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Sloan Morpeth Trophy

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The Sloan Morpeth Trophy was an amateur team golf tournament, played between Australia and New Zealand. It was contested irregularly from 1947 to 2016.[1] The trophy was presented by Sloan Morpeth in 1956.[1] From 1993 to 2005 the two countries played each other as part of the Four Nations Team Championship, a competition which also involved Canada and Japan, while from 2007 to 2012 it was played as part of the Trans Tasman Cup.[2] In 2016 the trophy was contested using scores from the two qualifying rounds of the Australian Amateur.

Format

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Except for the final event in 2016, the tournament was match-play. The size of the teams and the format varied but consisted of a combination of foursomes and singles matches. In 2016 the teams had four players with the best three scores from two stroke-play rounds counting towards the team total.

Results

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Year Venue Winning team Score Losing team Ref
1947 Wellington Golf Club Tied 3 3 [3][4]
1948 Royal Melbourne Golf Club New Zealand Australia [5][6]
1952 Christchurch Golf Club Tied 3 3 [7][8]
1953 The Australian Golf Club Australia 5 1 New Zealand [9][10]
1956 Wanganui Golf Club Australia New Zealand [11]
1961 Kingston Heath Golf Club New Zealand Australia [12][13]
1964 Pennant Hills Golf Club Australia ½ New Zealand [14]
1965 Christchurch Golf Club New Zealand Australia [15]
1966 Manukau Golf Club Australia 6 0 New Zealand [16]
1967 Hamilton Golf Club Australia 5 4 New Zealand [17][18]
1969 The Grange Golf Club Australia 7 5 New Zealand [19][20]
1976 Muriwai Golf Club New Zealand Australia
1977 Victoria Golf Club Australia 4 2 New Zealand [21]
1980 Muriwai Golf Club New Zealand Australia [22]
1982 Manawatu Golf Club Tied 5 5 [23]
1983 Commonwealth Golf Club Australia 9 3 New Zealand [24][25]
1984 St. Clair Golf Club New Zealand Australia [26]
1986 Hutt Golf Club Australia New Zealand [27]
1987 Royal Hobart Golf Club New Zealand 10½ Australia [28]
1988 North Shore Golf Club Australia 7 5 New Zealand [29]
1990 Sanctuary Cove Golf Club Australia 9 3 New Zealand [30]
1991 Hastings Golf Club Australia 7 5 New Zealand [31]
1992 Russley Golf Club New Zealand 12 6 Australia [32][33]
2007 Royal Canberra Golf Club New Zealand 8 4 Australia [34]
2008 Royal Wellington Golf Club Australia New Zealand
2009 Royal Canberra Golf Club Australia 8 4 New Zealand [35]
2010 Royal Wellington Golf Club Australia New Zealand [36]
2012 Peninsula Golf Club New Zealand Australia [37][38]
2016 Metropolitan Golf Club &
Peninsula Kingswood CGC
Australia 436 446 New Zealand

Source: [1]

Teams

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Australia

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Source: [1]

New Zealand

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Source: [39][1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Sloan Morpeth Trophy" (PDF). Golf Australia. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Section 5 Tournaments and Events" (PDF). New Zealand Golf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Golf in N.Z." The Age. 1 November 1947. p. 4.
  4. ^ "N.Z. - Australia in Golf Draw". The Age. 3 November 1947. p. 14.
  5. ^ "Foursomes Equal in Golf "Test"". The Age. 4 October 1948. p. 8.
  6. ^ "New Zealand Too Good in Singles". The Age. 5 October 1948. p. 8.
  7. ^ "S.A. Golfers Beaten In New Zealand". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. 95, no. 29323. South Australia. 4 October 1952. p. 16. Retrieved 14 February 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "N.Z. Golf Test Drawn". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. 95, no. 29324. South Australia. 6 October 1952. p. 10. Retrieved 14 February 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "Australians Lead in Golf". The Age. 12 September 1953. p. 10.
  10. ^ "Australia's Easy Win in Golf Test". The Age. 14 September 1953. p. 14.
  11. ^ "Golf Test to Australians". Sydney Morning Herald. 30 September 1956. p. 30.
  12. ^ "Singles Will Decide Golf". Sydney Morning Herald. 9 November 1961. p. 14.
  13. ^ "Golf Trophy Win". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 November 1961. p. 17.
  14. ^ "Cup Golfers Hit Top Form". The Age. 28 September 1964. p. 20.
  15. ^ "NZ Leads in Golf". The Age. 13 November 1965. p. 20.
  16. ^ "Australians Win in NZ". The Age. 17 October 1966. p. 27.
  17. ^ "Golf Team in Lead". The Age. 26 July 1967. p. 20.
  18. ^ "Golf Trophy to Australia". The Age. 27 July 1967. p. 20.
  19. ^ "Golfers Ahead". The Age. 3 September 1969. p. 26.
  20. ^ "Last Hole Wins Trophy". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 September 1969. p. 13.
  21. ^ "Trophy to Australia". Sydney Morning Herald. 11 October 1977. p. 24.
  22. ^ "Kiwis Lead in Golf Match". The Age. 29 September 1980. p. 31.
  23. ^ "Our Golfers Lead, Slip". The Age. 26 April 1982. p. 27.
  24. ^ "Sweeny Irons Out Kiwi Bid". The Age. 29 September 1983. p. 32.
  25. ^ "Kiwis Prove Easy Prey". The Age. 30 September 1983. p. 26.
  26. ^ "Kiwis Take Golf Title". The Age. 26 March 1984. p. 25.
  27. ^ "NSW Four Set to Meet Kiwis". Sydney Morning Herald. 20 March 1986. p. 39.
  28. ^ "Golf". The Age. 7 September 1987. p. 37.
  29. ^ "Golf". The Age. 25 April 1988. p. 26.
  30. ^ "Conran Takes Charge". The Canberra Times. Vol. 64, no. 20, 232. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 2 September 1990. p. 18. Retrieved 23 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  31. ^ "Golf". The Canberra Times. Vol. 65, no. 20, 458. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 17 April 1991. p. 40. Retrieved 23 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  32. ^ "Golf". The Canberra Times. Vol. 66, no. 20, 801. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 26 March 1992. p. 20. Retrieved 23 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  33. ^ "NZ Regains Trophy". The Canberra Times. Vol. 66, no. 20, 802. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 27 March 1992. p. 23. Retrieved 23 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  34. ^ "2007 Trans Tasman Cup" (PDF). Golf Australia. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  35. ^ "2009 Trans Tasman Cup Open Men's" (PDF). Golf Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  36. ^ "Trans-Tasman Cup Results" (PDF). New Zealand Golf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  37. ^ "New Zealand's Trans-Tasman Cup hopes fade". stuff.co.nz. 8 March 2012.
  38. ^ "Australia slam NZ in golf's Trans-Tasman Cup". stuff.co.nz. 9 March 2012.
  39. ^ "Men's representative players" (PDF). New Zealand golf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2020.