LEWIS, SULLIVAN SHARE LEAD IN AUSSIE AMATEUR MASTERS

Sunningdale's Stiggy Hodgson, the joint halfway leader with a pair of 69s for 138, had to withdraw from the tournament before the third round - reason unknown at the moment - but two other Englishmen, former British boys champion Tom Lewis and another Walker Cup squad contender, Andrew Sullivan, took up the standard and are sharing the 54-hole lead with Tasmanian Ryan McCarthy.
Lewis has scored 72, 69 and 69 for a six-under 210 over the Royal Melbourne course.
Andrew Sullivan achieved the same total with scores of 68, 71 and 71 while McCarthy, joint 36-hole leader with Hodgson,  hit the 210 mark with scores of 65, 73 and 72.
A third Englishman, Laurie Canter, is only two shots off the pace after a 68 for 212.
SECOND-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 216 (3-72)
Lewis Tom ENGLAND 72 69 141 69 210
McCarthy Ryan TAS 65 73 138 72 210
Sullivan Andrew ENGLAND 68 71 139 71 210
Campbell Ben NEW ZEALAND 68 74 142 69 211
MacManus Tarquin QLD 74 67 141 70 211
Canter Laurie ENGLAND 73 71 144 68 212
Richardson Kalem TAS 69 72 141 71 212
Drewitt Brett NSW 70 72 142 71 213
Fox Ryan NEW ZEALAND 64 74 138 75 213
Goss Oliver WA 68 73 141 73 214
Moules Brad SA 74 72 146 68 214
Bringolf Daniel NSW 72 68 140 75 215
Wright Darren ENGLAND 67 75 142 73 215
Cabban Joshua NSW 73 71 144 72 216
Higginbottom Jake NSW 69 72 141 75 216
Ninyette Brody WA 69 76 145 71 216
Russell Jordan USA 71 70 141 75 216
Smith Matthew ACT 74 73 147 69 216
Kawamura Masahiro JAPAN 70 71 141 76 217
Holman Nathan VIC 70 74 144 74 218
Perry Mathew NEW ZEALAND 70 73 143 75 218
Senior Jack ENGLAND 72 71 143 75 218
Stieger Matthew NSW 71 73 144 74 218
NG Jerome SINGAPORE 69 77 146 73 219
Asaji Yosuke JAPAN 74 75 149 71 220
Chen Zihao CHINA 70 76 146 74 220
Geminiani Domenico ITALY 76 73 149 71 220
Hart Tim QLD 71 74 145 75 220
Kendall Bradley NEW ZEALAND 72 79 151 69 220
Patel Bhavik USA 76 72 148 72 220
Jeong Jin VIC 71 74 145 76 221
Rindfleish Joshua NSW 72 74 146 75 221
Rudolph Harry USA 70 76 146 76 222
Clementson Benjamin NSW 70 74 144 79 223
Kinch Nathan QLD 74 72 146 77 223
Wood Christopher VIC 70 73 143 81 224
Dall'Arche Valentino ITALY 74 79 153 72 225
Drakeford Geoffrey VIC 76 74 150 75 225
Yim John NSW 73 78 151 74 225
Zhiqun Lam SINGAPORE 80 73 153 72 225
WITHDREW: Hodgson Stiggy ENGLAND 69 69 138 WD.