Ranelagh International Cup

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Ranelagh International Cup
Tournament information
Location Barn Elms, England
Established1901
Course(s) Ranelagh Club
Organized by Ladies Golf Union
FormatTeam stroke play
Month playedApril
Final year1936
Final champion
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The Ranelagh International Cup was an amateur international team golf championship for women contested annually at the Ranelagh Club in west London, between 1901 and 1936. Generally it was played between the four Home Nations of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, where Ireland were represented by the whole island of Ireland on an All-Ireland basis.

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The Ranelagh Club had hosted a ladies' open meeting from the mid-1890s. In 1901 an international competition was added, played concurrently with a number of other events, including a club competition. [1] The event was held over two days. Teams of up to eight played a stroke-play round each day. The team score was determined by the leading four scores each day. [2] Initially England, Ireland and Scotland competed with Wales first playing in 1909. [3] Before World War I the contests were generally quite close but after the war England dominated, often winning by large margins. Scotland failed to raise a team in 1936 and later in the year the Ladies Golf Union cancelled the international event. [4]

Results

YearWinnerScoreRunner(s)-upScoreRefs.
1901Four Provinces Flag.svg  Ireland 689Flag of England.svg  England [lower-alpha 1] 702 [2] [1]
1902Four Provinces Flag.svg  Ireland 687Flag of England.svg  England [lower-alpha 1] 688 [5] [6]
1903Four Provinces Flag.svg  Ireland 635Flag of England.svg  England [lower-alpha 1] 649 [7] [8]
1904Flag of England.svg  England 650Four Provinces Flag.svg  Ireland [lower-alpha 1] 656 [9] [10]
1905Four Provinces Flag.svg  Ireland 689Flag of England.svg  England [lower-alpha 1] 692 [11] [12]
1906Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 653Flag of England.svg  England [lower-alpha 1] 655 [13] [14]
1907Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 650Flag of England.svg  England [lower-alpha 1] 668 [15] [16]
1908Abandoned [lower-alpha 2] [17]
1909Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 639Flag of England.svg  England 644 [3] [18]
1910Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 616Flag of England.svg  England
Four Provinces Flag.svg  Ireland
631 [19] [20]
1911Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 627Four Provinces Flag.svg  Ireland 628 [21] [22]
1912Flag of England.svg  England 626Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 631 [23] [24]
1913Flag of England.svg  England 602Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 625 [25] [26]
1914Flag of England.svg  England 582Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 596 [27] [28]
1915–1919 Suspended during World War I
1920Flag of England.svg  England 604Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 630 [29] [30]
1921Flag of England.svg  England 580Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 605 [31] [32]
1922Flag of England.svg  England 600Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 630 [33] [34]
1923Flag of England.svg  England 615Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 637 [35] [36]
1924Flag of England.svg  England 568Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 603 [37] [38]
1925Flag of England.svg  England 571Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 606 [39] [40]
1926Flag of England.svg  England 566Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 621 [41] [42]
1927Flag of England.svg  England 585Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 602 [43] [44]
1928Flag of England.svg  England 579Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 628 [45] [46]
1929Flag of England.svg  England 566Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 590 [47] [48]
1930Flag of England.svg  England 581Four Provinces Flag.svg  Ireland 608 [49] [50]
1931Flag of England.svg  England 558Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 606 [51] [52]
1932Abandoned [lower-alpha 3] [53] [54]
1933Flag of England.svg  England 575Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 599 [55] [56]
1934Flag of England.svg  England 575Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 597 [57] [58]
1935Flag of England.svg  England 570Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 601 [59] [60]
1936Flag of England.svg  England 553Four Provinces Flag.svg  Ireland [lower-alpha 4] 592 [4] [61]
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Wales did not compete
  2. The whole meeting was abandoned because of rain.
  3. The second day was abandoned because of flooding. The cup was not awarded, although England were leading after the first day.
  4. Scotland did not compete

Winning scores

The following table lists the individual scores for the winning team. Only those scores that contributed to the team score are included, the best four rounds and ties. For 1932, the first day scores for the England team are listed. England were leading by 20 strokes after the first day.

