1938 pennant unfurled at the club

With the sunlight gleaming on the trim green lawns and garden beds of colourful blooms the West Toowoomba Croquet Club was an attractive place yesterday afternoon when the 1938 pennant was unfurled by the president of the Queensland Croquet Association (Mrs. W. A. Austin).

The president of the club (Mrs. J. Krimmer) introduced Mrs. Austin and extended a welcome to her and the other visitors.

Mrs. Austin said she had travelled many miles to celebrate with the West Toowoomba Croquet Club members on the occasion of the unfurling of the senior pennant. She congratulated the president and the members and hoped that they would have further success.

"Croquet has become a game of science," said Mrs. Austin, "and to get the best results we have to give our best efforts. The past year has been a full one for the Croquet Association, and it is most gratifying to see, by the results of the inter-State test matches in Sydney, that the Queensland play is well up to standard."

The Mayoress (Mrs. J. D. Annand) also extended her congratulations to the club and presented the prizes won during the 1938 season.

Low crystal bowls holding carnations in red, pink and yellow toning, deep blue larkspurs, Dorothy Perkins roses, daisies and gerberas were spaced about the tables in the pavilion, where tea was served. Gladioli, Geraldton wax plant, broom and statice filled tall brass jars which were set in colourful groupings against the cream panelled walls. Bouquets were presented to Mesdames Annand, Austin, J. Krimmer and J. J. Holmes. Visitors were present from the Queensland Croquet Association, metropolitan and Downs clubs.

Mrs. Annand wore a wide-leafed light coloured straw hat with her blue flower-patterned romaine frock. It was fashioned with a scalloped neckline and wrist-length sleeves and fastened with tiny blue buttons. Mrs. Krimmer wore a gown of black sheer patterned in white and finished with a centre panel of black satin, which extended from the neckline to hemline in front. Her black neora straw hat was touched with white to tone. Mrs. Austin wore an edge-to-edge coat of black sheer with her white moire frock, which was designed in white and caught at the V neckline with a white camellia. Her black hat was encircled with a fluted band of black corded ribbon.

At night a bridge party was arranged in the pavilion for the entertainment of the visitors.

The prizes presented were: A Grade Championship, Mrs. J. Flegler; runner-up, Mrs. R. S. Gibson; B Grade Championship, Miss E. Campbell, runner-up, Mrs. J. G. Grant; Doubles Handicap, Mesdames J. Flegler and W. A. Elvery; runners-up, Mesdames R. W. McLean and A. McBride; Mrs. J. Muir's Trophy, Mrs. B. Farr; Single Handicap, Mrs. J. Searle; runner-up, Mrs. A. McBride; Novice Handicap, Mrs. W. A. Elvery; runner-up, Mrs. A. R. Orr.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 15 November 1938. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)