Ranelagh International Cup


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.
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. 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. Initially England, Ireland and Scotland competed with Wales first playing in 1909. 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.

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
1901Ireland1348Dorothea Cuming, May Hezlet, Kathleen Prittie, Florence Walker-Leigh
1901Ireland2341Dorothea Cuming, May Hezlet, Kathleen Prittie, Florence Walker-Leigh
1902Ireland1346May Hezlet, Miss Jennings, Kathleen Prittie, Maud Stuart
1902Ireland2341Dorothea Cuming, May Hezlet, Kathleen Prittie, Florence Walker-Leigh
1903Ireland1325Dorothea Cuming, May Hezlet, Violet Hezlet, Mrs Jackson 84
1903Ireland2310Dorothea Cuming, May Hezlet, Violet Hezlet, E C Perry
1904England1320Evelyn Morant, Elinor Nevile, Eveline Phillips, Grace Willock-Pollen
1904England2330Mrs Hunter, Evelyn Morant, Lottie Dod, Eveline Phillips
1905Ireland1346Ruth Durlacher, K E Gubbins, May Hezlet, Violet Hezlet
1905Ireland2343Ruth Durlacher, K E Gubbins, May Hezlet, Violet Hezlet
1906Scotland1319Winifred Brown, Dorothy Campbell, Molly Graham, Hilda Mather
1906Scotland2334Winifred Brown, Dorothy Campbell, Molly Graham, Hilda Mather
1907Scotland1327Mary Benton, Dorothy Campbell, Madge Neill-Fraser, May Nicolson
1907Scotland2323Dorothy Campbell, Other scores not known
1909Scotland1323Mary Benton, Winifred Brown, Dorothy Campbell, Hilda Mather
1909Scotland2316Mary Benton, Winifred Brown, Dorothy Campbell, Katharine Stuart
1910Scotland1312Mary Benton, Winifred Brown, Katharine Stuart, Lena Lyndhurst Towne
1910Scotland2304Mary Benton, Winifred Brown, Elsie Kyle, Katharine Stuart, Lena Lyndhurst Towne
1911Scotland1317Scores not known
1911Scotland2310Mary Benton, Winifred Brown, Madge Maitland, Katharine Stuart
1912England1315Lettie Barry, Eleanor Helme, Lily Moore, Gladys Ravenscroft
1912England2311Doris Chambers, Eleanor Helme, Cecil Leitch, Lily Moore
1913England1298Margaret Gardner, Cecil Leitch, Gladys Ravenscroft, Winifred Martin Smith, Stella Temple
1913England2304Lettie Barry, Cecil Leitch, Gladys Ravenscroft, Stella Temple
1914England1297Muriel Dodd, Ethel Marsden, Winifred McNair, Gladys Ravenscroft
1914England2285Evelyn Chubb, Muriel Dodd, Cecil Leitch, Elinor Nevile
1920England1306Gladys Dobell, Winifred Hambro, Molly Griffiths, Cecil Leitch
1920England2298Lettie Deane, Winifred Hambro, Cecil Leitch, Winifred McNair
1921England1295Gladys Dobell, Cecil Leitch, Winifred McNair, Joan Stocker
1921England2285Cecil Leitch, Joan Stocker, Joyce Wethered, Joy Winn
1922England1309Gladys Bastin, Cecil Leitch, Muriel Macbeth, Joan Stocker, Joyce Wethered
1922England2291Cecil Leitch, Muriel Macbeth, Winifred McNair, Joyce Wethered, Joy Winn
1923England1310Gladys Dobell, Molly Gourlay, Joan Stocker, Joyce Wethered
1923England2305Gladys Dobell, Muriel Macbeth, Joan Stocker, Joyce Wethered
1924England1284Gladys Bastin, Doris Chambers, Cecil Leitch, Joyce Wethered
1924England2284Gladys Bastin, Miss Fowler, Muriel Macbeth, Joyce Wethered
1925England1288Gladys Bastin, Beryl Cautley, Cecil Leitch, Joyce Wethered
1925England2283Beryl Cautley, Dorothy Fowler, Cecil Leitch, Joyce Wethered
1926England1282Beryl Cautley, Dorothy Fowler, Evelyn Hall, Cecil Leitch
1926England2284Beryl Cautley, Molly Gourlay, Evelyn Hall, Cecil Leitch
1927England1294Dorothy Fowler, Marjorie Ross Garon, Molly Gourlay, Cecil Leitch
1927England2291Beryl Cautley, Dorothy Fowler, Molly Gourlay, Evelyn Hall
1928England1290Marjorie Ross Garon, Nancye Gold, Molly Gourlay, Enid Wilson
1928England2289Marjorie Ross Garon, Molly Gourlay, Cecil Leitch, Enid Wilson
1929England1286Miss Fowler, Marjorie Ross Garon, Dorothy Pearson, Joyce Wethered
1929England2280Marjorie Ross Garon, Edith Guedalla, Joyce Wethered, Enid Wilson
1930England1295Marjorie Ross Garon, Edith Guedalla, Cecil Leitch, Dorothy Pearson, Enid Wilson
1930England2286Marjorie Ross Garon, Molly Gourlay, Cecil Leitch, Enid Wilson
1931England1277Diana Fishwick, Nancye Gold, Molly Gourlay, Dorothy Pearson
1931England2281Elsie Corlett, Nancye Gold, Dorothy Pearson, Gillian Rudgard
1932No result1271Diana Fishwick, Nancye Gold, Gillian Rudgard, Joy Winn
1933England1286Lady Alness, Beryl Brown, Molly Gourlay, Joy Winn
1933England2289Lady Alness, Beryl Brown, Molly Gourlay, Joy Winn
1934England1286Diana Fishwick, Kathleen Garnham, Edith Guedalla, Phyllis Wade
1934England2289Diana Fishwick, Kathleen Garnham, Diana Plumpton, Phyllis Wade
1935England1284Pam Barton, Diana Fishwick, Kathleen Garnham, Marjorie Ross Garon
1935England2286Diana Fishwick, Kathleen Garnham, Molly Gourlay, Beryl Newton
1936England1283Diana Fishwick, Kathleen Garnham, Marjorie Ross Garon, Beryl Newton
1936England2270Diana Fishwick, Kathleen Garnham, Marjorie Ross Garon, Wanda Morgan