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Definition of Match play
1. Noun. Golf scoring by holes won.
Definition of Match play
1. Noun. (golf) A scoring system in which points are awarded for each hole won, as opposed to stroke play. ¹
2. Noun. (bowling) A knockout competition between two single bowlers. ¹
3. Noun. (sports) The playing of a competitive match, as opposed to training and practice. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Match Play
Literary usage of Match play
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"This same method is the usual one employed in match play, subject to certain ...
match play—Reference has before been made to one or two methods of playing ..."
2. Golf by Horace Gordon Hutchinson, Henry James Moncreiff (1890)
"Whereas in match play the score of any individual hole is not carried forward to
affect the score of the succeeding one, in medal play the whole cruel sum ..."
3. The Art of Lawn Tennis by William Tatem Tilden (1922)
"The object of match play is to win, but no credit goes to a man who does not win
... "The Play's the thing," and in match play a good defeat is far more ..."
4. Handbook of Athletic Games for Players, Instructors, and Spectators by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft, William Dean Pulvermacher (1916)
"It is not considered possible to play satisfactorily at the same time both the
match play and Stroke Competition. In match play ..."
5. The Complete Golfer by Harry Vardon (1908)
"... medal rounds— Risks to be taken—The bold game in match play—Studying the
course— Risks that are foolishly taken—New clubs in competitions—On giving them ..."
6. Methods and Players of Modern Lawn Tennis by Jahial Parmly Paret (1922)
"match play TACTICS FIVE CARDINAL POINTS TO REMEMBER: I-—Feel out your opponent
... BEFORE TOUCHING on the subject of match-play tactics, I feel inclined to ..."
7. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"These then play match play every consecutive day, whereby the numbers are day by
day reduced, first to 32. then to 16, then to 8. then to 4, and finally to ..."
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