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Ledbury Golf Club, Hereford. (1899 - WW2)
There is evidence of an earlier Ledbury club.
On Saturday 21 April 1899 Bromyard (Broad Oak) visited Ledbury to play the first match against the newly-formed Ledbury Golf Club. The result of the match below.
Foursomes.
| Ledbury Golf Club | Bromyard Golf Club | ||
| Miss M Whatley & Rev C Black | 3 | Miss Kempson & C L Enderby | 0 |
| Miss F Whatley & Rev W P Matthews | 0 | Miss Wight & Col Prescott-Decie | 1 |
| Mrs Swift & Rev G Swift | 0 | Miss M Nicholl & Rev E Childe-Freeman | 3 |
| Miss Emily Scobell & C Kennedy Black | 1 | Miss Enderby & Rev E Hewitt | 0 |
| Miss P Scobell & R Masefield | 1 | Miss F L Enderby & Rev S McArthur | 0 |
| 5 | 4 |
Singles.
| Ledbury Golf Club | Bromyard Golf Club | ||
| Miss M Whatley | 0 | Miss Wright | 0 |
| Mrs Swift | 4 | Miss Enderby | 0 |
| Miss Scobell | 1 | Miss F L Enderby | 0 |
| Miss F Whatley | 0 | Miss M Nicholl | 0 |
| Miss E Scobell | 0 | Miss H Kempson | 4 |
| Rev C Black | 4 | Col Prescott-Decie | 0 |
| R Masefield | 2 | Rev E Hewitt | 0 |
| C K Black | 3 | Rev E L Childe-Freeman | 0 |
| Rev G Swift | 0 | Rev S McArthur | 0 |
| Rev Matthews | 0 | C L Enderby | 0 |
| 14 | 4 |
Founded 1908. A 9-hole course, Sunday play was allowed. The station was 1 mile away. Local hotels were the Feathers and the Talbot.
| Secretary | Green-keeper | |
| 1914 | H Down at the N&P Bank. | |
| 1923 | Chas E Baker, 4 New Street, Ledbury. | |
| 1927/9 | J Hatton, Oasteys Road, Ledbury. | William Ridler |
| 1930s | F Lewington. | |
| 1937/40 | A Blakemore, 9 The Homend, Ledbury. | H Short |
In 1914 there was a membership of 30. There was no entry fee. Subs for gents were £1/1/0, for ladies, boys and girls under 17 and non residents’ subs were 10/6. Visitors’ fees were 1/- a day, 4/- a week and 10/6 a month.
In 1923 membership was just 20. Visitors’ fees were 2/- a day, 5/- a week and 10/- a month.
In May 1927 the periodical competition for the Ledbury Club's Cup was won by W G Anderson, 92-16-76; H Taylor and W H Kennedy were second and third.
Annual Meeting in March 1928.
Gloucester Citizen Wednesday 21 March 1928. Image © Trinity Mirror. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Ordnance Survey Map from the 1920s showing the golf course.
O.S. Map Revised 1926; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1931}.
In the early 1930s club membership was 30.
Result of a Mixed foursomes competition played in May 1934; Miss L Tilley and Mr J W Oakes, net 76; Miss E R Oakes and Mr R S Tookey, net 80.
The competition for the Coronation Spoon was played in May 1937 and was won by Mr A R C Turner.
From 1937 to the club's final appearance in 1940 membership was 50 and Sunday play was allowed without caddies.
Location of the Ledbury course.