Windsor Shield played in four ranked blocks

Windsor Shield

The Shield was conducted in four blocks in ranking order. The top block was made up of the four top-ranked players available on the day. Players 1 and 2 were the top two ranked players in Queensland, and the third and fourth players were ranked 9th and 10th of the men in Queensland.

Play was a double round robin, with the loser of the toss hitting off first in the second game.

The top player from Windsor CC, with a -2 handicap, played brilliant croquet to complete his six one-hour games undefeated.

The remaining three players finished with identical wins and losses to share runners-up. The Toowoomba player was a -2 handicap, with Geoff and the remaining Eildon player both -0 handicappers.

Conducted in temperatures in the mid 30s, the standard of play overall was top-quality croquet.

Geoff Hull