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COLOMBO VS. KANDYi 
Thi* rataru match waa played at Sandy on August 
22ai. Colombo wera withoat leveral of their best man, 
and Eandy were not fully repreaentative. Colombo 
had the beat of the ^ame forward and won by'3 tries 
(9 points) to nil. Teams: — 
Colombo : — Mackie ; Down, Larmour, Balkwill, 
Hanna; Skrine and Bookn; Hall, West, Mackenzie, 
Tatham, Scott, Brown, Wickwar and Yonng. 
EiNDT : — Emerson ; Brock, MacTier, Boyd, Jackson ' 
Dakeyne and Willi*m8; Kingaford, Ogilvy, Baird, Roch' 
ford, Dowbiggin, Watson, Johnstone and Kenion. 
THE NUWARA ELIYA GOLF OLUB. 
COMPETITION FOR THE OOVEENOR'S PRIZE. 
A prize has been offered by His Excellency ih^ 
Governor for a j oint competition amone;sc mem 
bersol the Colombo atid Nuwara Eliya Golf Clabs 
(the prize to become the ab^olate property of the 
winner). Qualifications— Medal play, fisaU match 
play. One qualifyng round of 18 holes medal 
play under handicap to be played by the compet- 
ing members of each Club on their respective 
links. The foar best scores nett for the round re> 
turned by the members of each Clab to qualify 
the players for the further match play competi- 
tion, which will lake P'ace over Nuwara Eliya 
Links in September. The eight players left in 
will play matches of 18 holes except the final 
which will be a match of two rounds of 18 holes 
to be played off in one day. The qualifying 
round under the auspices of the Nuwara Eliya 
Golf Olub which was played on August 29th, con- 
jointly with the 5ib Nomination of the Captain's 
Cup are as follows : — 
Soore. H'oap. Nett. 
W P Spurway 
109 
18 
91 
Hon J N Campbell 
98 
8 
90 
G W Qoodevo 
103 
3 
100 
H T S Ward 
89 
6 
83 
F J Healing 
86 
3 
83 
John Fraser 
103 
15 
88 
W A Mooyaart-Deniion 
107 
8 
99 
JE Baillie-Hamilton 
96 
6 
90 
Neil G Campbell 
108 
3 
100 
Of the o<-he>'s " ho competed for the two above 
events were : R Hood Wright (12). H H Phelp (6), 
P S Wrieht (3^ W Dowine Smith (12), N A 
Hiimpton (16). Frank Stewart (IS). JS Patterson 
(14), T. T B-.nstead (12). A 0 W Clarke (10), G G 
Ross Clarke (12), and John Rob«on (8). 
The first three who in this competition were 
qualified to enter for the further ma'ch play 
competition for the Governor's prize were Messrs 
F J Healing. H T S Ward and John Fraser. 
Meosrs Healing and Ward tied with nett scores 
of 83, to these fell the first and second place. Mr. 
John Fraser got third with nett score of 86. Hon 
Mr J N Campbell and J E Biillie-Hamilton tied 
with a nett score of 90 for the fourth place. 
These gentlemen played ofi a second round of 18 
boles, when Mr Baillie«Hamilton got placed 
fourth with a soore as follows : 90, 6, 84. 
THE FIFTH NOMINATION OF THE CAPTAIN'S OUT 
has fallen to Mr F J Healing who also gets the 
usual box of presentation Golf balls going with 
t\iB nomination, 
THE OOLF COMPETITION FOR THE 
aOVBRNOR'S PRIZE. 
COLOMBO GOLF CLUB'S COMPETITORS. 
The qualifying round amongst members of the 
above Club, for the prize offered by H E. the 
Governor for competition at Nuwara Eliya this 
month amongst Members of the N.E. G. C. 
and C. G. C. took place on the Ridgeway 
Links, at Borella on August 29th, and resulted 
as follows ; — 
Gross. 
H'oap. 
Nett. 
F W Bois 
94 
18 
76 
A R Linton 
82 
6 
76 
A W J Watt 
89 
9 
80 
E Haman 
£9 
9 
80 
T S Clark 
96 
14 
81 
H Goodwyn 
91 
10 
81 
N J G Robertson.. 
99 
18 
81 
H Creasy . . 
94 
13 
82 
W P AmpenofE . . 
87 
4 
83 
A E Gardner 
86 
2 
88 
0 T Young 
93 
9 
84 
R Davidson • . 
88 
4 
84 
H W Cave 
93 
8 
85 
J Harward 
104 
18 
86 
J Q Melrose .» 
83 
plus 8 
86 
J Maokle 
93 
6 
87 
W B Cooke 
91 
87 
S Give 
92 
4 
88 
D Kydd 
98 
10 
88 
G H Alston M 
99 
10 
89 
Bobt. Steuart .. 
105 
16 
89 
W Dauoan 
92 
a 
90 
G A Ginn 
102 
12 
90 
E J Hay ward 
101 
10 
91 
W Bomerville 
93 
sor. 
93 
Fred. Walker 
101 
8 
93 
F West 
111 
18 
93 
S Mitchell .. 
104 
10 
94 
As the beat four returns of each side entitle 
the competitors to take part in the final competi- 
tion, the following will pi ly : — 
Colombo Golf Olub.— F W Bois, E Human, 
A W J WH,tt, and A R Linton. 
Nuwara Eliya Golf Club — H T S Ward, 
F J Healing, John Fraser and J E B lillie- Hamil- 
ton. The above players are handicapped by a 
Committee composed of two members of etch 
Club, with the Hon. Mr. J N Campbell as 
Chairman, 
THE SEMI-FINALS, 
Nuwara Eliya, Sept. 23.— The semi-fiiials in the 
above competition were played oif at2'8!)p. m in 
wet weather. The following nre results:— F J 
Healing (^-cr.) beat F W Bois (12) 3 up and 2 to 
play; J Bailiie- Hamilton (5) heat E Human (7) 
5 up and 3 to p'ay, F J Healing meets J BaiLie- 
Hamilton in the final. 
BAILLIE-HAMILTON WINS THE CUP. 
Bailie-Hamilton beat Healing, 7 up and 5 to 
play in the second round of the final. 
H e. the Governor, Sir Francis Burdett and 
Capt. Gooch were present. The Governor presented 
the Cup at the Hill Club to the winner, 
