Dalby Croquet Club fifteenth birthday and trophies

H*eading: CROQUET CLUB WINNERS RECEIVE TROPHIES*

*Newspaper: The Dalby Herald*

*Date: Friday 18 May 1951, page 6*

*Found on: [Trove](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article216777464), National Library of Australia*

On Saturday night about 27 members of the Dalby Croquet Club, accompanied by their friends, gathered at the club house, the occasion being the club's fifteenth birthday party, and presentation of trophies.

Card games and competitions were played, and the visitors entertained members by contributing songs.

At 10 o'clock the president (Mrs. G. Anderson) presented the trophies to the winners, and wished those who had been unsuccessful would have better luck next year.

A dainty supper was served. The main attraction on the table of the president was a birthday cake made by Mrs. G. Anderson, and iced by one of the members, Mrs. L. Orford. Mrs. Orford also decorated the interior of the club house very nicely with trails of fern, pink and red roses, and dahlias.

The following trophies were won: Open championship (club trophy), won by Mrs. E. Starling. Open handicap (Mrs. Field), won by Mrs. Starling, runner-up (Mrs. Campbell), won by Mrs. T. Jack. "A" grade ladder (Mrs. Shill), won by Mrs. Wilson; "B" ladder (Mrs. Wilson), Mrs. Shill; "C" ladder (Mrs. G. Anderson), Mrs. M. Napier. Consistency (Mrs. Smith), Mrs. Shill, runner-up (Mrs. C. J. Thompson), Mrs. E. Cramer. Doubles handicap (Mesdames Lalor and Geisel), Mesdames Starling and Smith, runners-up (Mesdames Wilson, Orford), Mesdames Cramer and Hoffman. Threes competition (Mrs. Irvine, Brisbane), Mrs. Shill.

The article as it was printed in The Dalby Herald, 18 May 1951. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)