Dunlop Cup (Australia)
# Dunlop Cup (Australia)

The Dunlop Cup was a series of annual professional golf tournaments held in Australia from 1930 to 1952. Four separate events were held each year, in New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland and Victoria. The tournaments were sponsored by Dunlop Perdriau Rubber Co., later renamed Dunlop Rubber Australia.

## History

Initially all four tournaments were played as match-play events over four days. There was a 36-hole stroke-play stage with the leading 8 playing 36-hole match-play. Later some states changed the format to 72-hole stroke-play over two days and later to 36 holes in a single day. After World War II, all events were contested as 36 holes of stroke-play on one day.

Ossie Walker won the Queensland event six times, matched by Ossie Pickworth who won the South Australian event six times in succession, although once he was a joint winner. Bruce Auld, Eric Cremin and Reg Want each won the event four times.

## Winners

### New South Wales

| Year | Winner | Score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Venue | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1930 | Tom Howard | 1 up | 1 up | Billy Bolger | The Australian | |
| 1931 | Dan Soutar | 4 & 3 | 4 & 3 | Tom Howard | Royal Sydney | |
| 1932 | No tournament | No tournament | No tournament | No tournament | No tournament | No tournament |
| 1933 | Frank Eyre | 1 up | 1 up | Tom Heard | The Australian | |
| 1934 | Dan Soutar (2) | 298 | 1 stroke | Billy Bolger | The Lakes | |
| 1935 | Lou Kelly | 285 | 1 stroke | Billy Bolger Tom Howard | The Australian | |
| 1936 | Bill Holder | 145 | 2 strokes | Sam Richardson | The Lakes | |
| 1937 | Norman Von Nida | 148 | 2 strokes | Billy Bolger Sam Richardson | Bonnie Doon | |
| 1938 | Norman Von Nida (2) | 142 | 1 stroke | Eric Cremin | Bonnie Doon | |
| 1939 | Sam Richardson | 147 | Playoff | Billy Bolger | New South Wales | |
| 1940 | Charlie Booth | 140 | 1 stroke | Billy Bolger | The Lakes | |
| 1941 | Fred Bolger | 147 | 1 stroke | Eric Cremin Alex Thompson | Bonnie Doon | |
| 1942–1945: No tournament due to World War II |||||||
| 1946 | Billy Bolger | 146 | 1 stroke | Lou Kelly Ossie Pickworth | Concord | |
| 1947 | Eric Cremin | 144 | 3 strokes | Sid Cowling | Bonnie Doon | |
| 1948 | Eric Cremin (2) | 143 | 4 strokes | Lou Kelly | New South Wales | |
| 1949 | Norman Von Nida (3) | 145 | 1 stroke | Bill Holder | Manly | |
| 1950 | Eric Cremin (3) | 143 | 3 strokes | Reg Want | Pymble | |
| 1951 | Eric Cremin (4) | 142 | 6 strokes | Kel Nagle | The Lakes | |
| 1952 | Len Woodward | 138 | 2 strokes | Kel Nagle | Pennant Hills | |

### Queensland

| Year | Winner | Score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Venue |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1930 | Harry Sinclair | 10 & 8 | 10 & 8 | Leo Corry | Brisbane |
| 1931 | Harry Sinclair (2) | 3 & 2 | 3 & 2 | Tom Southcombe | Royal Queensland |
| 1932 | Jack Quarton | 7 & 6 | 7 & 6 | Harry Sinclair | Goodna |
| 1933 | Ossie Walker | w/o | w/o | Peter Porter | Brisbane |
| 1934 | Ossie Walker (2) | 2 & 1 | 2 & 1 | Jack Quarton | Indooroopilly |
| 1935 | Ossie Walker (3) | 1 up | 1 up | Eddie Anderson | Victoria Park |
| 1936 | Arch McArthur | 3 & 2 | 3 & 2 | Alex Denholm | Royal Queensland |
| 1937 | Eddie Anderson | 2 & 1 | 2 & 1 | Ossie Walker | Brisbane |
| 1938 | Eddie Anderson (2) | 7 & 6 | 7 & 6 | Charlie Brown | Gailes |
| 1939 | Ossie Walker (4) | 7 & 5 | 7 & 5 | Arthur Gazzard | Victoria Park |
| 1940 | Reg Want | 7 & 5 | 7 & 5 | Ossie Stanley | Indooroopilly |
| 1941 | Ossie Walker (5) | 9 & 8 | 9 & 8 | Eddie Anderson | Royal Queensland |
| 1942–1945: No tournament due to World War II |||||||
| 1946 | Reg Want (2) | 146 | 1 stroke | Ossie Walker | Indooroopilly |
| 1947 | Ossie Walker (6) | 146 | 2 strokes | Reg Want | Brisbane |
| 1948 | Reg Want (3) | 147 | 1 stroke | Ossie Walker | Peninsula |
| 1949 | Jack Brown | 150 | 1 stroke | Reg Want | Gailes |
| 1950 | Doug Katterns | 154 | Playoff | Arthur Gazzard | Nudgee |
| 1951 | Doug Katterns (2) | 141 | 2 strokes | Jack Brown | Virginia |
| 1952 | Reg Want (4) | 139 | 1 stroke | John Summersgill | Victoria Park |

