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Dolton Golf Club, Stafford Moor Course. (1892 - WW1)
The club was founded in 1892.
Below is the result of a match played on the Stafford Moor course against Exeter Golf Club on Saturday 8 July 1899. It was called Stafford Moor Golf Club.
| Dolton Golf Club | Exeter Golf Club | ||
| A P Drummond | 4 | Capt Cuthell | 0 |
| Rev H Bremridge | 3 | J W W Matthew | 0 |
| R F G Johnson | 0 | C T K Roberts | 1 |
| R W W Eyton | 1 | R S Passmore | 0 |
| C W Furse | 7 | E Petherick | 0 |
| Rev C V Wansbrough | 11 | Rev P Norton | 0 |
| Miss Coney | 0 | Mrs H A Drew | 3 |
| Mrs Drummond | 0 | Miss B Osmond | 8 |
| Miss Godwin | 7 | Miss Carr | 0 |
| Miss Arnold | 0 | Mrs C T K Roberts | 13 |
| A P Drummond & Rev H Bremridge | 2 | Capt Cuthell & J W W Matthew | 0 |
| R F G Johnson & R W W Eyton | 5 | C T K Roberts & R S Passmore | 0 |
| C W Furse & Rev C V Wansbrough | 4 | E Petherick & Rev P Norton | 0 |
| Miss Coney & Mrs Drummond | 0 | Miss B Osmond & Mrs H A Drew | 1 |
| Miss Godwin & Miss Arnold | 1 | Miss Carr & Mrs C T K Roberts | 0 |
| 45 | 26 |
Result of a match against Okehampton played on Stafford Moor in June 1901.
| Dalton Golf Club | Okehampton Golf Club | ||
| A P Drummond | 6 | Mr Hazlet | 0 |
| Rev. J P Maud | 5 | Major Paterson | 0 |
| R F G Johnson | 10 | Mr Seymour Haden | 0 |
| H Crosthwaite | 2 | Mr Pease | 0 |
| J S Smyth-Osbourne | 0 | Major Buzzard | 8 |
| Mrs Drummond | 12 | Mrs Pease | 0 |
| 35 | 8 |
Ordnance Survey Map from the 1900s showing the golf course on Stafford Moor.
O.S. Map Revised; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1906}.
"Stafford Moor Golf Club" join the Devon County Golf Union in November 1911.
Western Evening Mail Saturday 18 November 1911. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Result of a medal competition played in August 1912; Rev C R Bull, 93-15-78; Captain Buchanan, 92-6-86; Rev C V Wansbrough100-11-89; Rev H Bremridge, 95-5-90; F E Moore, 111-18-93; W Turner, 111-18-93. Also played in the same month was a foursome bogey; Mrs Drummond & F K Cobbett, 6down; Mrs Cobbett & Captain Buchanan, 8down.
Result of a match played on the Stafford Moor course against Northtawton Golf Club in September 1913.
| Stafford Moor Golf Club | Northtawton Golf Club | ||
| F K Cobbett | 1 | Rev H W Milner | 0 |
| Mr Bull | 1 | Mr Sparshalt | 0 |
| Dr Lusk | 1 | Dr W M Langdon | 0 |
| Sir Leslie Porter (halved) | 0 | Rev S J N Wallace (halved) | 0 |
| Mr Adams | 0 | J G Tavener | 1 |
| Mrs Drummond | 0 | Mrs Milner | 1 |
| Mrs Cobbett | 0 | Mrs J G Tavener | 1 |
| Miss Arnold | 1 | C Letheren | 0 |
| 4 | 3 |
In 1914 the secretary and treasurer was F K Cobbett, Dolton. A 9-hole course situated on Stafford Moor just outside Dolton. A flat moorland course 570 feet above sea level with natural hazards. Length of the course was 2475 yards with a bogey of 41. A small clubhouse was provided and there were plans to enlarge and move to a more favourable sight at this time. There was a membership of 20 with entry fees of £1/1/0 and subs for gents of £2/2/0 and ladies £1/1/0. Visitors fees were 1/- a day, 3/- a week, 7/6 a month. There were no caddies and no Sunday play. The station at South Molton Road 7 miles away.
Card of the nine-hole course -
| Hole | Yards | Bogey |
| 1 | 290 | 5 |
| 2 | 300 | 5 |
| 3 | 297 | 5 |
| 4 | 133 | 3 |
| 5 | 253 | 4 |
| 6 | 200 | 4 |
| 7 | 299 | 5 |
| 8 | 319 | 5 |
| 9 | 384 | 5 |
The move hoped for in 1914 did not materialise and Stafford Moor Golf Club disappeared after WW1.