Lot 322 - The Old Tom Morris Photograph Collection
23). A large photograph portraying the St Andrews Golf Club v Forfarshire teams at Monifieth in 1897 winning the match by 29 holes,
11 1/2 by 14 1/2 laid down on a card mount with manuscript legend, overall 19 by 24in.
The St Andrews Golf Club was formed on 29th September 1843 with an original membership of eleven. Tom Morris joined shortly after together with his employer Allan Robertson. Both are recorded as having organised the members odds or handicaps. As a matter of fact Tom Morris met his end at the St Andrews Golf Club, falling down the cellar steps of its clubhouse in 1908.
Eric D. Clark’s book ‘The 150 Years - A History of the St. Andrews Golf Club - 1843 to 1993’ reproduces an extensive report on this match in 1897 gleaned from a contemporary newspaper report. The match was described as ‘probably the most important and interesting to have yet been played on Monifieth Links.’ The Forfarshire team was selected to be as representative as possible of the various Clubs in the county. The course was specially prepared for the event, the tees being placed as far back as possible, while the putting-greens were in good order. Spectators either followed the players round the course or squatted on different parts of the Links.
The match was 25 men per side and St Andrews won the match by 29 holes, with a score of 52 to 23. The St Andrews team consisted of I. Auchterlonie, J C Rose, William Greig, James Robb, James Anderson, Fred Herd, W A Anderson, David Simpson, Thomas Robb, Robert Braid, David Leitch, Walter Anderson, William Fogo, Robert McAndrew, Thomas Auchterlonie, Joe Auchterlonie, A F Duncan, Peter Walker, James Kirk, A H Manson, Joe Mackie, Andrew Anderson, George Braid, Peter Craig and Andrew Strath.
The St Andrews team commanded the match winning by 29 holes by a score of 52 to 23. The Forfarshire team has a pretty miserable day, but players who did win their matches comprise David Bell (Carnoustie), Alex Keillor (Montrose), John G. Cobb (Montrose), Alex Cant (Carnoustie), Alex Smith (Carnoustie), James Findlay (Montrose), L S Smith (Montrose) and William Young (Monifieth).
At the close of the match the players were entertained to a large tea in the Literary Institute by the captain of the Forfarshire team, David Anderson. After tea the chairman gave a speech and expressed generous admiration for the opponents describing St Andrews men as ‘virtually invincible’ and ‘made of very good stuff.’ To illustrate his point the chairman reminded the room that the county had selected their team from around 4,000 golfers attached to 23 golf clubs, the total St Andrews Golf Club membership, on the other hand, numbered just 94.
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