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A trophy, medals and photographs relating to the professional golfer Jack Bloxham, comprising: an

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A trophy, medals and photographs relating to the professional golfer Jack Bloxham, comprising: an Elkington silver miniature replica of the Dunlop Challenge Cup, inscribed with details of Bloxham`s victory in the Midland Professional Foursomes in 1926, on ebonised base, overall height 10cm., 4in.; together with five medals, the first three in gold and in original cases, awarded for the P.G.A. Midland Foursomes of 1911 of issue) and for Warwickshire County Representation in 1921 & 1924; the fourth medal in silver for the PGA Midland Section Autumn Meeting of 1911; the other in gilt-metal for the PGA 1919 Victory Tournament; together with three period mounted photographs featuring golf in The Midlands, one being a line-up of Midlands-based professional golfers including Bloxham, manuscript legend below, the other portraying a group of professional and the membership at Coventry (Finham Park) Golf Cub; the lot also including Bloxham`s Royal Warwickshire regimental badge, in a leather pouch. Jack Bloxham was a member of the Professional Golfers` Association from 1902, a year after the organisation was founded. His first appointment was at Warwickshire Golf Club from 1897 to 1908. He then moved to Leamington & County between 1908 and 1918, before settling at Coventry GC during the inter-wars years. Notable performances by Bloxham would include the 1926 PGA Matchplay Championship when he finished runner-up to Open Championship winner Sandy Herd at Royal Mid-Surrey. He won the PGA Midland Foursomes in 1911 and the Midlands Foursomes of the Dunlop Challenge Cup in 1926. Bloxham always wore distinctive white kid leather shoes on the golf course, the choice of footwear a result of suffering from polio in childhood.

A trophy, medals and photographs relating to the professional golfer Jack Bloxham, comprising: an Elkington silver miniature replica of the Dunlop Challenge Cup, inscribed with details of Bloxham`s victory in the Midland Professional Foursomes in 1926, on ebonised base, overall height 10cm., 4in.; together with five medals, the first three in gold and in original cases, awarded for the P.G.A. Midland Foursomes of 1911 of issue) and for Warwickshire County Representation in 1921 & 1924; the fourth medal in silver for the PGA Midland Section Autumn Meeting of 1911; the other in gilt-metal for the PGA 1919 Victory Tournament; together with three period mounted photographs featuring golf in The Midlands, one being a line-up of Midlands-based professional golfers including Bloxham, manuscript legend below, the other portraying a group of professional and the membership at Coventry (Finham Park) Golf Cub; the lot also including Bloxham`s Royal Warwickshire regimental badge, in a leather pouch. Jack Bloxham was a member of the Professional Golfers` Association from 1902, a year after the organisation was founded. His first appointment was at Warwickshire Golf Club from 1897 to 1908. He then moved to Leamington & County between 1908 and 1918, before settling at Coventry GC during the inter-wars years. Notable performances by Bloxham would include the 1926 PGA Matchplay Championship when he finished runner-up to Open Championship winner Sandy Herd at Royal Mid-Surrey. He won the PGA Midland Foursomes in 1911 and the Midlands Foursomes of the Dunlop Challenge Cup in 1926. Bloxham always wore distinctive white kid leather shoes on the golf course, the choice of footwear a result of suffering from polio in childhood.

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