Warwick croquet players visit Toowoomba

A number of members of the Warwick Croquet Club motored to Toowoomba on Friday afternoon, and on Saturday played four tournament matches with members of the Toowoomba Croquet Club, at the club lawns in Lindsay-street. The games resulted as follows:- Mr. and Mrs. W. Chandler (Warwick) versus Mesdames Fred. Isaacs and E. J. Rowe (Toowoomba), 25-25; Mesdames M. Corbett and J. J. Petford versus Mesdames Margetts and Lade (Warwick), 20-23; Mesdames Ransome and Clowes (Warwick) versus Mesdames George Hooper and M. Dines, 10-20; Mesdames Searle and Andrew Davidson (Warwick) versus Mesdames Oswald Booth and Frank Hooper (Toowoomba), 18-20. The visitors were entertained at morning and afternoon tea and luncheon in the Toowoomba Bowling Club pavilion, which was specially lent to the Croquet Club for the purpose. The table decorations were a feature. In the evening the visitors were entertained at bridge and Mah Jongg at the residence of Mrs. E. J. Rowe (president of the Croquet Club). Vases of Iceland poppies and blue lupins were used to beautify the rooms. Those present included: Mr. and Mrs. W. Chandler (Warwick), Mr. and Mrs. Smith (Warwick), Mesdames Margetts, Ransome, Lade, Searle, Andrew Davidson, Clowes (Warwick), M. Corbett, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Perkins, Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Gaydon, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Rivett, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Isaacs, Mr. and Mrs. Correll, Mr. and Mrs. Cooke, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hooper, Mr. and Mrs. George Hooper, Mr. Thompson, Mrs. J. J. Petford, Mr. and Mrs. H. Dines, Mrs. W. P. Oakeley, and others. The Warwick players returned home yesterday morning.

The article as it was printed in The Brisbane Courier, 5 October 1925. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)