Sloan Morpeth Trophy

The Sloan Morpeth Trophy was an amateur team golf tournament, played between Australia and New Zealand. It was contested irregularly from 1947 to 2016. ^[1] The trophy was presented by Sloan Morpeth in 1956. ^[1] From 1993 to 2005 the two countries played each other as part of the Four Nations Team Championship, a competition which also involved Canada and Japan, while from 2007 to 2012 it was played as part of the Trans Tasman Cup. ^[2] In 2016 the trophy was contested using scores from the two qualifying rounds of the Australian Amateur.

Format

Except for the final event in 2016, the tournament was match-play. The size of the teams and the format varied but consisted of a combination of foursomes and singles matches. In 2016 the teams had four players with the best three scores from two stroke-play rounds counting towards the team total.

Results

Year	Venue	Winning team	Score		Losing team	Ref
1947	Wellington Golf Club	Tied	3	3		[3] [4]
1948	Royal Melbourne Golf Club	New Zealand	4½	1½	Australia	[5] [6]
1952	Christchurch Golf Club	Tied	3	3		[7] [8]
1953	The Australian Golf Club	Australia	5	1	New Zealand	[9] [10]
1956	Wanganui Golf Club	Australia	3½	2½	New Zealand	[11]
1961	Kingston Heath Golf Club	New Zealand	5½	3½	Australia	[12] [13]
1964	Pennant Hills Golf Club	Australia	5½	½	New Zealand	[14]
1965	Christchurch Golf Club	New Zealand	5½	3½	Australia	[15]
1966	Manukau Golf Club	Australia	6	0	New Zealand	[16]
1967	Hamilton Golf Club	Australia	5	4	New Zealand	[17] [18]
1969	The Grange Golf Club	Australia	7	5	New Zealand	[19] [20]
1976	Muriwai Golf Club	New Zealand	3½	2½	Australia
1977	Victoria Golf Club	Australia	4	2	New Zealand	[21]
1980	Muriwai Golf Club	New Zealand	7½	2½	Australia	[22]
1982	Manawatu Golf Club	Tied	5	5		[23]
1983	Commonwealth Golf Club	Australia	9	3	New Zealand	[24] [25]
1984	St. Clair Golf Club	New Zealand	8½	3½	Australia	[26]
1986	Hutt Golf Club	Australia	7½	4½	New Zealand	[27]
1987	Royal Hobart Golf Club	New Zealand	10½	1½	Australia	[28]
1988	North Shore Golf Club	Australia	7	5	New Zealand	[29]
1990	Sanctuary Cove Golf Club	Australia	9	3	New Zealand	[30]
1991	Hastings Golf Club	Australia	7	5	New Zealand	[31]
1992	Russley Golf Club	New Zealand	12	6	Australia	[32] [33]
2007	Royal Canberra Golf Club	New Zealand	8	4	Australia	[34]
2008	Royal Wellington Golf Club	Australia	5½	4½	New Zealand
2009	Royal Canberra Golf Club	Australia	8	4	New Zealand	[35]
2010	Royal Wellington Golf Club	Australia	7½	4½	New Zealand	[36]
2012	Peninsula Golf Club	New Zealand	6½	5½	Australia	[37] [38]
2016	Metropolitan Golf Club & Peninsula Kingswood CGC	Australia	436	446	New Zealand

Source: ^[1]

