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England–Scotland
Professional Match
Tournament information
Established	1903
Format	Team match play
Month played	June/July
Final year	1938
Final champion
	England

The England–Scotland Professional Match was an annual men's professional golf competition between teams representing England and Scotland. It was played from 1903 to the start of World War I and was then revived in 1932 and played until the start of World War II. The match was played on a single day, generally a few days before the Open Championship. Except on one occasion, there were 12 players in each team who played 12 singles matches and 6 foursomes. Scotland won the inaugural match in 1903 but didn't win another match, although three matches were tied. The event was organised by the PGA and only members of the PGA were eligible to play.

History

In 1902 an international match between English and Scottish amateur golfers was played at Royal Liverpool Golf Club prior to the Amateur Championship there. The match consisted of 10 singles matches played over 36 holes. The following year the Professional Golfers' Association decided to organise a similar match for professionals at Prestwick, before the 1903 Open Championship.^[1] It was originally planned to play 36-hole singles but it was later decided to play both singles and foursomes.^[2] Because only members of the PGA were eligible to play, a number of Scottish golfers were not available for selection, including William Auchterlonie, Andrew Kirkaldy and Archie Simpson.^[3] Tom Williamson was originally selected for the England team but was replaced by Fred Collins.^[1]

The 1908 match was abandoned because of bad weather. The England team was: Tom Ball, George Cawsey, Phil Gaudin, Ernest Gray, Rowland Jones, Charles Mayo, Ted Ray, James Sherlock, J.H. Taylor, Harry Vardon, Tom Vardon, Tom Williamson. The Scottish team was: James Braid, George Duncan, James Hepburn, Sandy Herd, John Hunter, Andrew Kirkaldy, Ben Sayers, Ben Sayers, Jr., Ralph Smith, Tom Watt, Robert Thomson, Jack White.

In 1909 there was a dispute about which team Fred Robson would represent. He was born in Wales but apparently had a Scottish father and English mother and was initially selected for both sides. Having learnt his golf in England he eventually chose to represent that country.^[4]^[5] A meeting of the PGA on the following Monday accepted the principle that the player could choose in such situations.^[6] However this account is contradicted by evidence from the 1891 census of Wales which records that his father was born in Birmingham and mother in Holywell, Wales.^[7]

There was no match in 1911 because a "Coronation Match" had been organised between teams of amateurs and professionals on the Saturday before the Open Championship, 24 June. The match was in celebration of the coronation of George V on 22 June. The match consisted of 9 foursomes matches, each over 36 holes and resulted in an 8–1 win for the professionals.^[8]^[9]

The PGA decided that the 1914 match would not be played at the same time as the Open Championship. The proprietors of Country Life agreed to provide a cup. It was planned to play the 1914 match at Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club on 22 October.^[10] Even after the outbreak of World War I it was decided to still hold the event and to raise money for the Prince of Wales' War Fund but the match was eventually cancelled. A charity match was played at Fulwell Golf Course on 12 December 1914 between English and Scottish members of the Southern section of the PGA in aid of Princess Mary's Christmas Gifts Fund for soldiers and sailors. The match followed the same format as the full international. The English players won by 8 matches to 6 with 4 matches halved.^[11]

England won all 7 matches played from 1932 to 1938. The closest match was in 1937 when Scotland led 4–0 after the foursomes but England won 9 of the 12 singles to win 9–7.^[12] England and Scotland played two matches in 1938 since they also met in the Llandudno International Golf Trophy in September. Henry Cotton was selected for the England team in 1932 but declined the invitation and was replaced by George Oke.^[13] Cotton never played in any of the matches.

The 1939 match was cancelled because of the expense and difficulty of collecting the entrance charges on the Old Course at St Andrews.^[14] The PGA has already received permission from the Town Council to charge for entry.^[15]

Format

Except in 1907 the teams had 12 players. There were 12 singles matches and 6 foursomes. Matches were over 18 holes. In the earlier period the singles were played in the morning and the foursomes in the afternoon but when the event was revived in 1932 the order was reversed. In 1907 there were 16 in each team who each played a 36-hole singles match. The result was decided by the number of matches won, halved matches were not included in the final score. In the matches before World War I the players went out in ranking order with the best players going out first. The same principle was applied to the foursomes with the two best players on each team playing each other in the first foursomes. Generally the same players contested the singles and the foursomes. However, in 1932 Sandy Herd and Peter Robertson played in the foursomes but were replaced by the reserves, Jock Ballantine and Jimmy Adams in the singles. In 1933 Robertson again missed the singles and Jack McMillan played instead.

