Dunlop Cup (Australia)

The Dunlop Cup was a series of annual professional golf tournaments held in Australia from 1930 to 1952. Four separate events were held each year, in New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland and Victoria. The tournaments were sponsored by Dunlop Perdriau Rubber Co., later renamed Dunlop Rubber Australia.

Dunlop Cup

Tournament information
Location	Australia
Established	1930
Final year	1952

History

Initially all four tournaments were played as match-play events over four days. There was a 36-hole stroke-play stage with the leading 8 playing 36-hole match-play. Later some states changed the format to 72-hole stroke-play over two days and later to 36 holes in a single day. After World War II, all events were contested as 36 holes of stroke-play on one day.

Ossie Walker won the Queensland event six times, matched by Ossie Pickworth who won the South Australian event six times in succession, although once he was a joint winner. Bruce Auld, Eric Cremin and Reg Want each won the event four times.

Winners

New South Wales

Year	Winner	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref
1930	Tom Howard	1 up		Billy Bolger	The Australian	[1]
1931	Dan Soutar	4 & 3		Tom Howard	Royal Sydney	[2]
1932	No tournament
1933	Frank Eyre	1 up		Tom Heard	The Australian	[3]
1934	Dan Soutar (2)	298	1 stroke	Billy Bolger	The Lakes	[4]
1935	Lou Kelly	285	1 stroke	Billy Bolger Tom Howard	The Australian	[5]
1936	Bill Holder	145	2 strokes	Sam Richardson	The Lakes	[6]
1937	Norman Von Nida	148	2 strokes	Billy Bolger Sam Richardson	Bonnie Doon	[7]
1938	Norman Von Nida (2)	142	1 stroke	Eric Cremin	Bonnie Doon	[8]
1939	Sam Richardson	147	Playoff[lower-alpha 1]	Billy Bolger	New South Wales	[9]
1940	Charlie Booth	140	1 stroke	Billy Bolger	The Lakes	[10]
1941	Fred Bolger	147	1 stroke	Eric Cremin Alex Thompson	Bonnie Doon	[11]
1942–1945: No tournament due to World War II
1946	Billy Bolger	146	1 stroke	Lou Kelly Ossie Pickworth	Concord	[12]
1947	Eric Cremin	144	3 strokes	Sid Cowling	Bonnie Doon	[13]
1948	Eric Cremin (2)	143	4 strokes	Lou Kelly	New South Wales	[14]
1949	Norman Von Nida (3)	145	1 stroke	Bill Holder	Manly	[15]
1950	Eric Cremin (3)	143	3 strokes	Reg Want	Pymble	[16]
1951	Eric Cremin (4)	142	6 strokes	Kel Nagle	The Lakes	[17]
1952	Len Woodward	138	2 strokes	Kel Nagle	Pennant Hills	[18]

Queensland

Year	Winner	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref
1930	Harry Sinclair	10 & 8		Leo Corry	Brisbane	[19]
1931	Harry Sinclair (2)	3 & 2		Tom Southcombe	Royal Queensland	[20]
1932	Jack Quarton	7 & 6		Harry Sinclair	Goodna	[21]
1933	Ossie Walker	w/o		Peter Porter	Brisbane	[22]
1934	Ossie Walker (2)	2 & 1		Jack Quarton	Indooroopilly	[23]
1935	Ossie Walker (3)	1 up		Eddie Anderson	Victoria Park	[24]
1936	Arch McArthur	3 & 2		Alex Denholm	Royal Queensland	[25]
1937	Eddie Anderson	2 & 1		Ossie Walker	Brisbane	[26]
1938	Eddie Anderson (2)	7 & 6		Charlie Brown	Gailes	[27]
1939	Ossie Walker (4)	7 & 5		Arthur Gazzard	Victoria Park	[28]
1940	Reg Want	7 & 5		Ossie Stanley	Indooroopilly	[29]
1941	Ossie Walker (5)	9 & 8		Eddie Anderson	Royal Queensland	[30]
1942–1945: No tournament due to World War II
1946	Reg Want (2)	146	1 stroke	Ossie Walker	Indooroopilly	[31]
1947	Ossie Walker (6)	146	2 strokes	Reg Want	Brisbane	[32]
1948	Reg Want (3)	147	1 stroke	Ossie Walker	Peninsula	[33]
1949	Jack Brown	150	1 stroke	Reg Want	Gailes	[34]
1950	Doug Katterns	154	Playoff[lower-alpha 2]	Arthur Gazzard	Nudgee	[35]
1951	Doug Katterns (2)	141	2 strokes	Jack Brown	Virginia	[36]
1952	Reg Want (4)	139	1 stroke	John Summersgill	Victoria Park	[37]

