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Croquet results and a card evening for the club

*Heading: Advertising* *Newspaper: The Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette* *Date: Monday 11 May 1942, page 1* *Found on: [Trove](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article285936902), National Library of Australia* The following is the result of croquet games played on the…

Trove2 min read11 May 1942

*eading: Advertising*

*Newspaper: The Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette*

*Date: Monday 11 May 1942, page 1*

*Found on: [Trove](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article285936902), National Library of Australia*

The following is the result of croquet games played on the Dalby green on Saturday afternoon:—Open championship: Irvine 25 v. Starling 16. Social games: Welsh, Coutts 21 v. C. J. Thompson, Geisel 18; Cairnie 20 v. White, Wilson 19; Edmunds 23 v. Orford 13.

A successful card evening was conducted in the Dalby Croquet Club rooms on Thursday. The hostesses were Mesdames W. Hoffman and J. Jack. Bridge and euchre were played. The prize winners were Mrs. T. Stewart and Miss D. Horrigan. A cake was won by Mrs. V. McPhie. The Croquet Club will benefit by £7/12/.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 11 May 1942. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 11 May 1942. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)

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