournament played in Addington Golf Club near Croydon, South London from 1933 to 1939. Each pair consisted of a professional and amateur. The first tournament was held from 31 October to 2 November 1933 but thereafter the event was held in April.

Winners

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Year Winners Country Margin
of victory
Runners-up Ref
1933 Charles Whitcombe &
Cameron Anderson
 England
 Scotland
5 & 4 England Fred Robson &
England Cyril Gray
[1]
1934 Abe Mitchell &
Rex Hartley
 England
 England
5 & 3 England W E Peters &
England W E Brownsell
[2]
1935 Auguste Boyer &
Francis Francis
 France
 England
2 & 1 England Abe Mitchell &
England Rex Hartley
[3]
1936 Bill Twine &
J A Flaherty
 England
 Ireland
4 & 3 England Arthur Lacey &
England Gerald Micklem
[4]
1937 Max Faulkner &
Stanley Anderson
 England
 England
2 & 1 England Bill Cox &
England Cyril Gray
[5]
1938 Bill Twine &
J A Flaherty
 England
 Ireland
3 & 2 England Alf Perry &
Scotland Andrew McNair
[6]
1939 Dai Rees &
Alfred Critchley
 Wales
 England
3 & 2 England Henry Cotton &
England Max Aitken
[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Amateur-professional foursomes". The Glasgow Herald. 3 November 1933. p. 4.
  2. ^ "Addington tournament final". The Glasgow Herald. 12 April 1934. p. 2.
  3. ^ "Amateur-professional foursomes". The Glasgow Herald. 11 April 1935. p. 3.
  4. ^ "Foursomes at Addington". The Glasgow Herald. 9 April 1936. p. 2.
  5. ^ "The Addington Foursomes". The Times. 15 April 1937. p. 6.
  6. ^ "Perry beaten in foursomes". The Glasgow Herald. 15 April 1938. p. 19.
  7. ^ "Cotton beaten in foursomes". The Glasgow Herald. 6 April 1939. p. 3.