Dry lawns before the Downs Pennant matches

In spite of the threatening weather conditions on Wednesday afternoon, there was a good roll up of members of the Toowoomba Croquet Club, but play had to be suspended quite early owing to a welcome shower of rain. The lawns are very bare of grass and all members would be very pleased to see a few days of wet weather. The Downs Pennant matches are arranged to commence on March 2, hence the particular longing for an improvement in the lawns; this only the water can do before that date. Results of last Saturday's play:

Mesdames Fox, Kingsford .. .. .. 26

Mesdames Bridgman, Thorburn .. 20

Mesdames Rogers, Broadfoot .. .. 22

Mesdames Wilson, Wagner .. .. .. 22

Mesdames Goodrich, Dines .. .. .. 26

Mesdames Marshall, Boyce .. .. 24

Mrs. Hodgson and Miss Hooper .. 26

Mesdames Fogarty, Esler .. .. .. 18

Wednesday's games (unfinished):

Mesdames Lamb, Kingsford .. .. 13

Mesdames Broadfoot, Wensley .. .. 12

Mesdames Wilson, Grahame .. .. 15

Mesdames Rogers, Thorburn .. .. 13

Mesdames Fogarty, Fortescue .. .. 18

Mesdames Cossart, Fox .. .. .. 5

Mrs. Marshall, Miss C. Hooper .. 18

Mesdames Hodgson, Davies .. .. 14

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 12 February 1937. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)