YearWinnerDayScoreIndividual scorersRef
1901Ireland1348 Dorothea Cuming (91), May Hezlet (87), Kathleen Prittie (88), Florence Walker-Leigh (82) [2]
2341 Dorothea Cuming (88), May Hezlet (80), Kathleen Prittie (88), Florence Walker-Leigh (85) [1]
1902Ireland1346 May Hezlet (81), Miss Jennings (89), Kathleen Prittie (86), Maud Stuart (90) [5]
2341 Dorothea Cuming (89), May Hezlet (81), Kathleen Prittie (86), Florence Walker-Leigh (85) [6]
1903Ireland1325 Dorothea Cuming (80), May Hezlet (78), Violet Hezlet (83), Mrs Jackson 84 [7]
2310 Dorothea Cuming (77), May Hezlet (78), Violet Hezlet (75), E C Perry (80) [8]
1904England1320 Evelyn Morant (80), Elinor Nevile (75), Eveline Phillips (84), Grace Willock-Pollen (81) [9]
2330Mrs Hunter (84), Evelyn Morant (83), Lottie Dod (79), Eveline Phillips (84) [10]
1905Ireland1346 Ruth Durlacher (86), K E Gubbins (87), May Hezlet (80), Violet Hezlet (93) [11]
2343 Ruth Durlacher (88), K E Gubbins (90), May Hezlet (76), Violet Hezlet (89) [12]
1906Scotland1319 Winifred Brown (80), Dorothy Campbell (81), Molly Graham (80), Hilda Mather (78) [13]
2334 Winifred Brown (81), Dorothy Campbell (85), Molly Graham (86), Hilda Mather (82) [14]
1907Scotland1327 Mary Benton (84), Dorothy Campbell (76), Madge Neill-Fraser (84), May Nicolson (83) [15]
2323 Dorothy Campbell (74), Other scores not known [16]
1909Scotland1323 Mary Benton (82), Winifred Brown (80), Dorothy Campbell (77), Hilda Mather (84) [3]
2316 Mary Benton (81), Winifred Brown (82), Dorothy Campbell (75), Katharine Stuart (78) [18]
1910Scotland1312 Mary Benton (76), Winifred Brown (77), Katharine Stuart (78), Lena Lyndhurst Towne (81) [19]
2304 Mary Benton (80), Winifred Brown (76), Elsie Kyle (74), Katharine Stuart (74), Lena Lyndhurst Towne (80) [20]
1911Scotland1317Scores not known [21]
2310 Mary Benton (80), Winifred Brown (75), Madge Maitland (80), Katharine Stuart (75) [22]
1912England1315 Lettie Barry (78), Eleanor Helme (79), Lily Moore (79), Gladys Ravenscroft (79) [23]
2311 Doris Chambers (78), Eleanor Helme (80), Cecil Leitch (74), Lily Moore (79) [24]
1913England1298 Margaret Gardner (77), Cecil Leitch (69), Gladys Ravenscroft (74), Winifred Martin Smith (78), Stella Temple (78) [25]
2304 Lettie Barry (76), Cecil Leitch (78), Gladys Ravenscroft (72), Stella Temple (78) [26]
1914England1297 Muriel Dodd (77), Ethel Marsden (74), Winifred McNair (75), Gladys Ravenscroft (71) [27]
2285 Evelyn Chubb (72), Muriel Dodd (72), Cecil Leitch (67), Elinor Nevile (74) [28]
1920England1306 Gladys Dobell (76), Winifred Hambro (75), Molly Griffiths (78), Cecil Leitch (77) [29]
2298 Lettie Deane (77), Winifred Hambro (73), Cecil Leitch (72), Winifred McNair (76) [30]
1921England1295 Gladys Dobell (75), Cecil Leitch (72), Winifred McNair (74), Joan Stocker (74) [31]
2285 Cecil Leitch (70), Joan Stocker (69), Joyce Wethered (74), Joy Winn (72) [32]
