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Entwisle Golf Club, Davyhulme, Manchester. (1893 - 1903)
Founded in 1893 and continued in to the 1900s.
The course was on land owned J B N Entwisle who was the president of the club.
Below is the result of a match played at Old Trafford Golf Club (now defunct) in July 1896.
| Old Trafford Golf Club | Entwisle Golf Club | ||
| D F Merry | 3 | G H Wadsworth | 0 |
| S B Groves | 0 | S Kneale | 2 |
| H G Langley | 7 | W Walker | 0 |
| F Wilkinson | 0 | J S warden | 4 |
| N S Bannerman | 3 | A C Wilson | 0 |
| J M Hart | 2 | T A G Wilson | 0 |
| G A Saatweber | 4 | Dr. J Clegg | 0 |
| A D Jones | 0 | F M Evanson | 4 |
| 19 | 10 |
Result of the winter medal competition played at Entwisle Golf Club, Urmston, on Saturday 12 October 1895. There were 24 entries and following are the leading scores; E Birtill, 105-18-87; F C Noar, 109-18-91; S Kneale, 98-4-94; T A G Wilson, 105-12-94; A C Wilson, 105-10-95; F M Birtill, 116-20-96; H P Wynne, 105-8-97; T A Barron, 116-18-98; J Clegg, 111-12-99; T J Rowland, 115-16-99.
Result of a ladies’ competition for prizes presented by the captain, Mr S J Redfern, was played on Wednesday 9 October 1895; Mrs F M Birtill, 55scratch; Miss M Goldsmith, 62-2-60; Mrs A C Wilson, 92-18-74; Mrs Isherwood, 77-3-74; Mrs F M Evanson, 102-16-86.
There were 25 entrants for the Stewards’ Cup competition played on Monday 3 August 1896, leading returns; A C Wilson, 90-13-77; F M Evason, 100-20-80; J Clegg, 99-14-85; S Kneale, 97-9-88; S J Redfern, 106-16-90; J S T G Fitzgerald, 106-13-93; J Lutley, 108-15-93; H P Wynne, 104-10-94; W Walker, 106-12-94; F J Edge, 114-20-94; P B Watson, 119-25-94; R G H Tomson, 12-25-95; T J Rowland, 111-15-96.
Results of competitions played in August 1896.
Manchester Courier Tuesday 11 August 1896. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Result of the Boxing Day bogey competition played in 1896; T J Rowland (10), 4down; F A B Fitzgerald (10), 5down; W D Sanderson (12), 6down; S Kneall (5), 7down; F R Musgrave (13), 7down; H P Wynne (4), 8down; F M Evanson (9), 8down; E J Howarth (13), 10down. There were over 20 entrants with 16 returned cards.
The final of the ladies’ competition for the prize presented by Mrs Tomson was played on the Entwisle course on Wednesday 31 October 1900, the winner was Miss B A Anderson (18) who defeated Miss M K Goldsmith (scratch) by 2&1.
Below is the result of a club match played at Old Trafford on Saturday 3 November 1900.
| Trafford Golf Club | Entwisle Golf Club | ||
| T Coventry | 6 | J Spink | 0 |
| Rev H H Brayshaw | 7 | H P Wynne | 0 |
| S R Graves | 1 | J Stewart | 0 |
| J H Mitchell | 2 | W Heyes | 0 |
| H G Langley | 1 | S Kneale | 0 |
| G A Saatweber | 4 | F Fitzgerald | 0 |
| L Daly | 5 | J Lutley | 0 |
| R L Taylor | 0 | J Hudson | 7 |
| Rev D Dorrity | 0 | A Caird | 3 |
| J Makinson | 2 | W Proudfoot | 0 |
| 28 | 10 |
In 1903 the secretary was W H Eyre and the steward John Wigglesworth. Located on the south side of Davyhulme Road, between St Mary’s Church and what was the Old Lodge in the 1900s, roughly where Minster Drive and Davyhulme Hospital is today.
Entwisle Golf Club disappeared in 1903 and Flixton Golf Club came into being.
Manchester Evening News Monday 23 February 1903. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
The club known as Entwis(t)le Golf Club played on a site known as the “Davyhulme Park Links”. In 1911 the current Davyhulme Park club was formed.
Ordnance Survey Map from the 1900s showing Davyhulme Park in the 1900s.
O.S. Map Revised 1904 to 1905; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1909}.