Toowoomba croquet club news and Queensland tournament report

There was a large attendance of members on the greens of the Toowoomba Croquet Club last Saturday. Mrs. Sullivan was welcomed back to the lawns after a long absence. A report received from Adelaide indicates that the club's representative (Mrs. Hodgson) was defeated by Mr. A. H. Adams. In the southern States croquet seems to have a large following of men players. Mr. Adams evidently is an outstanding player, as the report states that in a subsequent game he made a break of nine hoops.

In the recent Queensland Croquet Association tournament in Brisbane country players had more than their share of successes. They won 11 first prizes and 10 second prizes, while metropolitan players won 6 firsts and 7 seconds. The report of the manager (Mrs. Pitter) which was presented at a meeting of the Queensland Croquet Association Council and tournament sub-committee showed that the tournament was most successful, the outstanding feature being the fine spirit in which the games were contested. Players and spectators gained a wider knowledge of the methods of play and of the rules, and it was felt that the experience gained by the country players would help towards improving play in the country centres. There were 441 entries and the 429 games were completed in 10 days.

Results of last Saturday's play were:

Mesdames Broadfoot and Fox .. 26

Mesdames Thorburn and Wensley 21

Mesdames Grahame and Wilson 26

Mesdames Rogers and Brodie .. 17

Mesdames Fogarty and Cossart .. 19

Mrs. Kingsford .. .. .. .. 18

Mesdames Marshall and Dines .. 26

Mesdames Fortescue and Boyce .. 16

Mrs. Bridgeman and Miss C. Hooper .. .. .. 26

Mrs. Lee .. .. .. .. 21

Results of last Wednesday's play:

Mesdames Kingsford and Fogarty 26

Mesdames Grahame and Sullivan 25

Mesdames Marshall and Lee .. 26

Mr. Goodrich .. .. .. .. 23

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 25 September 1936. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)