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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
R F G Johnson & R W W Eyton 5 C T K Roberts & R S Passmore 
C W Furse & Rev C V Wansbrough  E Petherick & Rev P Norton 
Miss Coney & Mrs Drummond  Miss B Osmond & Mrs H A Drew
Miss Godwin & Miss Arnold Miss Carr & Mrs C T K Roberts
  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.

 

Dolton Golf Club, Stafford Moor Course. O.S. Map from the 1900s showing the golf course.

O.S. Map Revised; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1906}.

 

"Stafford Moor Golf Club" join the Devon County Golf Union in November 1911. 

 

Dolton Golf Club, Stafford Moor Course. The 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

 

Stafford Moor Golf Club, Dolton, Devon.  Location of the former golf course.

The move hoped for in 1914 did not materialise and Stafford Moor Golf Club disappeared after WW1.