1900 Wembley Golf Club Autumn Meeting Sterling Trophy
This most unusual 4 x 3 ½ “ trophy is in the shape of, and also apparently served as, an oil lamp or lighter. One of the spouts on top would apparently have been used to fill the container and the other would hold a wick. The inscription on the trophy reads “Webley Golf Club, Autumn Meeting , 1900.
The Wembley Golf Club was located in central London and was formed in 1896. By 1898 the club had grown to a membership of 300. Issette Pearson , founder of the British Ladies Golf Union (LGU) wrote in Golfing Dec. 1898: “Among the new links which have sprung up around the Metropolis there is one that deserves to be better known specially among lady players. The eighteen holes are varied in character and in length.”
The Club’s close proximity to London also contributed to its ultimate demise. It disappeared in the late 1920s. The area is now part of the Fryent Country Park project.
This item will make a great addition and conversation piece to any sterling golf trophy collection.
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