Toowoomba visits Graceville for an inter-club match

The members of the Graceville Croquet Club entertained members of the Toowoomba Croquet Club on their lawns in the Memorial Park on Saturday, at an inter-club match. Mesdames S. Sowden (president of the Queensland Croquet Association and of the Graceville club) and Mrs. W. R. Pitter (honorary secretary) welcomed the visiting players. The president was supported in her official welcome by Mrs. James Wyper (honorary treasurer), and Mrs. Booth responded for the Toowoomba club. The result of the match was as follows: Mesdames S. Sowden and Alec. Stevenson (Graceville) v Mrs. J. Rowe and Miss C. Hooper (Toowoomba, 26-18; Mesdames D. H. Milne and G. N. Cox (Graceville) v Mesdames S. Bridgeman and W. Booth (Toowoomba), 26-19; Mesdames W. H. Arnold and Frank Hodgson (Toowoomba) v Mesdames T. Alan Crozier and A. Johnston (Graceville), 26-23; Mesdames Robert Hunter and E. Lupton (Graceville) v Mesdames Marshall and Goodrich (Toowoomba), 26-21. Mrs. Arnold, a member of the Graceville club, played for Toowoomba.

The article as it was printed in The Courier-Mail, 4 June 1934. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)