Astor Trophy

Each team plays the other four teams. Two matches are played each day, the tournament lasting five days. Each match is contested over one day with foursomes in the morning and singles in the afternoon. In 2019 there were four players in each team. Each match consisted of two foursomes and four singles. Previously there were five players in each team and each match consisted of two foursomes and five singles. The winner of the match receives 1 point while in a tied match each side receives ½ point. The cup is decided by the number of team matches won. In the event of a tie the order is decided by the number of individual matches won, including a half point for each halved match. If the team are still tied then the cup is tied. ==Results==

South Africa did not compete from 1963 to 1991. Source: ==Teams==

Australia • 1959 Pat Borthwick, Burtta Cheney, Joan Fletcher, Mardi Mair, Margaret Masters • 1963 Pat Borthwick, Diana Cross, Joan Fletcher, Margaret Masters, Judith Percy • 1967 Carole Blair, Barbara Coulson, Betty Dalgleish, Marea Hickey, Dianna Thomas • 1971 Lindy Goggin, June Howe, Dianna Thomas, Sandra Williams, Rhys Wright • 1975 Anne Alletson, Vicki Jellis, Jane Lock, Sandra McCaw, Marea Parsons • 1979 Jane Crafter, Edwina Kennedy, Jane Lock, Sandra McCaw, Karen Permezel • 1983 Louise Briers, Corinne Dibnah, Lindy Goggin, Edwina Kennedy, Diane Pavich • 1987 Louise Briers, Lindy Goggin, Edwina Kennedy, Ericka Maxwell, Alison Munt • 1991 Louise Briers, Wendy Doolan, Sarah Gautrey, Edwina Kennedy, Jane Shearwood • 1995 Tanya Holl, Anne-Marie Knight, Kate MacIntosh, Allison Wheelhouse, Simone Williams • 1999 Helen Beatty, Tamie Durdin, Sandy Grimshaw, Rebecca Stevenson, Lindsey Wright • 2003 Misun Cho, Sarah Kemp, Sarah-Jane Kenyon, Rochelle Miles, Anna Parsons • 2007 Emma Bennett, Frances Bondad, Stephanie Na, Helen Oh, Sunny Park • 2011 Breanna Elliott, Emma de Groot, Minjee Lee, Ashley Ona, Cathleen Santoso • 2015 Gennai Goodwin, Hannah Green, Becky Kay, Jenny Lee, Shelly Shin • 2019 Amelia Grohn, Kirsty Hodgkins, Emily Mahar, Stacey White Source: New Zealand • 1959 Nicki Campbell, Susan Grigg, VS Land, Jean Mangan, Aileen Nash • 1963 Susan Grigg, Pat Harrison, Jean Mangan, Natalie White, Una Wickham • 1967 Heather Booth, Wendy Bryant, Jane Little, Glennis Taylor, Natalie White • 1971 Dawn Blake, Heather Booth, Marilyn Smith, Glennis Taylor, Jean Whitehead • 1975 Gillian Bannan, Sue Bishop, Sue Boag, Liz Douglas, Frances Pere • 1979 Janice Arnold, Liz Douglas, Cherry Kingham, Brenda Rhodes, Heather Ryan • 1983 Janice Arnold, Liz Douglas, Debbie Randell, Brenda Rhodes, Jan Scandrett • 1987 Jan Cooke, Liz Douglas, Tracey Hanson, Brenda Ormsby, Debbie Smith • 1991 Lisa Aldridge, Jan Higgins, Marnie McGuire, Kerryn Starr, Annette Stott • 1995 Shelley Duncan, Catherine Knight, Gina Scott, Pam Sowden, Kerryn Starr • 1999 Lisa Aldridge, Wendy Hawkes, Tina Howard, Catherine Knight, Pam Sowden • 2003 Enu Chung, Penny Newbrook, Sarah Nicholson, Jenny Park, Stacey Tate • 2007 Tammy Clelland, Larissa Eruera, Yeon Song Kim, Dasom Lee, Penny Smith • 2011 Julianne Alvarez, Chantelle Cassidy, Cecilia Cho, Lydia Ko, Emily Perry • 2015 Julianne Alvarez, Alanna Campbell, Chantelle Cassidy, Munchin Keh, Wenyung Keh • 2019 Julianne Alvarez, Amelia Garvey, Wenyung Keh, Carmen Lim Source: South Africa • 1959 Jeanette Burd, Mary Clemence, Rita Easton, Jackie Mercer, Jean Tindall • 1995 Claudette Beukes, Lara Lipworth, Sanet Marais, Barbara Plant, Wendy Warrington • 1999 not known • 2003 Esme Behrens, Lee-Anne Pace, Ashleigh Simon, Tanica van As, Sandra Winter • 2007 Kelli Shean, Ashleigh Simon, Bertine Strauss, Gina Switala, Iliska Verwey • 2011 Tiffany Avern-Taplin, Henriëtte Frylinch, Bertine Strauss, Iliska Verwey, Kim Williams • 2015 Lora Assad, Michaela Fletcher, Eleonora Galletti, Ivanna Samu, Bertine Strauss • 2019 Kiera Floyd, Caitlyn Tate Macnab, Kaleigh Telfer, Kaylah Williams ==Similar events==

In 1973, Australia hosted a similar tournament, the Women's International Series, at Royal Sydney, played from 27 to 31 October. Five teams competed, Australia, Canada, Great Britain and Ireland, Japan and New Zealand. Australia won the event with 3 wins ahead of New Zealand. • Australia: Gayle Flynn, Lindy Goggin, Vicki Jellis, Jane Lock • Canada: Liz Hoffman, Marilyn Palmer, Dale Shaw, Barbara Turnbull • Great Britain and Ireland: Linda Denison-Pender, Mary Everard, Ann Irvin, Carol Le Feuvre, Maisey Mooney • Japan Takako Kiyomoto, Michiko Tachibana, Machiko Yamada, Shinako Yoshimochi • New Zealand: Gillian Bannon, Sue Boag, Sue Hamilton, Frances Pere, Sue Ritchie ==References==