Results

Year	Date	Venue	Winners	Score	Ref
1903	8 June	Prestwick	Scotland	9–8	^[16]
1904	4 June	Royal St George's	Tie	8–8	^[17]
1905	3 June	St Andrews	Tie	7–7	^[18]
1906	11 June	Muirfield	England	12–6	^[19]
1907	15 June	Royal Liverpool	England	8–5	^[20]
1908	13 June	Prestwick	Abandoned		^[21]
1909	5 June	Royal Cinque Ports	England	11–4	^[22]
1910	18 June	St Andrews	England	11–5	^[23]
1911	24 June	Royal St George's	Coronation Match
1912	18 June	Muirfield	Tie	8–8	^[24]
1913	17 June	Royal Liverpool	England	13–4	^[25]
1914	22 October	Royal Mid-Surrey	Cancelled
1915–1931: Not held
1932	4 June	Prince's	England	13–3	^[26]
1933	1 July	Barnton, Edinburgh	England	10–5	^[27]
1934	23 June	Royal St George's	England	11–3	^[28]
1935	22 June	Muirfield	England	13–4	^[29]
1936	20 June	Royal Liverpool	England	13–4	^[30]
1937	3 July	Carnoustie	England	9–7	^[12]
1938	2 July	Royal St George's	England	10–6	^[31]
1939	1 July	St Andrews	Cancelled		^[14]

Appearances

The following are those who played in at least one of the 16 matches. Laurie Ayton, Snr, George Duncan, Tom Fernie and Sandy Herd played for Scotland in both the earlier period (1903–1913) and the later matches (1932–1938). No Englishman played in both periods.

England

1903–1913

Tom Ball 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913
James Batley 1912
George Cawsey 1906, 1907
Fred Collins 1903, 1904
Phil Gaudin 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1912, 1913
Ernest Gray 1904, 1905, 1907
Rowland Jones 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913
Charles Mayo 1907, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913
George Pulford 1904, 1907
Peter Rainford 1903
Ted Ray 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913
Wilfrid Reid 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913
Thomas Renouf 1903, 1904, 1905, 1910, 1912
Fred Robson 1909, 1910
Jack Rowe 1903, 1906, 1907
James Sherlock 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913
J.H. Taylor 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913
Josh Taylor 1913
Albert Tingey, Sr. 1903, 1905
Alfred Toogood 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907
Walter Toogood 1903, 1907
Harry Vardon 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913
Tom Vardon 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910
Tom Williamson 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913
Reg Wilson 1913

1932–1938

Percy Alliss 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937
Bill Branch 1936
Sid Brews 1934
Dick Burton 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938
Harry Busson 1938
Jack Busson 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937
Tom Collinge 1937
Archie Compston 1932, 1935
Bill Cox 1935, 1936, 1937
Don Curtis 1934, 1938
Bill Davies 1932, 1933
Cecil Denny 1936
Syd Easterbrook 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1938
Bert Gadd 1933, 1935
Tom Green 1935
Arthur Havers 1932, 1933, 1934
Ted Jarman 1935
Bob Kenyon 1932
Sam King 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938
Arthur Lacey 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938
Arthur Lees 1938
Abe Mitchell 1932, 1933, 1934
George Oke 1932, 1937
Alf Padgham 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938
Alf Perry 1933, 1936, 1938
Mark Seymour 1932, 1933
Jack Taylor 1937
Charles Whitcombe 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938
Eddie Whitcombe 1938
Reg Whitcombe 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938

