President's day and trophies at Toowoomba Croquet Club

It was president's day at the Toowoomba Croquet Club's courts yesterday afternoon, and there was a large gathering of members and their friends. There were several competitions, and tea was served in the pavilion at a table arranged with bowls of Iceland poppies and stocks. The retiring president (Mrs. Frank Hooper) and the hon. secretary (Mrs. Oswald Booth) each were presented with a bouquet of flowers on their arrival. Mrs. Hooper's was composed of pink azaleas, and Mrs. Booth's was a sheaf of Iceland poppies. After tea Mrs. Frank Hooper presented the trophies won during the year, which were awarded as follows: Championship and ladder, Mrs. Ernest Rowe (the newly elected president); single handicap, Mrs. Isaacs; doubles, Mesdames F. Hodgson and E. Perkins; novice, Mrs. C. Fortescue; president's trophy for consistent play, Mrs. Cornell; Mrs. Boyce's trophy, Mrs. Carrell; Mrs. Perkins' trophy, Mrs. Hodgson. Among those present in the

gathering were: Mesdames E. Rowe, F. Hooper, O. Booth, J. Douglas Annand, J. M. Yates, V. Langmead, E. Bridgman, Corbett, Isaacs, Wilson, F. M'Leod, Watson, Stuart, A. R. Godsall, C. Fortescue, E. J. Melville, Haims, E. S. Hale, H. Hale, M'Lean, H. Buchanan, Tatt, Graham, Grimmer, Stuart, Brownill, F. Owen, Penhallurick, Cooke, Hawkins, Marshall, F. Hodgson, Oakeley, Blake, Miller, Carmody, F. C. M. Burne, Blair, Carell, D. Thompson, Petford, Misses Booth, Hodgson, and Petford (2).

The article as it was printed in The Brisbane Courier, 22 September 1927. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)