Midland Challenge Cup

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Midland Challenge Cup
Tournament information
Location English Midlands
Established1903
FormatStroke-play
Final year1961

The Midland Challenge Cup was an annual professional golf tournament played in the English Midlands. The event was organised by the Midlands Region of the Professional Golfers' Association and ran from 1903 to 1961. For most of its existence it acted as the Midland section qualifying event for the News of the World Match Play. Sectional qualification was discontinued after 1961 and the event was not held again.

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History

The Midland Professional Golf Club held its first meeting in late 1897. [1] Initially four tournaments were held each year, one being a championship. The first championship was held in May 1898. [2] However, in 1900 the schedule was reduced to two, a championship meeting in April and an open meeting in October, open to professionals from outside the Midland region. the first open event, at Sandwell Park, was won by Robert Munro. [3] There was another open meeting at Olton in 1901, won by James Sherlock. [4] In 1902 the Midland Professional Golf Club amalgamated with the Professional Golfers' Association, which had been formed in 1901, becoming the Midland section of the PGA. [5] The 1902 open tournament saw Harry Vardon, JH Taylor, and James Braid competing and was won by JH Taylor. [6]

In 1902 the Midland Counties Competition, an organisation that ran some important amateur competitions in the Midlands and a predecessor of the current Midland Golf Union, passed a resolution recommending that clubs in the region subscribe a maximum of two guineas towards prize money in the two Midland professional tournaments. [7] Some of the money raised was used to purchase a new trophy, the "Midland Challenge Cup", which was first awarded at the 1903 open meeting at Hollinwell. [8] The first News of the World Match Play tournament was also held in 1903. Each section was allocated a number of places in the final stage, the Midland section having 5 of the 32 places. The open event acted as the qualifying event, the leading five midland players progressing to the final stage. [9] The tournament was a 36-hole stroke-play event, contested in a single day. Tom Williamson won, four strokes ahead of James Sherlock. [9]

The same system was used for a number of years. The Midland Professional Championship was held in April with the open event played in September, at which the Midland Challenge Cup was awarded and places for the midland golfers in the final stage of the News of the World Match Play. Sandy Herd won the Midland Challenge Cup in 1904, six strokes ahead of George Cawsey, the leading midland player. [10] Tom Williamson won for the second time in 1905 with George Cawsey winning in 1906. [11] [12] Philip Wynne won in 1907 with George Coburn the leading midland golfer. In 1907 the number of News of the World qualifiers was reduced to four. [13] Coburn won in 1908. [14] 1909 produced the first tie in the event, between Charles Mayo and Wilfrid Reid. The pair played another nine holes in the evening, Mayo winning by two strokes. Frank Coltart tied for third place and was the leading midland player. [15] 1910 produced another tie, between two midland players George Tuck and William Jeffries. As in 1909 a 9-hole playoff was arranged, Tuck winning by several strokes. [16]

1911 saw the introduction of a second event for which was sectional qualification was required. the Sphere and Tatler Foursomes Tournament. Qualification was based on individual stroke-play, qualifiers being drawn randomly into pairs for the finals stage. The Midland section was allocated 9 of the 64 places. The Midland section took the opportunity to switch the events; the Midland Challenge Cup being played as an open event in April, serving as the qualifying for the Sphere and Tatler Foursomes in May, while the championship was held in the autumn and acted as qualification for the News of the World Match Play, for which five places were now available. [17] [18] The reversal of the events caused some confusion in the press. Wilfrid Reid won the event three years in a row from 1911 to 1913. In 1911 he finished two strokes ahead of Jack Oke while in 1912 he was a stroke ahead of Tom Williamson. [19] [20] In 1913 he was tied with Laurie Ayton Snr but won the 18-hole playoff the following day by five strokes. [21] Tom Williamson won in 1914. He was tied with Jack B. Ross but won the playoff the next day by six strokes, [22]

In May 1919 the Midland section held a "Victory Tournament". Tom Williamson tied with Archie Compston after the 36 holes and they were still tied after a further nine holes. Williamson won after a further nine holes were player. [23]

Although the Sphere and Tatler Foursomes was not revived after the war, another event, the 72-hole Daily Mail Tournament, replaced it in the calendar and also involved sectional qualifying. The Midland Challenge Cup continued to be played in April acting as the qualification event for the Daily Mail tournament. At Hollinwell in 1920 the cup was won by Hugh Roberts, a stroke ahead of Tom Williamson. [24] Len Holland won in 1921, beating Arthur Ham and Alfred Matthews in an 18-hole playoff. [25] From 1922 to 1924 there were big wins, James Adwick winnin9g by five strokes in 1922, Michael Bingham by four in 1923 and Holland by five in 1924. [26] [27] [28] Williamson won three times in a row from 1925 to 1927, each time by one stroke. [29] [30] [31]

