Croquet club holds a coin afternoon with the Mayoress

The president and members of the Toowoomba Croquet Club held one of their pleasant coin afternoons at the lawns, Lindsay-street, yesterday afternoon. There was a large attendance of members and their friends, and an enjoyable afternoon was spent with competitions. Some played cards in the pavilion. Tea was served in the pavilion, which was arranged with bowls of beautiful dahlias, asters and montbretias in big brass bowls. The tea table was set with a centre bowl of pink roses and slender vases of Californian poppies and asters. In the gathering were the Mayoress (Mrs. J D. Annand), Mesdames E. J. Rowe, O Booth, Essex Evans, A. Collins, P. Dunbar, M. Dines, C. Fortescue, H. Hale, T. Neil, W. R. Ross, J. B. Kingsford, H. Goodrich, F. W. Isaacs, T. L. Fryer, H. Hammond, F. Hodgson, B. Krimmer, J. Krimmer, Salisbury, R. Walsh, J. McKinney, R. McBean, F. Hooper, E. J. Melville, E. B. Costin, F. Bridgman, G. Fogarty, G. Cossart, A. V. Grahame, J. Grigg, E. J. Dumigan, K. McFarlane, C. G. Blair, A. B. Carter, W. J. Marshall, F. Mason (Sandgate), A. Clift, E. Baker, M. H. Sullivan, A. Buzacott, T. Keys, W. Thrupp, J. Lee, J. W. Rosbrook, W. George (Brisbane), J. Rogers, W. Miller, Misses A. Buzacott, T. Keys, E. Bridgman, P. and L. Hooper, R. Fryer and B. Booth.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 22 February 1930. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)