The Ranelagh International Cup was an amateur international team golf championship for women contested annually at the Ranelagh Club in west London, between 1901 and 1936. Generally it was played between the four Home Nations of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, where Ireland were represented by the whole island of Ireland on an All-Ireland basis.
The Ranelagh Club had hosted a ladies' open meeting from the mid-1890s. In 1901 an international competition was added, played concurrently with a number of other events, including a club competition. The event was held over two days. Teams of up to eight played a stroke-play round each day. The team score was determined by the leading four scores each day. Initially England, Ireland and Scotland competed with Wales first playing in 1909. Before World War I the contests were generally quite close but after the war England dominated, often winning by large margins. Scotland failed to raise a team in 1936 and later in the year the Ladies Golf Union cancelled the international event.
Results YearWinnerScoreRunner(s)-upScoreRefs. 1901 689 702 1902 687 688 1903 635 649 1904 650 656 1905 689 692 1906 653 655 1907 650 668 1908 Abandoned 1909 639 644 1910 616 631 1911 627 628 1912 626 631 1913 602 625 1914 582 596 1915–1919 Suspended during World War I 1920 604 630 1921 580 605 1922 600 630 1923 615 637 1924 568 603 1925 571 606 1926 566 621 1927 585 602 1928 579 628 1929 566 590 1930 581 608 1931 558 606 1932 Abandoned 1933 575 599 1934 575 597 1935 570 601 1936 553 592
Winning scores The following table lists the individual scores for the winning team. Only those scores that contributed to the team score are included, the best four rounds and ties. For 1932, the first day scores for the England team are listed. England were leading by 20 strokes after the first day. YearWinnerDayScoreIndividual scorersRef1901 Ireland 1 348 Dorothea Cuming (91), May Hezlet (87), Kathleen Prittie (88), Florence Walker-Leigh (82) 2 341 Dorothea Cuming (88), May Hezlet (80), Kathleen Prittie (88), Florence Walker-Leigh (85) 1902 Ireland 1 346 May Hezlet (81), Miss Jennings (89), Kathleen Prittie (86), Maud Stuart (90) 2 341 Dorothea Cuming (89), May Hezlet (81), Kathleen Prittie (86), Florence Walker-Leigh (85) 1903 Ireland 1 325 Dorothea Cuming (80), May Hezlet (78), Violet Hezlet (83), Mrs Jackson 84 2 310 Dorothea Cuming (77), May Hezlet (78), Violet Hezlet (75), E C Perry (80) 1904 England 1 320 Evelyn Morant (80), Elinor Nevile (75), Eveline Phillips (84), Grace Willock-Pollen (81) 2 330 Mrs Hunter (84), Evelyn Morant (83), Lottie Dod (79), Eveline Phillips (84) 1905 Ireland 1 346 Ruth Durlacher (86), K E Gubbins (87), May Hezlet (80), Violet Hezlet (93) 2 343 Ruth Durlacher (88), K E Gubbins (90), May Hezlet (76), Violet Hezlet (89) 1906 Scotland 1 319 Winifred Brown (80), Dorothy Campbell (81), Molly Graham (80), Hilda Mather (78) 2 334 Winifred Brown (81), Dorothy Campbell (85), Molly Graham (86), Hilda Mather (82) 1907 Scotland 1 327 Mary Benton (84), Dorothy Campbell (76), Madge Neill-Fraser (84), May Nicolson (83) 2 323 Dorothy Campbell (74), Other scores not known 1909 Scotland 1 323 Mary Benton (82), Winifred Brown (80), Dorothy Campbell (77), Hilda Mather (84) 2 316 Mary Benton (81), Winifred Brown (82), Dorothy Campbell (75), Katharine Stuart (78) 1910 Scotland 1 312 Mary Benton (76), Winifred Brown (77), Katharine Stuart (78), Lena Lyndhurst Towne (81) 2 304 Mary Benton (80), Winifred Brown (76), Elsie Kyle (74), Katharine Stuart (74), Lena Lyndhurst Towne (80) 1911 Scotland 1 317 Scores not known 2 310 Mary Benton (80), Winifred Brown (75), Madge Maitland (80), Katharine Stuart (75) 1912 England 1 315 Lettie Barry (78), Eleanor Helme (79), Lily Moore (79), Gladys Ravenscroft (79) 2 311 Doris Chambers (78), Eleanor Helme (80), Cecil Leitch (74), Lily Moore (79) 1913 England 1 298 Margaret Gardner (77), Cecil Leitch (69), Gladys Ravenscroft (74), Winifred Martin Smith (78), Stella Temple (78) 2 304 Lettie Barry (76), Cecil Leitch (78), Gladys Ravenscroft (72), Stella Temple (78) 1914 England 1 297 Muriel Dodd (77), Ethel Marsden (74), Winifred McNair (75), Gladys Ravenscroft (71) 2 285 Evelyn Chubb (72), Muriel Dodd (72), Cecil Leitch (67), Elinor Nevile (74) 1920 England 1 306 Gladys Dobell (76), Winifred Hambro (75), Molly Griffiths (78), Cecil Leitch (77) 2 298 Lettie Deane (77), Winifred Hambro (73), Cecil Leitch (72), Winifred McNair (76) 1921 England 1 295 Gladys Dobell (75), Cecil Leitch (72), Winifred McNair (74), Joan Stocker (74) 2 285 Cecil Leitch (70), Joan Stocker (69), Joyce Wethered (74), Joy Winn (72) 1922 England 1 309 Gladys Bastin (80), Cecil Leitch (76), Muriel Macbeth (76), Joan Stocker (80), Joyce Wethered (77) 2 291 Cecil Leitch (74), Muriel Macbeth (75), Winifred McNair (72), Joyce Wethered (70), Joy Winn (75) 1923 England 1 310 Gladys Dobell (76), Molly Gourlay (76), Joan Stocker (79), Joyce Wethered (79) 2 305 Gladys Dobell (78), Muriel Macbeth (74), Joan Stocker (79), Joyce Wethered (74) 1924 England 1 284 Gladys Bastin (70), Doris Chambers (73), Cecil Leitch (72), Joyce Wethered (69) 2 284 Gladys Bastin (71), Miss Fowler (72), Muriel Macbeth (70), Joyce Wethered (71) 1925 England 1 288 Gladys Bastin (72), Beryl Cautley (71), Cecil Leitch (72), Joyce Wethered (73) 2 283 Beryl Cautley (72), Dorothy Fowler (71), Cecil Leitch (69), Joyce Wethered (71) 1926 England 1 282 Beryl Cautley (69), Dorothy Fowler (72), Evelyn Hall (70), Cecil Leitch (71) 2 284 Beryl Cautley (72), Molly Gourlay (70), Evelyn Hall (70), Cecil Leitch (72) 1927 England 1 294 Dorothy Fowler (76), Marjorie Ross Garon (71), Molly Gourlay (73), Cecil Leitch (74) 2 291 Beryl Cautley (74), Dorothy Fowler (70), Molly Gourlay (75), Evelyn Hall (72) 1928 England 1 290 Marjorie Ross Garon (74), Nancye Gold (75), Molly Gourlay (71), Enid Wilson (70) 2 289 Marjorie Ross Garon (73), Molly Gourlay (75), Cecil Leitch (70), Enid Wilson (71) 1929 England 1 286 Miss Fowler (71), Marjorie Ross Garon (73), Dorothy Pearson (70), Joyce Wethered (72) 2 280 Marjorie Ross Garon (69), Edith Guedalla (71), Joyce Wethered (70), Enid Wilson (70) 1930 England 1 295 Marjorie Ross Garon (75), Edith Guedalla (73), Cecil Leitch (72), Dorothy Pearson (75), Enid Wilson (75) 2 286 Marjorie Ross Garon (75), Molly Gourlay (74), Cecil Leitch (68), Enid Wilson (69) 1931 England 1 277 Diana Fishwick (66), Nancye Gold (71), Molly Gourlay (70), Dorothy Pearson (70) 2 281 Elsie Corlett (71), Nancye Gold (71), Dorothy Pearson (69), Gillian Rudgard (70) 1932 No result 1 271 Diana Fishwick (66), Nancye Gold (69), Gillian Rudgard (68), Joy Winn (68) 1933 England 1 286 Lady Alness (74), Beryl Brown (71), Molly Gourlay (73), Joy Winn (68) 2 289 Lady Alness (72), Beryl Brown (72), Molly Gourlay (72), Joy Winn (73) 1934 England 1 286 Diana Fishwick (72), Kathleen Garnham (72), Edith Guedalla (70), Phyllis Wade (72) 2 289 Diana Fishwick (69), Kathleen Garnham (73), Diana Plumpton (75), Phyllis Wade (72) 1935 England 1 284 Pam Barton (71), Diana Fishwick (71), Kathleen Garnham (69), Marjorie Ross Garon (73) 2 286 Diana Fishwick (73), Kathleen Garnham (74), Molly Gourlay (71), Beryl Newton (68) 1936 England 1 283 Diana Fishwick (70), Kathleen Garnham (70), Marjorie Ross Garon (70), Beryl Newton (73) 2 270 Diana Fishwick (68), Kathleen Garnham (69), Marjorie Ross Garon (65), Wanda Morgan (68)
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