The Daily Mail Tournament was not played from 1928 to 1935 and the opportunity was taken to separate the News of the World Match Play qualifying from the championship. The Midland Challenge Cup was awarded to the winner of the News of the World qualifying event, as was the case before 1911. The number of qualification places for the News of the World event varied from year to year but in this period was either 9 or 10. In 1928 this was held in June with the championship in September but from 1929 the order was reversed, with the championship played in the early part of the year and the News of the World qualifying in September. Tom Barber won the cup in 1928, after a playoff against Charles Pixton, and retained it the following year. [32] [33] There were two multiple winners in the 1930, Bill Martin winning in 1934 and 1935, while Jack McMillan won in 1936 and 1939. [34] [35] [36] [37]

In early 1940 the cup was awarded to the leading qualifier in the Midland section of the Daily Mail Tournament, and was won by Tom Haliburton. [38] For a number of year the winner of the cup was not widely reported but it seems that was also given to leading Midland qualifier in the Daily Mail event in 1949 and 1950, the last two year of that tournament. From 1951 it was awarded again awarded to the winner of the News of the World Match Play qualification event. From 1956 the Midland Professional Championship and the Midland Challenge Cup were played on successive days at the same venue. Ralph Moffitt won the Midland Challenge Cup three times, in 1954, 1956 and 1960. [39] In 1956 the winner of the event was Alex Tibbles, then working in Peru. He was not eligible to win the Midland Challenge Cup, which was won by Moffitt, the runner-up in the event. [40] Frank Jowle was another multiple winner, winning in 1955 and 1959. [41] [42] George Maisey was final winner of the event, winning in 1961. [43] From 1962 sectional qualification for the News of the World championship was replaced by local qualifying on the two days prior to the knock-out stage.

