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.{{cite web |url=https://assets.ctfassets.net/3urhge2ecl20/4jdnPTTPhhM37ixwrkjAfi/64a9cfcb11866e4b6242250c62b93e27/00031350-source.pdf |publisher=Golf Australia |title=Sloan Morpeth Trophy |accessdate=22 October 2020}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.golf.co.nz/uploads/Section%205%20Tournaments%20and%20Events%20Draft%201%20Jan%2010.pdf |publisher=New Zealand Golf |title=Section 5 Tournaments and Events |accessdate=9 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026175136/https://www.golf.co.nz/uploads/Section%205%20Tournaments%20and%20Events%20Draft%201%20Jan%2010.pdf |archive-date=26 October 2020}} 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
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
=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: {{cite web |url=https://www.golf.co.nz/uploads/Mens%20International%20Teams.pdf |title=Men's representative players |accessdate=15 October 2020 |publisher=New Zealand golf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209033928/http://www.golf.co.nz/uploads/Mens%20International%20Teams.pdf |archive-date=9 February 2013}}