The England–Ireland Professional Match was an annual men's professional

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competition between teams representing

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and

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. It was played in 1932 and 1933 before the Irish Open. The matches followed the same form as the

England–Scotland Professional Match 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 star ...

that had been played just before the

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. The match was played on a single day with 12 players in each team who played 6 foursomes and 12 singles matches. England won the first match 16–2 and the second match 13–3 after which the match was discontinued. The teams met again in 1938 as part of the Llandudno International Golf Trophy.

Results

Appearances

The following are those who played in at least one of the two matches. Bert Hodson played for Wales in the 1937 Triangular Professional Tournament and the 1938 Llandudno International Golf Trophy.

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played for Scotland in the

in 1933, 1935, 1936 and in the Llandudno International Golf Trophy in 1938.

England

Percy Alliss Percy Alliss (8 January 1897 – 31 March 1975) was one of the leading English professional golfers in the 1920s and 1930s, winning many tournaments in Britain and Continental Europe. He was the father of commentator and former golfer Peter Allis ...

1932 * Tom Barber 1932, 1933 * John Burton 1933 * Archie Compston 1932 * Bill Davies 1932, 1933 * Syd Easterbrook 1933 * Bert Gadd 1933 *

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1932, 1933 * Bert Hodson 1933 *

Bob Kenyon Ernest William Henry "Bob" Kenyon (16 March 1905 – 15 March 1988) was an English professional golfer. He won the Irish Open in 1931 and 1933 and finished tied for ninth place in the 1939 Open Championship. He won the World Senior Championshi ...

1932 *

Arthur Lacey Arthur James Lacey (20 May 1904 – 6 August 1979) was an English professional golfer who finished in the top ten of The Open Championship on four occasions in the 1930s. He also played in the 1933 and 1937 Ryder Cup matches, and was then selected ...

1932, 1933 *

Alf Padgham Alfred Harry Padgham (2 July 1906 – 4 March 1966) was one of the leading British professional golfers of the 1930s and 1940s. He won the 1936 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, Merseyside, England and played for Great ...

1932, 1933 * Alf Perry 1932 *

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1932, 1933 * Bill Twine 1932 *

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1932 * Charles Whitcombe 1933 *

Ernest Whitcombe Ernest Robert Whitcombe (17 October 1890 – 14 July 1971) was an English professional golfer. Over the course of his career he had nine wins in professional tournaments and was runner-up in the 1924 Open Championship. Early life Whitcombe was ...

1933

Ireland

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1933 *

1932 * John Hamill 1932, 1933 *

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1932, 1933 * Paddy Mahon 1932, 1933 *

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1932 * Joe McCartney 1932, 1933 *

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1932 *

John McKenna John McKenna ( ga, Seán Mac Cionnaoith; 3 January 1855 – 22 March 1936) was an Irish people, Irish businessman, professional Rugby football, rugby player, and the first manager of the Liverpool Football Club which has since gone on to beco ...

1933 *

Willie Nolan William Nolan (25 March 1896 – 4 March 1939) was an Irish professional golfer. He was one of the leading Irish professionals of the inter-war period. In 1933 he was a runner-up in the Dunlop-Southport Tournament and led qualifying in the Open C ...

1932, 1933 * Pat O'Connor 1932, 1933 *

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1933 *

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1933 * Ernie Patterson 1932, 1933 *

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1932 *

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1933 * Leo Wallace 1932

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:England-Ireland Professional Match Team golf tournaments Recurring sporting events established in 1932