Toowoomba's Mrs. Boyce, 80, just beaten in title play

EIGHTY-YEAR-OLD Toowoomba croquet player, Mrs. M. A. Boyce, winner of eight matches during the interstate carnival, was narrowly beaten 26 to 24 in the open title at Windsor yesterday.

She looked like defeating her opponent, Mrs. J. Coleman (Toombul) until late in the match, but lost confidence after a dispute on a decision of play.

President of the Toowoomba Croquet Club, Mrs. Boyce is the State's oldest player.

The article as it was printed in The Courier-Mail, 26 August 1948. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)