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. The trophy was presented by Sloan Morpeth in 1956. 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. 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

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Teams

Australia

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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
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