Joseph E. Gent Yorkshire Amateur Champion 1947 and England International team 1930 golf medals and related memorabilia, silver-gilt circular medal with loop ring, obverse with crest and YORKSHIRE UNION OF GOLF CLUBS banner, reverse engraved AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP 1947 WINNER J.E. GENT, Birmingham 1946 by Marples & Beasley, diameter 33mm: 1930 circular medal with rose emblem and ENGLISH GOLF UNION INTERNATIONAL TEAM, reverse engraved ENGLAND & IRELAND 1930 J.E. GENT, Birmingham 1930 by W.B. & S. Ltd, diameter 28mm.; three silver ENGLISH GOLD UNION COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP medals, obverse with rose emblem, reverse blank, Birmingham 1936/37/38 by W.B. & S Ltd, diameter 28mm, 64gr.; sold with multi-signed 1949 Ryder Cup official souvenir programme, signed in blue ink by Max Faulkner of Britain and nine Americans including Alexander, Heafner, Mangrum, Habert, Snead, Hamilton and others, some wear, pages loose, tears to spine; comprehensive scrap album dating from 1920s with press cuttings by J.E. Gent and other golf correspondents; letter related to English Golf Union International match at Royal Porthcawl, dated 26th July 1938; letters related to a Walker Cup trial held at Royal & Ancient GC, dated February and May 1938; b&w golf action photographs, varying sizes, some mounted; Post Office telegrams dated July 1929 congratulating J.E. Gent on winning the Yorkshire Amateur Championship; various annual dinner booklets; Lightcliffe GC exhibition match programme 1951; 1950 and 1951 Amateur Golf Championship players' time sheets, (qty) Joseph E Gent was a Yorkshire County Amateur golf champion and England International (1930 & 1938), Bradford Moor G.C. past member, Yorkshire Union of GCs past president and golf correspondent. He won the Yorkshire County Amateur Championship four times (1929, 1937, 1938 & 1947) and the Yorkshire Inter-Club Foursomes three times in partnership with Fred Slade. A Walker Cup trialist in 1938, he was also leading amateur in the Yorkshire Open/Bairstow Trophy of 1937 and 1948 and Bradford & District Champion 1932, 1934 and 1937.
£500 - £700
Joseph E. Gent Yorkshire Amateur Champion 1947 and England International team 1930 golf medals and related memorabilia, silver-gilt circular medal with loop ring, obverse with crest and YORKSHIRE UNION OF GOLF CLUBS banner, reverse engraved AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP 1947 WINNER J.E. GENT, Birmingham 1946 by Marples & Beasley, diameter 33mm: 1930 circular medal with rose emblem and ENGLISH GOLF UNION INTERNATIONAL TEAM, reverse engraved ENGLAND & IRELAND 1930 J.E. GENT, Birmingham 1930 by W.B. & S. Ltd, diameter 28mm.; three silver ENGLISH GOLD UNION COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP medals, obverse with rose emblem, reverse blank, Birmingham 1936/37/38 by W.B. & S Ltd, diameter 28mm, 64gr.; sold with multi-signed 1949 Ryder Cup official souvenir programme, signed in blue ink by Max Faulkner of Britain and nine Americans including Alexander, Heafner, Mangrum, Habert, Snead, Hamilton and others, some wear, pages loose, tears to spine; comprehensive scrap album dating from 1920s with press cuttings by J.E. Gent and other golf correspondents; letter related to English Golf Union International match at Royal Porthcawl, dated 26th July 1938; letters related to a Walker Cup trial held at Royal & Ancient GC, dated February and May 1938; b&w golf action photographs, varying sizes, some mounted; Post Office telegrams dated July 1929 congratulating J.E. Gent on winning the Yorkshire Amateur Championship; various annual dinner booklets; Lightcliffe GC exhibition match programme 1951; 1950 and 1951 Amateur Golf Championship players' time sheets, (qty) Joseph E Gent was a Yorkshire County Amateur golf champion and England International (1930 & 1938), Bradford Moor G.C. past member, Yorkshire Union of GCs past president and golf correspondent. He won the Yorkshire County Amateur Championship four times (1929, 1937, 1938 & 1947) and the Yorkshire Inter-Club Foursomes three times in partnership with Fred Slade. A Walker Cup trialist in 1938, he was also leading amateur in the Yorkshire Open/Bairstow Trophy of 1937 and 1948 and Bradford & District Champion 1932, 1934 and 1937.