French Amateur Championship 1904-1908

[saab1949]

Hello everybody

I’m looking for the results of the French Amateur Championship from 1904 (the first one) to 1908. I have find nothing in France about these events ??

I already know the winners and the runner up, but I don’t know player’s name for the first, second and third rounds.

I think that the number of players was very low, particularly in 1904.

If you don’t know the answers, may be you know somebody who knows partially or completely the answers, please give me his email.

Information to help you

1 approximate dates

1904 : ?

1905 : 10 14 june

1906 : 13 15 june

1907 : 14 16 june

1908 : 11 13 june

2 possible newspapers

Western Times

Exeter and Plymouth Gazette

Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser

Dundee Courier

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer

Aberdeen Journal

Gloucester Citizen

Western Daily Press

Nottingham Evening Post

Edinburgh Evening News

Hull Daily Mail

Dundee Evening Telegraph

3 Other tracks

Golfer magazines

Many thanks per advance

A poor French golfer asking help to “the country of golf”

[RJH999]

Good luck!

[iacas]

I think all anyone could do is use search engines, which I imagine you've already done.

Maybe a library in France has some microfilm of the papers from back then…?

[Judah Ben-Hur]

You could try here and see where it leads.

French Golf Federation
Address	68 Rue Anatole France F- 92 300 Levallois-Perret
Telephone	+33 1 41 49 77 00 \ 77 33
Fax	+33 1 41 49 77 01
Website	www.ffgolf.org
Email	ffgolf@ffgolf.org

[saab1949]

Thanks for your answers

I started with the french federation, but they have nothing at all about these events.

I used old newspapers through "archives internet sites", it was enough after 1919, but iI have found notihng before 1914.

At this time golf was not very popular in France.

The French International Amateur Championship was palyed mainly by british players, it is the reasonwhile, it is possible to find results in british newspapers. It is the way used by "french historian of golf". But it is difficult for me to fond alone this information, it is the reasonwhile I need your help.

I Have already found the winners and runner up, see below

1904	La Boulie	H-G Beeche	9 et 7	J. Owerbury
1905	La Boulie	A. H Grosfield	7 et 5	Sir Edgar Vinvent
1906	La Boulie	R.G Graham	11 et 10	C. H Gray
1907	La Boulie	S. J Chesterton	9 et 7	R. G Graham
1908	La Boulie	W. G Pringle	3 et 1	G. Allis

I'am waiting for new interesting answers.

Regards

[MacDutch]

Thanks for your answers I started with the french federation, but they have nothing at all about these events. I used old newspapers through "archives internet sites", it was enough after 1919, but iI have found notihng before 1914. At this time golf was not very popular in France. The French International Amateur Championship was palyed mainly by british players, it is the reasonwhile, it is possible to find results in british newspapers. It is the way used by "french historian of golf". But it is difficult for me to fond alone this information, it is the reasonwhile I need your help. I Have already found the winners and runner up, see below [TR] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR] [/TR]

[COLOR=000000]1904[/COLOR]

[COLOR=000000]La Boulie[/COLOR]

[COLOR=000000]H-G Beeche[COLOR=000000]                 [/COLOR][/COLOR]

[COLOR=000000]9 et 7[/COLOR]

[COLOR=000000]J. Owerbury[/COLOR]

[COLOR=000000]1905[/COLOR]

[COLOR=000000]La Boulie[/COLOR]

[COLOR=000000]A. H Grosfield[/COLOR]

[COLOR=000000]7 et 5[/COLOR]

[COLOR=000000]Sir Edgar Vinvent[/COLOR]

[COLOR=000000]1906[/COLOR]

[COLOR=000000]La Boulie[/COLOR]

[COLOR=000000]R.G Graham[/COLOR]

[COLOR=000000]11 et 10[/COLOR]

[COLOR=000000]C. H Gray[/COLOR]

[COLOR=000000]1907[/COLOR]

[COLOR=000000]La Boulie[/COLOR]

[COLOR=000000]S. J Chesterton[/COLOR]

[COLOR=000000]9 et 7[/COLOR]

[COLOR=000000]R. G Graham[/COLOR]

[COLOR=000000]1908[/COLOR]

[COLOR=000000]La Boulie[/COLOR]

[COLOR=000000]W. G Pringle[/COLOR]

[COLOR=000000]3 et 1[/COLOR]

[COLOR=000000]G. Allis[/COLOR]

I'am waiting for new interesting answers. Regards

Looks like matchplay, but an '11 et 10' is an unlikely score...:-\

[iacas]

Looks like matchplay, but an '11 et 10' is an unlikely score...

Not when you play 36 holes.

[saab1949]

I think it was played on 36 holes (to confirmed)