Wikipedia / Croquet Association
Wikipedia / Croquet Association
The Croquet Association, which was formed as the United All England Croquet Association in 1897, is the national governing body for the sport of croquet in England. Until 1974 the association was responsible for croquet in the whole of the United Kingdom. The Scottish Croquet Association, formed in 1974, now has responsibility for croquet in Scotland. At the 2013 AGM the association formally relinquished control of the game in the other parts of the United Kingdom.
Presidents of the association have included Sir Compton Mackenzie, who was President from 1953 to 1966. The association controls the rules of the game, in conjunction with the croquet associations of Australia, New Zealand and the United States. It also controls the regulations of tournaments for its member clubs. The Open Championship (association) of croquet originally dates back to 1867, but after a hiatus during the years 1883-1896 was reintroduced by the Croquet Association. This and the Golf Croquet Open Championship are the premier events in the UK of each code.
Competitions
Association Croquet competitions
The President's Cup was introduced in 1901, though at the time it was known as the Beddow Cup, named after A.E.Beddow, the trophy's donor. The President's Cup was an invitational rather than an open competition, and was contested between the top ten (now eight) croquet players chosen by the Croquet Association. The original cup became the property of Miss Dorothy Dyne Steel in 1933 after she won the competition for a record fourth time. A new cup was required for the 1934 competition and one was presented by then president, Trevor Williams, the competition being known as the President's Cup from that date.
In 2001, the Open Championship was combined with the World Championship.
Singles competitions
Year | Croquet Championship | Women's Championship | Men's Championship | President's Cup |
1867 | Walter Whitmore | |||
1868 | Walter H. Peel | |||
1869 | George Curling Joad | Mrs GC Joad | ||
1870 | Walter H. Peel (2) | Miss Walter | ||
1871 | Walter H. Peel (3) | Mrs JH Walsh | ||
1872 | C. Black | Mrs JH Walsh (2) | ||
1873 | James Heath | Mrs JH Walsh (3) | ||
1874 | James Heath (2) | Miss FH Williamson | ||
1875 | Mrs Hallows | |||
1876 | Colonel Busk | Miss K. Philbrick | ||
1877 | B. Carter Evelegh | Miss K. Philbrick (2) | ||
1878 | A. H. Spong | Miss E Walsh | ||
1879 | B. Carter Evelegh (2) | Miss E Walsh (2) | ||
1880 | A. H. Spong (2) | Miss E Walsh (3) | ||
1881 | A. H. Spong (3) | Miss K. Philbrick (3) | ||
1882 | A. H. Spong (4) | Miss K. Philbrick (4) | ||
1883-1896 | No Competition | No Competition | ||
1897 | Charles Willis | Maud Drummond | ||
1898 | Clement Powell | Olive Henry | ||
1899 | B. Carter Evelegh (3) | |||
1900 | John Austin | Lily Gower (2) | ||
1901 | Robert Roper | Lily Gower (3) | William Bruce | |
1902 | Miss M Glyn | Geoffrey Woolston | ||
1903 | Cyril Corbally (2) | Geoffrey Woolston (2) | ||
1904 | Miss V. Rowley | |||
1905 | Nina Coote (2) | |||
1906 | Cyril Corbally (3) | Mrs J. Watson | Geoffrey Woolston (3) | |
1907 | Reginald Beaton (2) | Eveline Bramwell | Maurice Barry | |
1908 | Cyril Corbally (4) | Eveline Bramwell (2) | Edmund Fawcett | |
1909 | Geoffrey Ashmore | Nora J Beausire | Leslie O'Callaghan | |
1910 | Leslie O'Callaghan | Bertha Willis | Leslie O'Callaghan (2) | |
1911 | Edgar Whitaker | Elsie Reid | H Maxwell Browne | |
1912 | Leslie O'Callaghan (2) | Ella Simeon | ||
1913 | Cyril Corbally (5) | Lady Julian Parr | ||
1914 | Eveline Bramwell (3) | Herbert Snell | ||
1915-1918 | No Competition | No Competition | No Competition | |
1919 | Duff Mathews (2) | Claude Barry | ||