Scotland

1903–1913

Laurie Ayton, Snr 1910, 1912, 1913
James Braid 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1912
George Coburn 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907
Frank Coltart 1909
George Duncan 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913
Tom Fernie 1910, 1912, 1913
Willie Fernie 1903, 1904
Allan Gow 1912
Tom Grant 1913
James Hepburn 1903, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1910, 1912, 1913
Sandy Herd 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913
Willie Hunter, Sr. 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910
James Kay 1903
James Kinnell 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1910, 1912
Andrew Kirkaldy 1904, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1910
Jack Kirkaldy 1905, 1906
Peter McEwan Jr. 1907
Alex Marling 1913
Jack Park 1909
Willie Park, Jr. 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1910
Willie Ritchie 1913
Ben Sayers 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913
Ben Sayers, Jr. 1906, 1907, 1909
Archie Simpson 1904
Ralph Smith 1903, 1904, 1907, 1909, 1913
Robert Thomson 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1912
Tom Watt 1907
Willie Watt 1912, 1913
Jack White 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1912, 1913
Tom Yeoman 1905, 1906

1932–1938

Jimmy Adams 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938
Willam Anderson 1937
Laurie Ayton, Jnr 1937
Laurie Ayton, Snr 1933, 1934
Jock Ballantine 1932, 1936
Hamish Ballingall 1938
Stewart Burns 1932
Allan Dailey 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938
William Davis 1937, 1938
Tom Dobson 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937
John Donaldson 1932, 1935, 1938
George Duncan 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937
Gordon Durward 1937
Sydney Fairweather 1933, 1935, 1936
John Fallon 1936, 1937, 1938
Walter Fenton 1932
Tom Fernie 1933
Jim Forrester 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936
Gordon Good 1934, 1936
Tom Haliburton 1938
Willie Hastings 1937, 1938
Sandy Herd 1932
George Hutton 1937, 1938
George Knight 1937
Bill Laidlaw 1935, 1936, 1938
Duncan McCulloch 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937
Jimmy McDowall 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936
Gregor McIntosh 1938
Jack McMillan 1933, 1934, 1935
Willie McMinn 1932, 1933, 1934
Fred Robertson 1938
Peter Robertson 1932, 1933
Willie Spark 1935
Tom Wilson 1933, 1934

References

^ ^a ^b "Golf – Professionals' International Match". The Times. 24 January 1903. p. 13.
^ "Professionals' International Match". The Times. 1 June 1903. p. 10.
^ "International Professional Match". The Times. 8 June 1903. p. 11.
^ "The Professionals International Match". The Times. 4 June 1909. p. 18.
^ "Professional Golf – International Match at Deal". The Glasgow Herald. 5 June 1909. p. 14.
^ "Open Championship – Meeting of professionals". The Glasgow Herald. 8 June 1909. p. 11.
^ 1891 Wales census at www.ancestry.com
^ "Golf – Teams for Coronation match". The Glasgow Herald. 24 June 1911. p. 10.
^ "Golf at Sandwich – Coronation match – Rout of the amateurs". The Glasgow Herald. 26 June 1911. p. 9,10.
^ "The Professional International Match". The Times. 14 February 1914. p. 14.
^ "Golf – International Charity match – England beats Scotland". The Glasgow Herald. 14 December 1914. p. 12.
^ ^a ^b "Scots collapse in singles". The Glasgow Herald. 5 July 1937. p. 19.
^ "Henry Cotton not to play for England". The Glasgow Herald. 14 May 1932. p. 18.
^ ^a ^b "International Match Cancelled". The Glasgow Herald. 17 May 1939. p. 21.
^ "Golf – Events at St Andrews". The Times. 2 May 1939. p. 6.
^ "Golf – International Professional Match". The Times. 9 June 1903. p. 12.
^ "The Open Championship – Professional International Match". The Glasgow Herald. 6 June 1904. p. 12.
^ "Professionals at St Andrews – Scotland v England". The Glasgow Herald. 5 June 1905. p. 12.
^ "Golf – The Professionals at Muirfield – Scotland v England". The Glasgow Herald. 12 June 1906. p. 12.
^ "Golf – The Professionals at Hoylake – Scotland v England". The Glasgow Herald. 17 June 1907. p. 12.
^ "Golf – The Professionals at Prestwick – International Match Abandoned". The Glasgow Herald. 15 June 1908. p. 13.
^ "Professional Golf – International Match at Deal". The Glasgow Herald. 7 June 1909. p. 13.
^ "International Golf – Professionals at St Andrews". The Glasgow Herald. 20 June 1910. p. 9.
^ "International Golf – Professionals at Muirfield". The Glasgow Herald. 19 June 1912. p. 15.
^ "Professional Golf – International Contest". The Glasgow Herald. 18 June 1913. p. 12.
^ "Open Golf Championship – England defeats Scotland". The Glasgow Herald. 6 June 1932. p. 11.
^ "England beats Scotland – Professional match at Barnton". The Glasgow Herald. 3 July 1933. p. 6.
^ "England defeat Scotland – Professional meet at St George's". The Glasgow Herald. 25 June 1934. p. 20.
^ "Scots fail in golf international – Easy win for English professional". The Glasgow Herald. 24 June 1935. p. 7.
^ "Another defeat for Scots". The Glasgow Herald. 22 June 1936. p. 6.
^ "Scots fall fighting". The Glasgow Herald. 4 July 1938. p. 17.
^ 'Carry for you sir'- History of Golf at North Berwick

