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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

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

  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.
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