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Members may not recognize the name Lubbock, and indeed that is understandable as he was never
a member of the Club. Why then The Lubbock Gold Medal, awarded to the winner with the best scratch score in the Summer Meeting? The medal was presented in 1872 by John Dun who was Captain in both 1873 and 1874 in honour of Sir John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, an MP who campaigned for the rights of shop workers, resulting in the introduction of the Bank Holidays Act of 1871 which designated 4 holidays in England, Wales and Ireland (then wholly part of the UK,) and 5 in Scotland. They were called Bank Holidays because the banks were closed and so no trading could take place. The Lubbock Gold Medal was always played for on the August Bank Holiday weekend. Sir John Lubbock was a banker and influential
Liberal-Unionist politician who successfully introduced about a dozen measures of importance in parliament but who was perhaps better known for his books on archaeology and entomology. It was, however, for his work in initiating the bank holiday that he was recognised by John Dun.
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Thomas Owen Potter was the Club’s Honorary Secretary
from 1882 to 1894. In those days the Club was based at The Royal Hotel in Stanley Road and great evenings were spent there in the Bar Parlour. Horace Hutchinson relates in his memoirs: “There was great fun in the musical evenings in the bar parlour of the Royal Hotel - bar parlour sounds a bit ominous, but I never remember seeing a man in it who could not talk straight, nor walk straight out of it - and some golfers had great voices.” Mr Potter used to conduct the singing, using this beautifully carved ivory baton which had been presented to him in recognition of his services on these occasions. There is a painting by Major Hopkins of such an evening in the Main Hallway by the entrance to the changing rooms, in which Potter is depicted using the baton. The baton is now the Captain’s
wand of office and is handed to him by the retiring Captain at the annual Spring Dinner.
Prior to 1959 the Ladies’ Home International matches were played in conjunction with the Ladies’ Championship. This imposed a great
strain on the leading players being required to play in the two day international match, followed a day or two later with the major championship. In 1959 the two events were divorced resulting in an
increased stature for the Home Internationals. Royal Liverpool hosted the event and, as an experiment, there was an added foursomes element introduced to provide added interest and making it a three day match rather than two days. Teams of eight from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales
played and the event was won by England whose team included, among others, Mrs M Bonallack.
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