South Australia

Year	Winner	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref
1930	Willie Harvey	1 up		Rufus Stewart	Royal Adelaide	[38]
1931	Ernie Bissett	2 & 1		Fergus McMahon	Royal Adelaide	[39]
1932	Alf Toogood	2 & 1		Jimmy McLachlan	Glenelg	[40]
1933	Fred Thompson	306	2 strokes	Fergus McMahon	Kooyonga	[41]
1934	Willie Harvey (2)	5 & 4		Rufus Stewart	Royal Adelaide	[42]
1935	Fergus McMahon	6 & 4		Alf Toogood	Kooyonga	[43]
1936	Fergus McMahon (2)	7 & 6		Rufus Stewart	Glenelg	[44]
1937	Fergus McMahon (3)	6 & 5		Bill Robertson	Royal Adelaide	[45]
1938	Bill Robertson	2 & 1		Fergus McMahon	Kooyonga	[46]
1939	Bruce Auld	3 & 1		Rufus Stewart	Royal Adelaide	[47]
1940	Rufus Stewart	5 & 4		Bruce Auld	Kooyonga	[48]
1941	Rufus Stewart (2)	1 up		Willie Harvey	Royal Adelaide	[49]
1942–1945: No tournament due to World War II
1946	Willie Harvey (3)	150	2 strokes	Bill Robertson	Royal Adelaide	[50]
1947	Bruce Auld (2)	150	1 stroke	Denis Denehey	Glenelg	[51]
1948	Gordon Westthorp	156	2 strokes	Willie Harvey	Kooyonga	[52]
1949	Bruce Auld (3)	151	3 strokes	Alex Bullock Denis Denehey	Royal Adelaide	[53]
1950	Bruce Auld (4)	150	3 strokes	Murray Crafter	Kooyonga	[54]
1951	Murray Crafter	149	3 strokes	Fred Thompson	Glenelg	[55]
1952	Brian Crafter	156	3 strokes	Jim Mills	The Grange	[56]

Victoria

Year	Winner	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref
1930	Reg Jupp	4 & 3		Arthur Spence	Commonwealth	[57]
1931	Bill Fowler	11 & 10		Don Thomson	Yarra Yarra	[58]
1932	Ted Naismith	5 & 4		Don Thomson	Victoria	[59]
1933	Horace Boorer	7 & 6		Hugh Thomson	Kingston Heath	[60]
1934	Ted Naismith (2)	294	7 strokes	Ron Harris	Royal Melbourne	[61]
1935	Ted Naismith (3)	299	3 strokes	Ron Harris Reg Jupp	Metropolitan	[62]
1936	Ernie Wood	146	3 strokes	George Naismith	Commonwealth	[63]
1937	Ernie Wood (2)	146	2 strokes	Horace Boorer Ron Harris	Kingston Heath	[64]
1938	Ron Harris	144	6 strokes	Viv Billings Ted Naismith	Metropolitan	[65]
1939	Charlie Conners				Kingston Heath	[66]
1940	Don Walker	147	1 stroke	George Jordan	Royal Melbourne	[67]
1941	Martin Smith	146	1 stroke	Ted Naismith	Metropolitan	[68]
1942–1945: No tournament due to World War II
1946	No tournament
1947	Ossie Pickworth	294	4 strokes	Ted Naismith	Commonwealth	[69]
1948	Ossie Pickworth (2)	144	1 stroke	Bill Clifford	Kingswood	[70]
1949	Ossie Pickworth (3)	149	4 strokes	Colin Campbell	Metropolitan	[71]
1950	Ossie Pickworth (4)	138	12 strokes	Martin Smith	Yarra Yarra	[72]
1951	Ossie Pickworth (5)	150	2 strokes	Jack Harris	Commonwealth	[73]
1952	Ossie Pickworth (6) Peter Thomson	141	Tied		Kew	[74]

1. Richardson won the 9-hole playoff by 2 strokes
2. Katterns won the 9-hole playoff by 1 stroke

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