Alexa Glover
Alexa Glover | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Alexandra Malcolm Glover |
Born | Edinburgh, Scotland | 8 November 1882
Died | 12 December 1933 Edinburgh, Scotland | (aged 51)
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Career | |
Status | Amateur |
Alexandra Malcolm Glover (8 November 1882 – 12 December 1933) was an amateur golfer. She won the inaugural Scottish Women's Amateur Championship, played on the Old Course at St Andrews in June 1903.
Golf career
Glover played for Scotland in the
In May 1903, Glover travelled to
In 1904, before the
The first official
Glover played in the
Glover also played in the Women's Home Internationals in 1908, 1909 and 1912.[21][22][23] She reached the semi-finals of the 1908 Scottish Women's Amateur Championship, losing again to Dorothy Campbell, and reached the final again in 1910, losing to Elsie Kyle.[24]
Glover continued to play until shortly before her death. She played in the
Personal life
Glover was born in November 1882 in Edinburgh, the daughter of Thomas Craigie Glover, an engineer, and Ellen Denoon Gordon.[26] Thomas Craigie Glover died in Edinburgh in July 1904.[27][28][29] Glover died of pneumonia in Edinburgh in December 1933, aged 51. She was unmarried.[30]
Team appearances
- Women's Home Internationals (representing Scotland): 1902, 1904, 1905 (winners), 1906 (winners), 1908 (winners), 1909 (winners), 1912
References
- ^ "Ladies' international match". The Times. 26 May 1902. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The ladies' championship". The Glasgow Herald. 30 May 1902. p. 11.
- ^ "The ladies' championship". The Glasgow Herald. 7 May 1903. p. 12.
- The Glasgow Herald. 17 June 1903. p. 13.
- The Glasgow Herald. 20 June 1903. p. 10.
- The Glasgow Herald. 6 May 1904. p. 13.
- The Glasgow Herald. 9 May 1904. p. 11.
- The Glasgow Herald. 10 May 1904. p. 10.
- ^ "Ladies' open championship". The Glasgow Herald. 12 May 1904. p. 10.
- The Glasgow Herald. 19 May 1904. p. 12.
- The Glasgow Herald. 27 May 1905. p. 12.
- The Glasgow Herald. 29 May 1905. p. 13.
- ^ "American ladies v British ladies". The Times. 26 May 1905. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
- The Glasgow Herald. 1 June 1905. p. 12.
- The Glasgow Herald. 13 June 1905. p. 8.
- The Glasgow Herald. 20 June 1905. p. 11.
- The Glasgow Herald. 21 June 1905. p. 10.
- The Glasgow Herald. 12 May 1906. p. 13.
- The Glasgow Herald. 18 May 1906. p. 13.
- The Glasgow Herald. 22 June 1906. p. 11.
- The Glasgow Herald. 18 May 1908. p. 14.
- The Glasgow Herald. 17 May 1909. p. 13.
- The Glasgow Herald. 13 May 1912. p. 13.
- The Glasgow Herald. 17 June 1910. p. 9.
- The Glasgow Herald. 14 June 1933. p. 6.
- ^ "Domestic Occurrences". Friend of India and Statesman. 21 November 1882. p. 26. Retrieved 7 October 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Mr. Thomas Craigie Glover". The Times. 11 July 1904. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The will of the late Mr Glover of Earlsferry house". East of Fife Record. 22 July 1904. p. 5. Retrieved 7 October 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Find a will". probatesearch.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Death of Mrs Alexa Glover". The Glasgow Herald. 14 December 1933. p. 19.