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Toowoomba beats West Toowoomba in home-to-home match

The members of the Toowoomba and West Toowoomba croquet clubs played a home-to-home match. The games were played on both courts. Mrs. E. J. Rowe (president), welcomed the visitors on the Toowoomba…

Trove2 min read27 June 1931
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NewspaperThe Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette
DateSaturday 27 June 1931, page 5Sat 27 Jun 1931, p. 5
Found onTrove, National Library of Australia

he members of the Toowoomba and West Toowoomba croquet clubs played a home-to-home match. The games were played on both courts. Mrs. E. J. Rowe (president), welcomed the visitors on the Toowoomba courts and the president, Mrs. A. T. Parrot, did the honours on the West Toowoomba courts. The players were: Mesdames Mervyn Dines, F. Hooper, A. Gaydon, F. Hodgson, B. Marshall, Thorburn, C. G. Blair, H. Goodrich, J. B. Kingsford, and Miss Clarice Hooper (Toowoomba); Mesdames Parrot, E. J. Dumigan, Krimmer, McLean, C. Blake, R. Walsh, Stewart, Norris, F. Bullock, Stuart (West Toowoomba). The match resulted in a win for Toowoomba by 16 points. Tea was served at the conclusion of the match.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 27 June 1931. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 27 June 1931. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)

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