1902 Amateur Championship: Charles Hutchings wins at Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Charles Hutchings won the 1902 Amateur Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, Merseyside, beating Sidney Fry 1 up in the final.
Updated 23 October 2026
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- Edition
- 18th
- Dates
- 29 April 1902 to 2 May 1902
- Course
- Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, Merseyside
- Format
- match play
- Champion
- Charles Hutchings · England · Royal Liverpool
- Champion's title
- 1st Amateur Championship title
- Runner-up
- Sidney Fry · England
- Final
- 1 up (36-hole final)
- Match-play field
- 104
- Losing semifinalists
- James Robb and Robert Maxwell
- Defending champion
- Harold Hilton · lost in quarterfinals
- Entries
- 104
What happened at the 1902 Amateur Championship
Second round: Robert Maxwell knocked out John Ball 2 & 1 before a huge crowd
Final: Charles Hutchings went out in 35 and was 8 up after 18 holes; Sidney Fry won back to 1 down in hail and rain before Hutchings, a grandfather, held on to win by one hole
The draw
Every match is recorded through the round of 32.
The final, 1902 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Hutchings | def. | Sidney Fry | 1 up |
Semifinals, 1902 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Hutchings | def. | James Robb | 2 & 1 |
| Sidney Fry | def. | Robert Maxwell | 1 up |
Quarterfinals, 1902 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Robb | def. | F. P. Crowther Jr. | 3 & 2 |
| Robert Maxwell | def. | Samuel Mure Fergusson | 6 & 5 |
| Charles Hutchings | def. | V. A. Pollock | 4 & 3 |
| Sidney Fry | def. | Harold Hilton | 3 & 2 |
Round of 16, 1902 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Robb | def. | C. E. Gilroy | 6 & 5 |
| F. P. Crowther Jr. | def. | J. L. Lawson | 1 up |
| V. A. Pollock | def. | H. Holden | 3 & 2 |
| Charles Hutchings | def. | J. A. T. Bramston | 4 & 2 |
| Robert Maxwell | def. | J. B. Pease | 1 up |
| Samuel Mure Fergusson | def. | John Graham Jr. | 2 & 1 |
| Harold Hilton | def. | H. C. V. Nicholson | 4 & 2 |
| Sidney Fry | def. | Johnny Laidlay | 2 & 1 |
Round of 32, 1902 Amateur Championship
| Winner | Beaten | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Robb | def. | J. G. Craik | 5 & 3 |
| C. E. Gilroy | def. | Horatio J. Ross | 3 & 1 |
| F. P. Crowther Jr. | def. | P. M. Watson | 2 up |
| J. L. Lawson | def. | J. R. Gairdner | won on 20th hole |
| H. Holden | def. | A. D. Blyth | 3 & 2 |
| V. A. Pollock | def. | D. Stanley Froy | 3 & 1 |
| Charles Hutchings | def. | Fred McLeod | 7 & 5 |
| J. A. T. Bramston | def. | Oliver Thomson | 6 & 5 |
| J. B. Pease | def. | Bernard Darwin | 6 & 5 |
| Robert Maxwell | def. | C. E. Dick | 3 & 2 |
| John Graham Jr. | def. | A. R. Aitken | 5 & 3 |
| Samuel Mure Fergusson | def. | N. F. Hunter | 3 & 2 |
| Harold Hilton | def. | W. J. Hughes | 4 & 3 |
| H. C. V. Nicholson | def. | C. J. Campbell-Steen | won on 19th hole |
| Johnny Laidlay | def. | W. E. Fairlie | 2 & 1 |
| Sidney Fry | def. | Leathart | 5 & 3 |
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's Amateur Championship data set (research collected through 20 October 2026). "unknown" means no source confirmed it; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the R&A's own record is used.
Values found only on Wikipedia, kept and flagged: champion_birth_year, champion_nationality, runner_up_nationality.
Data: the-amateur.json.