Mary Jestyn Jeffreys

Mary Gwynne Jestyn Jeffreys, Mrs Emery (8 January 1908 – 19 June 1973) was a Welsh amateur golfer. She won the Welsh Ladies' Amateur Championship four times in the 1930s. She was in the British team for the 1934 Vagliano Trophy.

Mary Jestyn Jeffreys
Personal information
Full nameMary Gwynne Jestyn Jeffreys
Born(1908-01-08)8 January 1908
Neath, Glamorgan, Wales
Died19 June 1973(1973-06-19) (aged 65)
Kent, England
Sporting nationality Wales
SpouseGraham Stuart Emery (m. 1935)

Golf career

Jeffrey won the Welsh Ladies' Amateur Championship four times, in 1930, 1931, 1933 and 1937, and was also runner-up three times, in 1932, 1934 and 1938.[1][2] in 1930 she beat the defending champion, Alison Rieben, by two holes in the 36-hole final.[3] The following year she beat Barbara Pyman, 4&3 in the final.[4] She lost the 1932 final but regained the title in 1933 when she beat Eileen Bridge, 2&1.[5] Her fourth win came in 1937, beating Philomena Whitaker in the final, 10&9, having been 6 up after the morning round.[6]

Jeffreys represented Wales in the Women's Home Internationals each year from 1928 to 1938 and again in 1947.[2] In 1934, she became the first Welsh woman to play in a British team when she competed in the Vagliano Trophy match against France at Chantilly. She lost her foursomes match and was left out of the singles. The match was tied.[7]

Personal life

Jeffreys was born in January 1908 in Neath. the daughter of Albert Jestyn Jeffreys, a Neath solicitor.[2] In October 1935 she married Graham Stuart Emery, a journalist.[8] She died in Kent in June 1973.[9] Graham Emery died the following month.[10]

Team appearances

References
  1. "Welsh Ladies' Amateur Close Champions" (PDF). Wales Golf. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  2. "Emery, Mrs GS". Women Golfers' Museum. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  3. "Another youthful title-holder". The Glasgow Herald. 23 May 1930. p. 4.
  4. "Welsh lady champion retains title". The Glasgow Herald. 22 May 1931. p. 4.
  5. "Welsh ladies' championship". The Glasgow Herald. 2 June 1933. p. 6.
  6. "New champion to lead Wales". The Glasgow Herald. 31 May 1937. p. 4.
  7. "Women's international golf". The Glasgow Herald. 2 July 1934. p. 19.
  8. "Marriages". Western Mail (Wales). 28 October 1935. p. 1. Retrieved 24 October 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "Find a will". Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  10. "Find a will". Retrieved 24 October 2021.
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