The Halford Hewitt

Founded in 1924, The Halford Hewitt is a highly competitive golf tournament in Britain, where teams of 10 former pupils from the 64 schools that comprise the Public Schools Golfing Society compete. Each school fields five foursomes pairs, making 640 competitors in all. It is the largest scratch amateur event in the world in terms of starting competitors.

The Halford Hewitt Cup trophy, awarded to the winning team each year.

The Halford Hewitt has been described by the golf writer Nick Tremayne as ‘the greatest of all truly amateur tournaments’.

The Competitions

The Halford Hewitt Cup: teams of five pairs of golfers playing scratch foursomes knockout match play.

The Peter Kenyon Bowl: a handicap foursomes stableford competition open all members of an appropriate Old Boys Golf Society.

The Prince's Plate: a scratch foursomes knockout for first round losers in the main competition.

The Courses

The Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club is considered the spiritual home of the Halford Hewitt, offering a challenging test of links golf with arguably the most difficult back 7 holes in Amateur golf.

As the competition expanded beyond the capacity of a single club in 1950, the Royal St Georges Golf Club was invited to assist, and since then, half the field has played its initial two rounds at the Royal St Georges Golf Club.

In addition to the main event, the Peter Kenyon bowl has traditionally been held as a consolation competition that welcomes both competitors and spectators. This tournament is played at the Princes Golf Club.

More recently, in 2001, a knockout plate competition was introduced with the same format as the Hewitt, featuring teams composed of three pairs of golfers. This tournament takes place at the Princes Golf Club.

