Toowoomba croquet players visit Graceville for matches

The Graceville Croquet Club and representatives from the Toowoomba Croquet Club met in friendly matches on the Graceville lawns last Saturday and Monday, the result of the matches being that Graceville had a win, on all the matches played, of 78 points, the total scores being Graceville 260, Toowoomba 182. On Sunday the Graceville Club entertained the Toowoomba players at a motor trip to Redcliffe, where a party of 52 enjoyed the day thoroughly. The Toowoomba visitors, including Mr. E. Rowe and Mr. O. Booth, were entertained at luncheon on the lawns on Monday, when speeches by Mrs. Rees (the Graceville president), Mrs. Rowe (the Toowoomba president), and other members, relative to the good fellowship between the two clubs and in the croquet world generally, were made. The tables were decorated with delphiniums and poppies, and the club colours of blue, red, and yellow. The Toowoomba visitors were Mesdames E. J. Rowe, O. S. Booth, F. Hooper, Corbett, Gaydon, M. Dines, F. Hodgson, Bridgman, F. Isaacs, Fortescue, and Grigg. The luncheon arrangements were in the hands of Mesdames Berry, Palmer, Barth, Moodie, Dunsdon, and Pitter.

The article as it was printed in The Brisbane Courier, 25 October 1929. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)