[times24jan1903-1] "Golf – Professionals' International Match". The Times. 24 January 1903. p. 13.

[2] "Professionals' International Match". The Times. 1 June 1903. p. 10.

[3] "International Professional Match". The Times. 8 June 1903. p. 11.

[4] "The Professionals International Match". The Times. 4 June 1909. p. 18.

[5] "Professional Golf – International Match at Deal". The Glasgow Herald. 5 June 1909. p. 14.

[6] "Open Championship – Meeting of professionals". The Glasgow Herald. 8 June 1909. p. 11.

[7] 1891 Wales census at www.ancestry.com

[8] "Golf – Teams for Coronation match". The Glasgow Herald. 24 June 1911. p. 10.

[9] "Golf at Sandwich – Coronation match – Rout of the amateurs". The Glasgow Herald. 26 June 1911. p. 9,10.

[10] "The Professional International Match". The Times. 14 February 1914. p. 14.

[11] "Golf – International Charity match – England beats Scotland". The Glasgow Herald. 14 December 1914. p. 12.

[r1937-12] "Scots collapse in singles". The Glasgow Herald. 5 July 1937. p. 19.

[13] "Henry Cotton not to play for England". The Glasgow Herald. 14 May 1932. p. 18.

[r1939-14] "International Match Cancelled". The Glasgow Herald. 17 May 1939. p. 21.

[15] "Golf – Events at St Andrews". The Times. 2 May 1939. p. 6.

[r1903-16] "Golf – International Professional Match". The Times. 9 June 1903. p. 12.

[r1904-17] "The Open Championship – Professional International Match". The Glasgow Herald. 6 June 1904. p. 12.

[r1905-18] "Professionals at St Andrews – Scotland v England". The Glasgow Herald. 5 June 1905. p. 12.

[r1906-19] "Golf – The Professionals at Muirfield – Scotland v England". The Glasgow Herald. 12 June 1906. p. 12.

[r1907-20] "Golf – The Professionals at Hoylake – Scotland v England". The Glasgow Herald. 17 June 1907. p. 12.

[r1908-21] "Golf – The Professionals at Prestwick – International Match Abandoned". The Glasgow Herald. 15 June 1908. p. 13.

[r1909-22] "Professional Golf – International Match at Deal". The Glasgow Herald. 7 June 1909. p. 13.

[r1910-23] "International Golf – Professionals at St Andrews". The Glasgow Herald. 20 June 1910. p. 9.

[r1912-24] "International Golf – Professionals at Muirfield". The Glasgow Herald. 19 June 1912. p. 15.

[r1913-25] "Professional Golf – International Contest". The Glasgow Herald. 18 June 1913. p. 12.

[r1932-26] "Open Golf Championship – England defeats Scotland". The Glasgow Herald. 6 June 1932. p. 11.

[r1933-27] "England beats Scotland – Professional match at Barnton". The Glasgow Herald. 3 July 1933. p. 6.

[r1934-28] "England defeat Scotland – Professional meet at St George's". The Glasgow Herald. 25 June 1934. p. 20.

[r1935-29] "Scots fail in golf international – Easy win for English professional". The Glasgow Herald. 24 June 1935. p. 7.

[r1936-30] "Another defeat for Scots". The Glasgow Herald. 22 June 1936. p. 6.

[r1938-31] "Scots fall fighting". The Glasgow Herald. 4 July 1938. p. 17.

[32] 'Carry for you sir'- History of Golf at North Berwick

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England–Scotland Professional Match

History

Format

Results

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England

1903–1913

1932–1938

Scotland

1903–1913

1932–1938

References

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