1934 Walker Cup Winner and Match Scores
Final Score: United States 9, Great Britain & Ireland 2
Dates Played: May 11-12, 1934
Location: The Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland
Team Captains: Francis Ouimet for the United States, Michael Scott for Great Britain & Ireland
Team Rosters:
- USA — George Dunlap, Chandler Egan, Johnny Fischer, Johnny Goodman, Lawson Little, Max Marston, Gus Moreland, Jack Westland, Francis Ouimet (playing captain)
- GB&I — Harry Bentley, Leonard Crawley, Eric Fiddian, Samuel McKinlay, Jack McLean, Eric McRuvie, Cyril Tolley, Tony Torrance, Roger Wethered, Michael Scott (playing captain)
And Ouimet went out a winner, beating Donald Crawley 5-and-4 in his singles match. That gave him a total of 11.5 points earned, the Walker Cup record (since broken) at the time.
The only highlight for Team GB&I was Tony Torrance's singles victory. It was the third of three Walker Cups in which Torrance was the sole GB&I winner in singles.
The playing captain for GB&I, Michael Scott, was the 1933 British Amateur winner. (American Lawson Little won the 1934 British Am.) Scott, aged 55 years, eight months and 11 days, still holds the all-time tournament record as the oldest player.
1934 Walker Cup Results
(Note that at this time in the tournament's history, halved matches resulted in zero points being awarded.)
Day 1 Foursomes
- Johnny Goodman/Lawson Little, USA, def. Roger Wethered/Cyril Tolley, GB&I, 8 and 6
- Eric McRuvie/Jack McLean, GB&I, def. Francis Ouimet/George Dunlap, USA, 4 and 2
- Gus Moreland/Jack Westland, USA, def. Harry Bentley/Eric Fiddian, USA, 6 and 5
- Chandler Egan/Max Marston, USA, def. Michael Scott/Sam McKinlay, GB&I, 3 and 2
Day 2 Singles
- Johnny Goodman, USA, def. Michael Scott, GB&I, 7 and 6
- Lawson Little, USA, def. Cyril Tolley, GB&I, 6 and 5
- George Dunlap, USA, def. Jack McLean, GB&I, 4 and 3
- Francis Ouimet, USA, def. Leonard Crawley, GB&I, 5 and 4
- Johnny Fischer, USA, def. Eric Fiddian, GB&I, 5 and 4
- Tony Torrance, GB&I, def. Max Marston, USA, 4 and 3
- Eric McRuvie, GB&I, halved with Jack Westland, USA
- Gus Moreland, USA, def. Sam McKinlay, GB&I, 3 and 1
Overall and final score: USA 9, GB&I 2
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