Teams

Australia

• 1947 Bob Brown, Alex Colledge, Bill Edgar, Keith Pix
• 1948 Doug Bachli, Bill Edgar, Harry Hattersley, Alan Waterson
• 1952 Bill Ackland-Horman, Harry Berwick, Jack Coogan, Bob Stevens
• 1953 Harry Berwick, Jack Coogan, Peter Heard, Bob Stevens
• 1956 Harry Berwick, Bill Edgar, Justin Seward, Peter Toogood
• 1961 Phil Billings, Vic Bulgin, Tom Crow, John Hood, Eric Routley, Bob Stevens
• 1964 Barrie Baker, Phil Billings, Tom Crow, Kevin Hartley
• 1965 Dennis Bell, Phil Billings, Tom Crow, Kevin Donohoe, Kevin Hartley, Neil Titheridge
• 1966 Harry Berwick, Phil Billings, Kevin Donohoe, Kevin Hartley
• 1967 Dennis Bell, Phil Billings, Bill Britten, Vic Bulgin, Kevin Donohoe, Kevin Hartley
• 1969 Barry Burgess, Kevin Donohoe, Terry Gale, Tony Gresham, Kevin Hartley, Sommie Mackay, Jack Newton, Peter Toogood
• 1976 Chris Bonython, Tony Gresham, Colin Kaye, Phil Wood
• 1977 Clyde Boyer, Tony Gresham, Peter Sweeney, Phil Wood
• 1980 Tony Gresham, John Kelly, Jeff Senior, Peter Sweeney
• 1982 Eric Couper, Roger Mackay, Ossie Moore, Peter Sweeney
• 1983 Eric Couper, Wayne Smith, Peter Sweeney, Chris Tatt
• 1984 Neil Crafter, Tony Dight, Chris Tatt, Jeff Wagner
• 1986 Brad King, Peter O'Malley, Ray Picker, Gerard Power
• 1987 David Ecob, Brett Johns, Mike Sammells, Stephen Taylor
• 1988 David Ecob, Bradley Hughes, Brett Johns, Lester Peterson
• 1990 Robert Allenby, Steven Conran, Chris Gray, Lester Peterson
• 1991 Robert Allenby, Stephen Leaney, Lester Peterson, John Wade
• 1992 Stuart Appleby, David Armstrong, Steve Collins, Stephen Leaney, Lucas Parsons, Lester Peterson
• 2007 Andrew Dodt, Richie Gallichan, Rick Kulacz, Tim Stewart
• 2008 Scott Arnold, Matthew Griffin, Jason Scrivener, John Younger
• 2009 Luke Bleumink, Matt Jager, Ryan McCarthy, Brendan Smith
• 2010 Daniel Beckmann, Kieran Pratt, Jason Scrivener, Jordan Sherratt
• 2012 Jake Higginbottom, Nathan Holman, Ryan McCarthy, Cameron Smith
• 2016 Brett Coletta, Cameron John, Min Woo Lee, Zach Murray

Source: ^[1]

New Zealand

• 1947 Bob Glading, Guy Horne, Bryan Silk, Tim Woon
• 1948 Bob Glading, John Hornabrook, Bryan Silk, Tim Woon
• 1952 Tony Gibbs, Guy Horne, Bryan Silk, Tim Woon
• 1953 Tom Jeffery, Stuart Jones, Sid McDonald, Tim Woon
• 1956 Bob Charles, Stuart Jones, Bryan Silk, Tim Woon
• 1961 Walter Godfrey, Frank Gordon, Stuart Jones, Ross Murray, Ross Newdick, Ian Woodbury
• 1964 John Durry, Stuart Jones, Ted McDougall, Ross Murray
• 1965 John Durry, Stuart Jones, John Means, Ted McDougall, Ross Murray, Ian Woodbury
• 1966 John Durry, Stuart Jones, Ross Murray, Bruce Stevens
• 1967 Geoff Clarke, John Durry, Stuart Jones, Ross Murray, Bruce Stevens, Boris Vezich
• 1969 G.D. Brown, Geoff Clarke, John Durry, Stuart Jones, Ted McDougall, Ross Murray, Bruce Rafferty, Bruce Stevens
• 1976 Alex Bonnington, Peter Burney, Geoff Clarke, Ted McDougall
• 1977 Alex Bonnington, Geoff Clarke, Paul Hartstone, Mike Nicholson
• 1980 Michael Barltrop, Geoff Clarke, Paul Hartstone, Colin Taylor
• 1982 Michael Barltrop, Paul Hartstone, Colin Taylor, Tony Treen
• 1983 Michael Barltrop, Terry Cochrane, Jim Lapsley, Colin Taylor
• 1984 Michael Barltrop, Terry Cochrane, Brent Paterson, Colin Taylor
• 1986 Michael Barltrop, Terry Cochrane, Owen Kendall, Brent Paterson
• 1987 Phil Aickin, Michael Barltrop, Owen Kendall, Brent Paterson
• 1988 Phil Aickin, Michael Barltrop, Owen Kendall, Brent Paterson
• 1990 Phil Aickin, Steven Alker, Michael Long, Grant Moorhead
• 1991 Steven Alker, Tony Christie, Grant Moorhead, Stephen Scahill
• 1992 Steven Alker, Michael Campbell, Tony Christie, Saali Herewini, Grant Moorhead, Stephen Scahill
• 2007 James Gill, Danny Lee, Troy Ropiha, Andrew Searle
• 2008 Nick Gillespie, Danny Lee, Daniel Pearce, Jared Pender
• 2009 Ryan Fox, Daniel Pearce, Sean Riordan, Peter Spearman-Burn
• 2010 Ben Campbell, Ryan Fox, Nick Gillespie, Andy Stewart
• 2012 Ben Campbell, Vaughn McCall, Mathew Perry, Blair Riordan
• 2016 Ryan Chisnall, Nick Coxon, Daniel Hillier, Luke Toomey

Source: ^{[39] [1]}

See also

• Tasman Cup
• Trans Tasman Cup

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