Croquet club holds a coin afternoon on its lawns

The president and members of the Toowoomba Croquet Club entertained a large number of guests at a coin afternoon on their lawns yesterday afternoon. The lawns were looking very fresh and green and a delightful afternoon was spent with competitions for which pretty prizes were awarded. Tea was served in the little creeper-covered pavilion, at a table beautified with bowls of gladioli, roses, and mauve asters, and lines of coloured emblems in the form of croquet mallets, hoops and balls formed an effective overhead decoration. The Box Croquet (run by J. B. Kingsford, W. Cooke and J. A. Grigg) was won by Mrs. W. R. Ross; Gymkhana (run by Mesdames M. A. Corbett and T. P. Oakeley), by Mrs. R. McLean; Crazy (Mesdames F. Hooper and C. Fortescue), by Mrs. F. Hodgson; Brake (Mesdames F. Bridgman and T. W. Isaacs), by Mrs. Bridgman; Golf (Mesdames M. Dines, A. R. Godsall and W. R. Ross), by Mrs. Bridgman; Bell (Mesdames D. F. Marshall, A. Gaydon and F. Hodgson), by Mrs. B. Krimmer and Mrs. Mervyn Dines; and Angle (Mesdames C. Blair and A. V. Grahame) by Mrs. F. Bridgman. The president (Mrs. E. Rowe) presented the prizes. Also present were the Mayoress (Mrs. J. Douglas Annand), Mesdames Oswald Booth (hon. secretary), E. J. Dumigan, A. Wilson, J. S. Murphy, C. J. Searle, J. Devine, R. Walsh, B. Krimmer, J. Krimmer, J. J. Lee, H. B. Yeates, W. T. Compagnoni, J. Smallhorn, J. N. Wilson, C. N. Luxmore, L. Rawlings, J. Esler, P. Boys, J. Storer, A. Langmead, N McDonald, W. Elvery, R. McLean, A. Offner, A. Buzacott, G. Fogarty, J. B. Brown, R. H. Ferguson, A. Walker, W. H. Gobbett, S. Fitzpatrick, Brandt, G. Izatt, Misses Clear, E. Williamson, Mervyn Dines, Lorna Hooper, Booth, Millie Booth, Dulcie Boys, Joyce Morgan, Malling and Buzacott.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 16 March 1929. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)