Addington Foursomes

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{{Infobox golf tournament

| name = Addington Foursomes

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| location = Addington, London, England

| establishment = 1933

| course = Addington Golf Club

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| month_played = April

| final_year = 1939

| score =

| final_champion = Dai Rees and Alfred Critchley

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{{Location map

|UK England

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|label = Addington Golf Club

|lat = 51.366

|long = -0.039

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The Addington Foursomes was a golf tournament played in Addington Golf Club near Croydon, South London from 1933 to 1939. Each pair consisted of a professional and amateur. The first tournament was held from 31 October to 2 November 1933 but thereafter the event was held in April.

Winners

class="wikitable"

!Year !! Winners !! Country !! Margin
of victory !! Runners-up !! Ref

1933Charles Whitcombe &
Cameron Anderson
{{ENG}}
{{SCO}}
align=center|5 & 4{{flagicon|ENG}} Fred Robson &
{{flagicon|ENG}} Cyril Gray
{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=c6JAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=i6UMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5589%2C385205 |title=Amateur-professional foursomes |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=3 November 1933 |page=4}}
1934Abe Mitchell &
Rex Hartley
{{ENG}}
{{ENG}}
align=center|5 & 3{{flagicon|ENG}} W E Peters &
{{flagicon|ENG}} W E Brownsell
{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=s8pAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tqUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4049%2C1594419 |title=Addington tournament final |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=12 April 1934 |page=2}}
1935Auguste Boyer &
Francis Francis
{{FRA}}
{{ENG}}
align=center|2 & 1{{flagicon|ENG}} Abe Mitchell &
{{flagicon|ENG}} Rex Hartley
{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZJlAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TaUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4256%2C1735932 |title=Amateur-professional foursomes |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=11 April 1935 |page=3}}
1936Bill Twine &
J A Flaherty
{{ENG}}
{{IRL}}
align=center|4 & 3{{flagicon|ENG}} Arthur Lacey &
{{flagicon|ENG}} Gerald Micklem
{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=21VRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KTQNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2468%2C1423230 |title=Foursomes at Addington |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=9 April 1936 |page=2}}
1937Max Faulkner &
Stanley Anderson
{{ENG}}
{{ENG}}
align=center|2 & 1{{flagicon|ENG}} Bill Cox &
{{flagicon|ENG}} Cyril Gray
{{cite news |newspaper=The Times |date=15 April 1937 |page=6 |title=The Addington Foursomes}}
1938Bill Twine &
J A Flaherty
{{ENG}}
{{IRL}}
align=center|3 & 2{{flagicon|ENG}} Alf Perry &
{{flagicon|SCO}} Andrew McNair
{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aEFAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iVkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3218%2C2504759 |title=Perry beaten in foursomes |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=15 April 1938 |page=19}}
1939Dai Rees &
Alfred Critchley
{{WAL}}
{{ENG}}
align=center|3 & 2{{flagicon|ENG}} Henry Cotton &
{{flagicon|ENG}} Max Aitken
{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0EZAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uIgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4039%2C811562 |title=Cotton beaten in foursomes |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=6 April 1939 |page=3}}

References