1922England1309 Gladys Bastin (80), Cecil Leitch (76), Muriel Macbeth (76), Joan Stocker (80), Joyce Wethered (77) [33]
2291 Cecil Leitch (74), Muriel Macbeth (75), Winifred McNair (72), Joyce Wethered (70), Joy Winn (75) [34]
1923England1310 Gladys Dobell (76), Molly Gourlay (76), Joan Stocker (79), Joyce Wethered (79) [35]
2305 Gladys Dobell (78), Muriel Macbeth (74), Joan Stocker (79), Joyce Wethered (74) [36]
1924England1284 Gladys Bastin (70), Doris Chambers (73), Cecil Leitch (72), Joyce Wethered (69) [37]
2284 Gladys Bastin (71), Miss Fowler (72), Muriel Macbeth (70), Joyce Wethered (71) [38]
1925England1288 Gladys Bastin (72), Beryl Cautley (71), Cecil Leitch (72), Joyce Wethered (73) [39]
2283 Beryl Cautley (72), Dorothy Fowler (71), Cecil Leitch (69), Joyce Wethered (71) [40]
1926England1282 Beryl Cautley (69), Dorothy Fowler (72), Evelyn Hall (70), Cecil Leitch (71) [41]
2284 Beryl Cautley (72), Molly Gourlay (70), Evelyn Hall (70), Cecil Leitch (72) [42]
1927England1294 Dorothy Fowler (76), Marjorie Ross Garon (71), Molly Gourlay (73), Cecil Leitch (74) [43]
2291 Beryl Cautley (74), Dorothy Fowler (70), Molly Gourlay (75), Evelyn Hall (72) [44]
1928England1290 Marjorie Ross Garon (74), Nancye Gold (75), Molly Gourlay (71), Enid Wilson (70) [45]
2289 Marjorie Ross Garon (73), Molly Gourlay (75), Cecil Leitch (70), Enid Wilson (71) [46]
1929England1286Miss Fowler (71), Marjorie Ross Garon (73), Dorothy Pearson (70), Joyce Wethered (72) [47]
2280 Marjorie Ross Garon (69), Edith Guedalla (71), Joyce Wethered (70), Enid Wilson (70) [48]
1930England1295 Marjorie Ross Garon (75), Edith Guedalla (73), Cecil Leitch (72), Dorothy Pearson (75), Enid Wilson (75) [49]
2286 Marjorie Ross Garon (75), Molly Gourlay (74), Cecil Leitch (68), Enid Wilson (69) [50]
1931England1277 Diana Fishwick (66), Nancye Gold (71), Molly Gourlay (70), Dorothy Pearson (70) [51]
2281 Elsie Corlett (71), Nancye Gold (71), Dorothy Pearson (69), Gillian Rudgard (70) [52]
1932No result1271 Diana Fishwick (66), Nancye Gold (69), Gillian Rudgard (68), Joy Winn (68) [53]
1933England1286Lady Alness (74), Beryl Brown (71), Molly Gourlay (73), Joy Winn (68) [55]
2289Lady Alness (72), Beryl Brown (72), Molly Gourlay (72), Joy Winn (73) [56]
1934England1286 Diana Fishwick (72), Kathleen Garnham (72), Edith Guedalla (70), Phyllis Wade (72) [57]
2289 Diana Fishwick (69), Kathleen Garnham (73), Diana Plumpton (75), Phyllis Wade (72) [58]
1935England1284 Pam Barton (71), Diana Fishwick (71), Kathleen Garnham (69), Marjorie Ross Garon (73) [59]
2286 Diana Fishwick (73), Kathleen Garnham (74), Molly Gourlay (71), Beryl Newton (68) [60]
1936England1283 Diana Fishwick (70), Kathleen Garnham (70), Marjorie Ross Garon (70), Beryl Newton (73) [4]
2270 Diana Fishwick (68), Kathleen Garnham (69), Marjorie Ross Garon (65), Wanda Morgan (68) [61]

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