Dalby Croquet Club has a successful year and elects officers

H*eading: SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR DALBY CROQUET CLUB*

*Newspaper: The Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette*

*Date: Thursday 1 April 1954, page 8*

*Found on: [Trove](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article288089738), National Library of Australia*

DALBY, Wednesday.—Members of the Dalby Croquet Club had a very happy year and the club is in a sound financial position, according to the report presented to the annual meeting by the retiring president (Mrs. G. Anderson).

Mrs. Anderson also thanked the other retiring office-bearers—the secretary (Mrs. J. O'Hagan), treasurer (Miss J. Couchman), club captain (Mrs. T. Smith) and the vice-captain (Mrs. O. Lalor) for their untiring efforts to further the club's interests during the year.

The election of officers resulted.—President, Mrs. M. Jack; vice-presidents, Mesdames L. Wilson, A. E. G. Campbell; secretary, Mrs. N. Ashmore; treasurer, Mrs. E. Cramer; captain, Mrs. E. J. Starling; vice-captain, Mrs. T. Smith; committee, Mesdames L. Coutts, O. Lalor and T. Reimers.

The first matches of the new year resulted.—Ladder: Mesdames Starling 26 v. Smith 23; Anderson 26 v. Ashmore 7; Miss J. Couchman 19 v. Mrs. O'Hagan 16; Mesdames Ashmore 23 v. D. Cochrane 9; Jack 26 v. Wilson 17; Smith 26 v. Wilson 12; Lalor 26 v. Miss St. Ledger 9; Mrs. O'Hagan 24 v. Miss Couchman 14.

Threes competition: Mesdames Wilson 26 v. Jack, Coutts 24; Cramer, Geisel 26 v. Miss St. Ledger 20; Smith 26 v. Coutts, Thompson 9; Starling, Reimers 19 v. Anderson 7.

Doubles: Mesdames Starling, Reimers 20 v. Wilson, Ashmore 16.

Officials of the club have requested that players should be at the club house not later than 2.25 p.m. on the days of play, which are Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. It is desired that play should start promptly at 2.30 p.m.

Play on the croquet lawn this afternoon resulted:—

Ladder: Cramer 26 v. Wilson 10. T. Smith 26 v. T. Jack 17, Starling 22 v. Coutts 13.

Threes: Ashmore 26 v. Cochrane and Reimers 8.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 1 April 1954. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)