Croquet club elects officers and plans Downs tournament

The annual meeting of the Toowoomba Croquet Club was held on Wednesday last at the Cafe Alexandra. The business of the meeting was to elect officers for the ensuing year, and the following ladies were appointed to the executive. President, Mrs. G. Allpass; vice-presidents, Mesdames H. J. Stark and Gerard Boyce; captain, Mrs. Stanley Hobson; secretary, Mrs Hugo Horn; treasurer, Mrs. H. J. Stark. The committee will include Mesdames Bain, D. Cramond, Wonderley, Crocker, Gordon, F. McLeod. The advisability of holding a Downs tournament was discussed, and it was unanimously decided to arrange a tournament for July next, and if possible, to secure the interest of all croquet players in this and other States.

The article as it was printed in Darling Downs Gazette, 21 August 1914. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)