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It was a happy thought on the part of the West Toowoomba Croquet Club to suggest a home-and-home match with the Toowoomba Club on Monday, May 24. Very pleasant games took place on the lawns of both…

Trove2 min read28 May 1937
HeadingCROQUET INTER-CLUB PLAY
NewspaperThe Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette
DateFriday 28 May 1937, page 12Fri 28 May 1937, p. 12
Found onTrove, National Library of Australia

t was a happy thought on the part of the West Toowoomba Croquet Club to suggest a home-and-home match with the Toowoomba Club on Monday, May 24. Very pleasant games took place on the lawns of both clubs, the players being restricted to B and C Grades. The Toowoomba Club was five points up on the day's play.

Games were as follow:—

Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. Fox (T.) 26, Mrs. Searle and Mrs. Stewart (W.T.) 18. Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Wensley (T.) 26, Mrs. Blake and Mrs. Bullock (W.T.) 18. Mrs. Fogarty and Mrs. Thorburn (T.) 24, Miss Campbell and Mrs. O'Connell (W.T.) 26. Mrs. Kingsford and Mrs. Brodie (T.) 17, Mrs. Padget and Mrs. McConachie (W.T.) 26.

On Wednesday the club games resulted as follows:—

Mesdames Marshall and Dines 22, Hodgson and Fortescue 23. Lee and Fox 23, Goodrich and Fogarty 17. Wilson and Slatyer 10, Brodie and Wensley 19. Kingsford and Thorburn 21, Rogers 26.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 28 May 1937. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 28 May 1937. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)

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