The Halford Hewitt Cup Results

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
1924	Eton	Winchester	4 to 1
1925	Eton	Harrow	3 to 2
1926	Eton	Winchester	3 to 2
1927	Harrow	Rugby	3.5 to 1.5
1928	Eton	Charterhouse	3 to 2
1929	Harrow	Charterhouse	4 to 1
1930	Charterhouse	Uppingham	4 to 1
1931	Harrow	Winchester	3 to 2
1932	Charterhouse	Rugby	3.5 to 1.5
1933	Rugby	Harrow	3 to 2
1934	Charterhouse	Watson's	4 to 1
1935	Charterhouse	Shrewsbury	4 to 1
1936	Charterhouse	Rugby	3.5 to 1.5
1937	Charterhouse	Liverpool	3.5 to 1.5
1938	Marlborough	Harrow	3.5 to 1.5
1939	Charterhouse	Harrow	3 to 2
1940	No Competition Held
1941	No Competition Held
1942	No Competition Held
1943	No Competition Held
1944	No Competition Held
1945	No Competition Held
1946	No Competition Held
1947	Harrow	Charterhouse	3.5 to 1.5
1948	Winchester	Watson's	3 to 2
1949	Charterhouse	Rugby	3 to 2
1950	Rugby	Stowe	3 to 2
1951	Rugby	Harrow	3 to 2
1952	Harrow	Rossall	4 to 1
1953	Harrow	Watson's	4 to 1
1954	Rugby	Wellington	3 to 2
1955	Eton	Harrow	3.5 to 1.5
1956	Eton	Rugby	3.5 to 1.5
1957	Watson's	Harrow	3 to 2
1958	Harrow	Charterhouse	3 to 2
1959	Wellington	Charterhouse	3 to 2
1960	Rossall	Fettes	4 to 1
1961	Rossall	Rugby	4 to 1
1962	Oundle	Stowe	3 to 2
1963	Repton	Fettes	3 to 2
1964	Fettes	Shrewsbury	3.5 to 1.5
1965	Rugby	Merchiston	3.5 to 1.5
1966	Charterhouse	Malvern	4 to 1
1967	Eton	Wellington	4 to 1
1968	Eton	Cranleigh	3 to 2
1969	Eton	Uppingham	4 to 1
1970	Merchiston	Harrow	3.5 to 1.5
1971	Charterhouse	Marlborough	3 to 2
1972	Marlborough	Harrow	4.5 to 0.5
1973	Rossall	Loretto	3 to 2
1974	Charterhouse	Rugby	4 to 1
1975	Harrow	Merchant Taylors'	3.5 to 1.5
1976	Merchiston	Whitgift	3 to 2
1977	Watson's	Marlborough	4.5 to 0.5
1978	Harrow	Stowe	3.5 to 1.5
1979	Stowe	Marlborough	3.5 to 1.5
1980	Shrewsbury	Epsom	4.5 to 0.5
1981	Watson's	Charterhouse	3 to 2
1982	Charterhouse	Dulwich	4 to 1
1983	Charterhouse	Shrewsbury	3 to 2
1984	Charterhouse	Malvern	3 to 2
1985	Harrow	Shrewsbury	4 to 1
1986	Repton	Malvern	3 to 2
1987	Merchiston	Tonbridge	3.5 to 1.5
1988	Stowe	Bradfield	4.5 to 0.5
1989	Eton	Shrewsbury	3 to 2
1990	Tonbridge	Malvern	3 to 2
1991	Shrewsbury	Lancing	3.5 to 1.5
1992	Tonbridge	Malvern	3.5 to 1.5
1993	Shrewsbury	Clifton	3 to 2
1994	Tonbridge	Stowe	3 to 2
1995	Harrow	Watson's	4 to 1
1996	Radley	Malvern	3 to 2
1997	Oundle	Harrow	3 to 2
1998	Charterhouse	Tonbridge	3 to 2
1999	Watson's	Tonbridge	3 to 2
2000	Epsom	Merchiston	3.5 to 1.5
2001	Tonbridge	Bradfield	3 to 2
2002	Charterhouse	Whitgift	3 to 2
2003	Edinburgh	Charterhouse	3.5 to 1.5
2004	Tonbridge	Malvern	3 to 2
2005	Tonbridge	Rossall	4 to 1
2006	Malvern	Sherborne	3 to 2
2007	Watson's	Epsom	4.5 to 0.5
2008	Tonbridge	Malvern	4 to 1
2009	Tonbridge	Merchant Taylors'	3 to 2
2010	Clifton	Charterhouse	3 to 2
2011	Watson's	Malvern	3.5 to 1.5
2012	Charterhouse	Epsom	3 to 2
2013	Eton	Tonbridge	3 to 2
2014	Merchiston	Bradfield	4.5 to 0.5
2015	Eton	Kings, Canterbury	4.5 to 0.5
2016	Tonbridge	Radley	3 to 2
2017	Epsom	Ampleforth	4 to 1
2018	Winchester	Ampleforth	4 to 1
2019	Malvern	Ampleforth	3 to 2
2020	No Competition Held
2021	Loretto	Sherborne	4.5 to 0.5
2022	Loretto	Tonbridge	3.5 to 1.5
2023	Loretto	Epsom	3 to 2
2024	Eton	Bedford	4 to 1

The Prince's Plate Results

Year	Winner	Runner-up
2001	Charterhouse	Uppingham
2002	Marlborough	Ampleforth
2003	Tonbridge	St. Paul's
2004	Bradfield	Rugby
2005	Wellington	Chigwell
2006	Epsom	Repton
2007	Liverpool	Harrow
2008	Whitgift	Berkhamsted
2009	Ampleforth	Rossall
2010	Radley	Edinburgh AC
2011	Canford	Winchester
2012	Loretto	Hurstpierpoint
2013	Haileybury	The Leys
2014	Edinburgh AC	Ampleforth
2015	Sherborne	Epsom
2016	The Leys	Merchiston
2017	Merchant Taylors'	Bedford
2018	Malvern	Edinburgh AC
2019	Lancing	Epsom
2020	No Competition Held
2021	Epsom	Hurstpierpoint
2022	Uppingham	The Leys
2023	Bedford	Forest
2024	Forest	Epsom

External links

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