Three clubs combine to hold the Downs tournament

Sixty-seven players have provided 154 entries for the Downs Croquet tournament, which will begin in Toowoomba on May 4 and will continue for five days. Play will take place on the West Toowoomba and Toowoomba Croquet greens. Entries close this week, and the draw will be made on Tuesday or Wednesday. Players will be present from Toowoomba, Brisbane, Warwick, Allora, Pittsworth, Charleville, Southport, and Kingaroy. Prominent members of croquet clubs, including Mrs. A. H. Austin (president of the Queensland Croquet Association), will attend. The three Toowoomba Croquet Clubs—Toowoomba, West Toowoomba, and Laurel Park—are combining to conduct the carnival. A similar tournament was conducted at Allora last year on a small scale, when arrangements were made to hold the Downs carnival at Toowoomba on more ambitious lines.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 24 April 1937. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)