8th Ryder Cup at Ganton Scarborough from 16th - 17th September
| Ganton, Scarborough, September 16th and 17th 1949 |
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| Great Britain & Ireland Capt: C Whitcombe | America Captain: Ben Hogan | |||||
| Great Britain & Ireland | Holes | Points | America | Holes | Points | |
| Foursomes September 16th | ||||||
| F. Faulkner & J. Adams | 2 & 1 | 1 | B. Harrison & J. Palmer | 0 | ||
| F. Daly & K. Bousfield | 4 & 2 | 1 | R. Hamilton & S. Alexander | 0 | ||
| C. Ward & L. King | 0 | J. Demaret & C. Heafner | 4 & 3 | 1 | ||
| R. Burton & A. Lees | 1-up | 1 | S. Snead & L. Mangrum | 0 | ||
| Poinys after Day 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Singles September 17th | ||||||
| Max Faulkner | 0 | Dutch Harrison | 8 & 7 | 1 | ||
| Jimmy Adams | 2 & 1 | 1 | Johnny Palmer | 0 | ||
| Charles Ward | 0 | Sam Snead | 6 & 5 | 1 | ||
| Dai Rees | 6 & 4 | 1 | Bob Hamilton | 0 | ||
| Richard Burton | 0 | Clayton Heafner | 3 & 2 | 1 | ||
| Sam King | 0 | Chick Harbert | 4 & 3 | 1 | ||
| Arthur Lees | 0 | Jimmy Demaret | 7 & 6 | 1 | ||
| Fred Daly | 0 | Lloyd Mangrum | 4 & 3 | 1 | ||
| Final Score after Day 2 | 5 | 7 | ||||