West of Ireland 1948
County Sligo Golf Club, 27-30 March, 1948
Entry 64 (record)
Joe Carr came back from losing four of the first seven holes to beat eight time champion Cecil Ewing 5 and 4 and claim the title for the third year in a row.
The Irish Press report of the 1948 final
Final - 30 March
J.B. Carr (Sutton) beat R.C. Ewing (Co. Sligo) 5 and 4
Semi-finals - 29 March
Carr beat Carroll at the 19th
Ewing beat Brown, 2 and 1.
Quarter-finals - 29 March
J.B. Carr (Sutton) beat B.J. Scannell (Woodbrook), 2 and 1;
J. Carroll (Sutton) beat B. Slattery (Lahinch), 4 and 3;
J.C. Brown (Waterford) beat J. Mahon (Co. Sligo) at the 21st;
R.C. Ewing (Co. Sligo) beat J. Caldwell (Grange), 2 and 1.
Third round - 28 March
Carr beat Brennan, 2 and 1.
Scannell beat Moyett, 2 and 1
Slattery beat Gill at 20th
Carroll beat O'Loughlin, 1 up
Mahon beat Foster 3 and 2
Browne beat Kelly, 4 and 3
Ewing beat O'Connor, 4 and 3
Caldwell beat O'Donoghue, 2 and 1
Second round - 27 March
Brennan bt. Campbell 5 and 4
Carr bt. Linehan 4 and 3
Moyett bt. O'Dowd 5 and 3
Scannell bt. Smyth 4 and 3
Gill bt Howley 2 and 1
Slattery bt Fitzpatrick at 21st
O'Loughlin bt. Brett 3 and 1
Carroll bt. Murphy 5 and 4
Mahon bt. O'Reilly 5 and 4
Foster bt. Anderson 2 and 1
Kelly bt. Webster 4 and 2
Browne bt. Brady 5 and 4
Ewing bt. Nugent 4 and 3
O'Connor bt. Turner 2 and 1
Caldwell bt. Allen 2 and 1
O'Donohue bt. Helly 2 and 1.
First round - 27 March
P.F. Brennan (Athenry) bt. W. Maloney (Strandhill) 5 and 4
H.C. Campbell (Rossmore) w.o. P. McElhinney (Royal Dublin) scr.
J.B. Carr (Sutton) bt. W. Smith (Banbridge) 3 and 2
H. Linehan (Milltown) bt. L King-French (Portmarnock) 2 and 1
B. Moyett (Ballina) bt. H. Rafferty (Co. Sligo)
J.F. O'Dowd (Royal Dublin) bt. K. McHale CWoodbrook)
B. Scannell (Woodbrook) bt. P. Bryan (Royal Co. Down) 5 and 4
F Smyth (Co. Sligo) bt. L. Murphy (Ballina) 1 up
L. Howley (Royal Dublin/ bt. P.T Purcell (Portmarnock) 6 and 5
W.J. Gill (Portmarnock) bt. W.J. Fitzgerald (Bundoran) at 20th
B. Slattery (Lahinch) bt. J. MacWilliam (Rossmore) 3 and 2
M. Fitzpatrick (Sutton) bt. F. Farrell (Longford) 3 and 1
M. O'Loughlin (Lahinch) bt. F. Howley (Co. Sligo) 3 and 2
R. Brett (Rossmore) bt. F. Coen (Athlon) 2 and 1
J. Carroll (Sutton] bt. J.F. McLoughlin (Royal Dublin) 3 and 2
J.B. Murphy (Clones) bt. K. Hogge (Carrick-on-Shannon) 3 and 1
J. O'Reilly (Newlands) bt. T.O. Patton (Rossmore) 6 and 5
J. Mahon (Co Sligo) bt. H. Ewing (Carlow) 3 and 2
C. Anderson (Co. Sligo) bt. E. Power (Strandhill) 3 and 2
M. Foster (Strandhill) bt. V. Hamilton (Woodbrook) 3 and 2
F.X. Kelly (Portmarnock) bt. G. Soden (Co. Sligo) 3 and 2
F. Webster (Carlow) bt. R.D. Woods (Royal Co. Down) 3 and 2
J.C. Browne (Waterford) bt. E.F. Smith (Royal Co. Down) 5 and 4
P. Brady (Enniskillen) bt. J. Pierce (Rosslare) 3 and 2
J. Nugent (Hermitage) bt. M. Murphy (Ballina) 2 and 1
R.C. Ewing (Co. Sligo) bt. B.E. Davitt (Grange) 3 and 2
H. Turner (Longford) bt. J. Dunne (Portmarnock) 4 and 3
W. O'Connor (Co. Sligo) bt J. McHugh (Bundoran) 2 and 1
J. Caldwell (Grange) bt. A. Brindley (Portmarnock) 6 and 4
T. Allen (Hermitage) bt. G.H. Owens (Skerries) 1 up
P.J. O'Donoghua (Co. Sligo) w.o. A.L. Butler (Portmarnock) scr.
G. Helly (Ballina) bt. D. Farrell (Lahinch) 1 up.