The Sloan Morpeth Trophy was an amateur team golf tournament, played between Australia and New Zealand. It was contested irregularly from 1947 to 2016.[1] The trophy was presented by Sloan Morpeth in 1956.[1] 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.[2] In 2016 the trophy was contested using scores from the two qualifying rounds of the Australian Amateur.
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.
Year | Venue | Winning team | Score | Losing team | Ref | |
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1947 | Wellington Golf Club | Tied | 3 | 3 | [3][4] | |
1948 | Royal Melbourne Golf Club | New Zealand | 4½ | 1½ | Australia | [5][6] |
1952 | Christchurch Golf Club | Tied | 3 | 3 | [7][8] | |
1953 | The Australian Golf Club | Australia | 5 | 1 | New Zealand | [9][10] |
1956 | Wanganui Golf Club | Australia | 3½ | 2½ | New Zealand | [11] |
1961 | Kingston Heath Golf Club | New Zealand | 5½ | 3½ | Australia | [12][13] |
1964 | Pennant Hills Golf Club | Australia | 5½ | ½ | New Zealand | [14] |
1965 | Christchurch Golf Club | New Zealand | 5½ | 3½ | Australia | [15] |
1966 | Manukau Golf Club | Australia | 6 | 0 | New Zealand | [16] |
1967 | Hamilton Golf Club | Australia | 5 | 4 | New Zealand | [17][18] |
1969 | The Grange Golf Club | Australia | 7 | 5 | New Zealand | [19][20] |
1976 | Muriwai Golf Club | New Zealand | 3½ | 2½ | Australia | |
1977 | Victoria Golf Club | Australia | 4 | 2 | New Zealand | [21] |
1980 | Muriwai Golf Club | New Zealand | 7½ | 2½ | Australia | [22] |
1982 | Manawatu Golf Club | Tied | 5 | 5 | [23] | |
1983 | Commonwealth Golf Club | Australia | 9 | 3 | New Zealand | [24][25] |
1984 | St. Clair Golf Club | New Zealand | 8½ | 3½ | Australia | [26] |
1986 | Hutt Golf Club | Australia | 7½ | 4½ | New Zealand | [27] |
1987 | Royal Hobart Golf Club | New Zealand | 10½ | 1½ | Australia | [28] |
1988 | North Shore Golf Club | Australia | 7 | 5 | New Zealand | [29] |
1990 | Sanctuary Cove Golf Club | Australia | 9 | 3 | New Zealand | [30] |
1991 | Hastings Golf Club | Australia | 7 | 5 | New Zealand | [31] |
1992 | Russley Golf Club | New Zealand | 12 | 6 | Australia | [32][33] |
2007 | Royal Canberra Golf Club | New Zealand | 8 | 4 | Australia | [34] |
2008 | Royal Wellington Golf Club | Australia | 5½ | 4½ | New Zealand | |
2009 | Royal Canberra Golf Club | Australia | 8 | 4 | New Zealand | [35] |
2010 | Royal Wellington Golf Club | Australia | 7½ | 4½ | New Zealand | [36] |
2012 | Peninsula Golf Club | New Zealand | 6½ | 5½ | Australia | [37][38] |
2016 | Metropolitan Golf Club & Peninsula Kingswood CGC |
Australia | 436 | 446 | New Zealand |
Source: [1]
Source: [1]