### South Australia

| Year | Winner | Score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Venue |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1930 | Willie Harvey | 1 up | 1 up | Rufus Stewart | Royal Adelaide |
| 1931 | Ernie Bissett | 2 & 1 | 2 & 1 | Fergus McMahon | Royal Adelaide |
| 1932 | Alf Toogood | 2 & 1 | 2 & 1 | Jimmy McLachlan | Glenelg |
| 1933 | Fred Thompson | 306 | 2 strokes | Fergus McMahon | Kooyonga |
| 1934 | Willie Harvey (2) | 5 & 4 | 5 & 4 | Rufus Stewart | Royal Adelaide |
| 1935 | Fergus McMahon | 6 & 4 | 6 & 4 | Alf Toogood | Kooyonga |
| 1936 | Fergus McMahon (2) | 7 & 6 | 7 & 6 | Rufus Stewart | Glenelg |
| 1937 | Fergus McMahon (3) | 6 & 5 | 6 & 5 | Bill Robertson | Royal Adelaide |
| 1938 | Bill Robertson | 2 & 1 | 2 & 1 | Fergus McMahon | Kooyonga |
| 1939 | Bruce Auld | 3 & 1 | 3 & 1 | Rufus Stewart | Royal Adelaide |
| 1940 | Rufus Stewart | 5 & 4 | 5 & 4 | Bruce Auld | Kooyonga |
| 1941 | Rufus Stewart (2) | 1 up | 1 up | Willie Harvey | Royal Adelaide |
| 1942–1945: No tournament due to World War II |||||||
| 1946 | Willie Harvey (3) | 150 | 2 strokes | Bill Robertson | Royal Adelaide |
| 1947 | Bruce Auld (2) | 150 | 1 stroke | Denis Denehey | Glenelg |
| 1948 | Gordon Westthorp | 156 | 2 strokes | Willie Harvey | Kooyonga |
| 1949 | Bruce Auld (3) | 151 | 3 strokes | Alex Bullock Denis Denehey | Royal Adelaide |
| 1950 | Bruce Auld (4) | 150 | 3 strokes | Murray Crafter | Kooyonga |
| 1951 | Murray Crafter | 149 | 3 strokes | Fred Thompson | Glenelg |
| 1952 | Brian Crafter | 156 | 3 strokes | Jim Mills | The Grange |

### Victoria

| Year | Winner | Score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Venue | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1930 | Reg Jupp | 4 & 3 | 4 & 3 | Arthur Spence | Commonwealth | |
| 1931 | Bill Fowler | 11 & 10 | 11 & 10 | Don Thomson | Yarra Yarra | |
| 1932 | Ted Naismith | 5 & 4 | 5 & 4 | Don Thomson | Victoria | |
| 1933 | Horace Boorer | 7 & 6 | 7 & 6 | Hugh Thomson | Kingston Heath | |
| 1934 | Ted Naismith (2) | 294 | 7 strokes | Ron Harris | Royal Melbourne | |
| 1935 | Ted Naismith (3) | 299 | 3 strokes | Ron Harris Reg Jupp | Metropolitan | |
| 1936 | Ernie Wood | 146 | 3 strokes | George Naismith | Commonwealth | |
| 1937 | Ernie Wood (2) | 146 | 2 strokes | Horace Boorer Ron Harris | Kingston Heath | |
| 1938 | Ron Harris | 144 | 6 strokes | Viv Billings Ted Naismith | Metropolitan | |
| 1939 | Charlie Conners | | | | Kingston Heath | |
| 1940 | Don Walker | 147 | 1 stroke | George Jordan | Royal Melbourne | |
| 1941 | Martin Smith | 146 | 1 stroke | Ted Naismith | Metropolitan | |
| 1942–1945: No tournament due to World War II |||||||
| 1946 | No tournament | No tournament | No tournament | No tournament | No tournament | No tournament |
| 1947 | Ossie Pickworth | 294 | 4 strokes | Ted Naismith | Commonwealth | |
| 1948 | Ossie Pickworth (2) | 144 | 1 stroke | Bill Clifford | Kingswood | |
| 1949 | Ossie Pickworth (3) | 149 | 4 strokes | Colin Campbell | Metropolitan | |
| 1950 | Ossie Pickworth (4) | 138 | 12 strokes | Martin Smith | Yarra Yarra | |
| 1951 | Ossie Pickworth (5) | 150 | 2 strokes | Jack Harris | Commonwealth | |
| 1952 | Ossie Pickworth (6) Peter Thomson | 141 | Tied | | Kew | |

* ↑ Richardson won the 9-hole playoff by 2 strokes
* ↑ Katterns won the 9-hole playoff by 1 stroke