In 1980 the cup was reused as the trophy for the Midland Matchplay Championship which had started in 1972 and ran until 1999. [44]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upVenueRef
Midland Challenge Cup
1903 Flag of England.svg Tom Williamson 1514 strokes Flag of England.svg James Sherlock Hollinwell [9]
1904 Flag of Scotland.svg Sandy Herd 1466 strokes Flag of England.svg George Cawsey Sandwell Park [10]
1905 Flag of England.svg Tom Williamson 1451 stroke Flag of England.svg John Hutchings Kings Norton [11]
1906 Flag of England.svg George Cawsey 1521 stroke Flag of England.svg Harry Cawsey
Flag of England.svg Jack Oke 		Handsworth [12]
1907 Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Philip Wynne 1463 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg George Coburn Olton [13]
1908 Flag of Scotland.svg George Coburn 1481 stroke Flag of England.svg George Cawkwell Streetly [14]
1909 Flag of England.svg Charles Mayo 149Playoff [lower-alpha 1] Flag of England.svg Wilfrid Reid Kings Norton [15]
1910 Flag of England.svg George Tuck 146Playoff [lower-alpha 2] Flag of England.svg William Jeffries Castle Bromwich [16]
1911 Flag of England.svg Wilfrid Reid 1532 strokes Flag of England.svg Jack Oke Harborne [19]
1912 Flag of England.svg Wilfrid Reid 1481 stroke Flag of England.svg Tom Williamson Hallowes [20]
1913 Flag of England.svg Wilfrid Reid 150Playoff [lower-alpha 3] Flag of Scotland.svg Laurie Ayton Snr Walmley [45] [21]
1914 Flag of England.svg Tom Williamson 148Playoff [lower-alpha 4] Flag of Scotland.svg Jack B. Ross Northampton County [46] [22]
1915–1918: No tournament
PGA Midland Section Victory Tournament
1919 Flag of England.svg Tom Williamson 152Playoff [lower-alpha 5] Flag of England.svg Archie Compston Castle Bromwich [23]
Midland Challenge Cup
1920 Flag of England.svg Hugh Roberts 1561 stroke Flag of England.svg Tom Williamson Hollinwell [24]
1921 Flag of England.svg Len Holland 150Playoff [lower-alpha 6] Flag of England.svg Arthur Ham
Flag of England.svg Alfred Matthews 		North Shore [47] [25]
1922 Flag of England.svg James Adwick 1495 strokesW,J. KingBurton-on-Trent [26]
1923 Flag of England.svg Michael Bingham 1444 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Ted Douglas
Flag of England.svg Willie Robertson
Flag of England.svg Frank Weston 		Coventry [27]
1924 Flag of England.svg Len Holland 1465 strokes Flag of England.svg Cecil Hobley Sherwood Forest [28]
1925 Flag of England.svg Tom Williamson 1491 stroke Flag of England.svg James Adwick
Flag of Scotland.svg Ted Douglas 		Leek [29]
1926 Flag of England.svg Tom Williamson 1441 stroke Flag of England.svg Harry Walker Sandwell Park [30]
1927 Flag of England.svg Tom Williamson 1561 stroke Flag of England.svg Tom Barber
Flag of England.svg George Buckle
Flag of England.svg Ken Hooker
Flag of England.svg Jim Morris 		Hollinwell [31]
1928 Flag of England.svg Tom Barber 150Playoff [lower-alpha 7] Flag of England.svg Charles Pixton Little Aston [32] [48]
1929 Flag of England.svg Tom Barber 1451 stroke Flag of England.svg Freddie Beck Sherwood Forest [33]
1930 Flag of England.svg Frank Weston 145Playoff [lower-alpha 8] Flag of England.svg Jack Seager Birstall [49] [50]
1931 Flag of England.svg Bill Firkins 140Playoff [lower-alpha 9] Flag of England.svg Alfred Matthews Walmley [51] [52]
1932 Flag of England.svg George Buckle 1451 stroke Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Tom Green Harborne [53]
1933 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Tom Green 1431 stroke Flag of England.svg Ernest Cawsey Burnham Beeches [54]
1934 Flag of England.svg Bill Martin 13410 strokes Flag of England.svg George Buckle Hollinwell [34]
1935 Flag of England.svg Bill Martin 1401 stroke Flag of England.svg Charlie Ward Copt Heath [35]
1936 Flag of Scotland.svg Jack McMillan 1393 strokes Flag of England.svg George Buckle Handsworth [36]
1937 Flag of England.svg Ken Hooker 137Playoff [lower-alpha 10] Flag of England.svg George Buckle Copt Heath [55] [56]
1938 Flag of England.svg George Johnson 1411 stroke Flag of England.svg Bill Branch Leicestershire [57]
1939 Flag of Scotland.svg Jack McMillan 1382 strokes Flag of England.svg Bob Pemberton Moseley [37]
1940–1945: No tournament
1946 Flag of Scotland.svg Tom Haliburton 1524 strokes Flag of England.svg Herbert Manton
Flag of England.svg Charlie Ward 		Little Aston [38]
1947Not known
1948Not known
1949 Flag of England.svg Norman Roffe 1403 strokes Flag of England.svg Freddie Beck
Flag of England.svg Charlie Ward
Flag of England.svg Bert Williamson 		Cotswold Hills [58]
1950 Flag of England.svg Jack Seager 1462 strokes Flag of England.svg Jack Hargreaves
Flag of England.svg Alex Tibbles
Flag of England.svg Bert Williamson 		Woodhall Spa [59]
1951 Flag of England.svg Bert Williamson 1382 strokes Flag of England.svg Jack Green Abbeydale [60]
1952 Flag of England.svg Bernard Hunt 1422 strokes Flag of England.svg Henry Coleman South Staffordshire [61]
1953 Flag of England.svg Jack Hargreaves 1401 stroke Flag of England.svg George Johnson Sherwood Forest [62]
1954 Flag of England.svg Ralph Moffitt 1374 strokes Flag of England.svg Norman Roffe Finham Park [63]
1955 Flag of England.svg Frank Jowle 1345 strokes Flag of England.svg Charlie Ward Copt Heath [41]
1956 Flag of England.svg Alex Tibbles [lower-alpha 11] 1403 strokes Flag of England.svg Ralph Moffitt Walsall [40]
1957 Flag of England.svg David Snell 1513 strokes Flag of England.svg Jack Hargreaves Seacroft [64]
1958 Flag of England.svg Charlie Ward 1365 strokes Flag of England.svg Peter Butler Hawkstone Park [65]
1959 Flag of England.svg Frank Jowle 1412 strokes Flag of England.svg Peter Butler Luffenham Heath [42]
1960 Flag of England.svg Ralph Moffitt 1402 strokes Flag of England.svg Peter Butler
Flag of England.svg Ron Moses
Flag of England.svg Charlie Ward 		Ladbrook Park [39]
1961 Flag of England.svg George Maisey 1391 stroke Flag of England.svg Peter Butler Hawkstone Park [43]
  1. ↑ Mayo beat Reid 40 to 42 in a 9-hole playoff, played the same evening.
  2. ↑ Tuck beat Jeffries in a 9-hole playoff, played the same evening.
  3. ↑ Reid beat Ayton 75 to 80 in an 18-hole playoff, played the following day.
  4. ↑ Williamson beat Ross 74 to 80 in an 18-hole playoff, played the following day.
  5. ↑ Williamson and Compston were tied after a further 9 holes and played another 9, Williamson winning 77 to 79 for the 18-holes, played the same evening.
  6. ↑ Holland won an 18-hole playoff, played the following day, scoring 72 to Ham and Matthews 75s.
  7. ↑ Barber beat Pixton 76 to 81 in an 18-hole playoff.
  8. ↑ Weston beat Seager 71 to 74 in an 18-hole playoff.
  9. ↑ Firkins beat Matthews 76 to 79 in an 18-hole playoff.
  10. ↑ Hooker beat Buckle 69 to 74 in an 18-hole playoff.
  11. ↑ Tibbles won the event but Moffitt won the Midland Challenge Cup since Tibbles was working overseas and hence ineligible.

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