Alex Russell (golfer)

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Alex Russell

grazier
, soldier, golfer and golf course architect.

Russell was born at

Cambridge University. He married Jess Lucy Fairbairn, daughter of Frederick Fairbairn, on 14 September 1917 at Chelsea.[1]

Commissioned in the Royal Garrison Artillery on 9 October 1914, Russell served on the Western Front during World War I, where he was twice wounded, won the Military Cross, and in 1918 was promoted acting major. After the war he and his wife returned to Australia and lived at Sandringham in Melbourne, close to the Royal Melbourne Golf Club.

Both Russells became enthusiastic amateur players; Alex won the Riversdale Cup in 1929 and 1931,[2] the Australian Open in 1924, the Australian foursomes of 1924 and 1926, and the South Australian Amateur and Victorian Amateur Championship in 1925, while Jess won the national ladies' foursomes in 1926 and 1927 and was runner-up in the 1927, 1930 and 1932 Australian Women's Amateur championships.[1][3][4]

Russell helped to design the

merino sheep; he would be President of the Australian Sheepbreeders' Association from 1950 to 1951.[1]

During

Order of St John of Jerusalem in 1948 and continued his involvement with the Royal Melbourne Golf Club, serving as a councillor (1929–55). He retired to South Yarra, and died on 22 November 1961 at Heidelberg of hypertensive heart disease; he was cremated.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Whitton, William I. (2002). "Russell, Alex (1892–1961)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  2. ^ Golf Club, Riversdale. "Riversdale Cup History". Riversdale Cup History.
  3. The Mail (Adelaide)
    . Vol. 14, no. 692. South Australia. 29 August 1925. p. 4. Retrieved 16 November 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Russell's amateur golf title". The Herald. No. 15, 072. Victoria, Australia. 9 September 1925. p. 7. Retrieved 16 November 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
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