Florin afternoon at Fernside, croquet competitions

The members of the Toowoomba Croquet Club held a Florin Afternoon at Fernside, the residence of Mrs. Gerard Boyce, yesterday. Competitions were played off on the lawn overlooking the Range, and tea was served in the lounge and dining-room, which were beautified with bowls of winter roses and early narcissus. Mrs. Boyce and Mrs. Hooper (president of the club) acted as hostesses, and those present included Mesdames A. E. Gill, Stanley Hobson, A. Mallalieu, W. A. Bain, Kingsford, T. P. Connolly, A. Hale, C. Fortescue, Cook, Wilkins, E. Rowe, E. Perkins, R. G. Wonderley, J. J. Petford, A. T. Parrot, M. Dines, H. G. Buchanan, Johnson, J. Folk, Gaydon, Blair, Marshall, Allan Hobson, H. J. Stark, J. H. Munro, Corbett, O. Booth, Haimes, F. Hodgson, Isaacs, and Haimes; Misses K. Baynes (Brisbane), Booth, and Davis. The competitions were won by Mrs. F. Hooper (crazy croquet), Mrs. Logan (gymkhana), Mrs. E. Rowe (bagatelle), and Mrs. Marshall (bell).

The article as it was printed in The Brisbane Courier, 10 May 1927. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)