1920 | Duff Mathews (3) | Bertha Hope | Leslie O'Callaghan (3) | |
1921 | Leslie O'Callaghan (3) | Noel Gilchrist | Claude Barry (2) | |
1922 | Charles Pepper | Dorothy Steel (2) | ||
1923 | Herbert Snell | Lorn Strickland | Dorothy Steel (2) | |
1924 | David Joseph | Mona Bryan | Noel de la Mothe (née Gilchrist) | |
1925 | Dorothy Steel (3) | Charles Elwes | ||
1926 | Dorothy Steel (4) | Edgar Whitaker | ||
1927 | Duff Mathews (4) | Dorothy Steel (5) | Edgar Whitaker (2) | |
1928 | Knightley Coxe | Lily Beaton (4) | Bernard Klein | Knightley Coxe |
1929 | Dorothy Steel (6) | Bruce Morgan | ||
1930 | Ben Apps (2) | Dorothy Steel (7) | ||
1931 | Ben Apps (3) | Effie Ionides | Ben Apps (2) | Dorothy Steel (3) |
1932 | Dorothy Steel (8) | Humphrey Hicks (2) | Bruce Morgan (2) | |
1933 | Dorothy Steel (9) | Dorothy Steel (4) | ||
1934 | Dorothy Steel (10) | John Lovett | Dorothy Steel (5) | |
1935 | Dorothy Steel (2) | Dorothy Steel (11) | ||
1936 | Dorothy Steel (3) | Dorothy Steel (12) | Lorn C. Apps | |
1937 | Charles Colman | Dorothy Steel (13) | John McMordie | Dorothy Steel (6) |
1938 | Dorothy Steel (14) | Charles Colman | Charles Colman | |
1939 | Humphrey Hicks (2) | Dorothy Steel (15) | Robert Tingey | No Competition |
1940-1945 | No Competition | No Competition | No Competition | No Competition |
1946 | Phyllis Wiggins | Maurice Reckitt (2) | ||
1947 | Humphrey Hicks (3) | Nora Elvey | Eddie Ward Petley | Humphrey Hicks (2) |
1948 | Humphrey Hicks (4) | Nora Elvey (2) | Humphrey Hicks (3) | Humphrey Hicks (3) |
1949 | Humphrey Hicks (5) | Daisy Lintern | Humphrey Hicks (4) | |
1950 | Humphrey Hicks (6) | Margaret Claughton | Humphrey Hicks (5) | Pat Cotter (2) |
1951 | Geoffrey L. Reckitt | Daisy Lintern (2) | Humphrey Hicks (4) | |
1952 | Humphrey Hicks (7) | Pat Cotter (3) | ||
1953 | Hope Rotherham (2) | John Solomon (2) | Pat Cotter (4) | |
1954 | Arthur Ross | Daisy Lintern (3) | Pat Cotter (2) | Humphrey Hicks (5) |
1955 | Hope Rotherham (3) | Humphrey Hicks (6) | ||
1956 | John Solomon (2) | Ada Kirk | Humphrey Hicks (7) | Pat Cotter (5) |
1957 | Bobby Wiggins | Daisy Lintern (4) | Bobby Wiggins | John Solomon (2) |
1958 | Pat Cotter (2) | Daisy Lintern (5) | John Solomon (3) | John Solomon (3) |
1959 | John Solomon (3) | Hope Rotherham (4) | John Solomon (4) | John Solomon (4) |
1960 | John Solomon (5) | Pat Cotter (6) | ||
1961 | John Solomon (4) | Humphrey Hicks (8) | Humphrey Hicks (6) | |
1962 | Pat Cotter (3) | Joan Warwick (2) | John Solomon (6) | John Solomon (5) |
1963 | John Solomon (5) | Hope Rotherham (5) | John Solomon (7) | John Solomon (6) |
1964 | John Solomon (6) | Hope Rotherham (6) | John Solomon (8) | John Solomon (7) |
1965 | John Solomon (7) | Joan Warwick (3) | John Solomon (9) | John Bolton |
1966 | John Solomon (8) | Joan Warwick (4) | Humphrey Hicks (9) | William Ormerod |
1967 | John Solomon (9) | Margaret Lightfoot | ||
1968 | John Solomon (10) | Joan Warwick (5) | John Solomon (8) | |
1969 | Hope Rotherham (7) | Pat Cotter (3) | ||
1970 | Jean Jarden | William Ormerod | Nigel Aspinall (2) | |
1971 | Keith Wylie (2) | Jocelyn Sundius-Smith | John Solomon (10) | John Solomon (9) |
1972 | Jean Jarden (2) | John Solomon (11) | William Prichard | |
1973 | Bernard Neal (2) | Kitty Sessions | Nigel Aspinall (3) | |
1974 | Nigel Aspinall (2) | Kitty Sessions (2) | Martin Murray | Nigel Aspinall (4) |
1975 | Nigel Aspinall (3) | Kitty Wheeler (3) | Edgar Jackson | Nigel Aspinall (5) |
1976 | Nigel Aspinall (4) | Barbara Meachem | Martin Murray (2) | Nigel Aspinall (6) |
1977 | Michael Heap | Frances Joly | Edgar Jackson (2) | Keith Wylie (2) |
1978 | Nigel Aspinall (5) | Veronica Carlisle | Paul Hands | Nigel Aspinall (7) |
1979 | David Openshaw | Barbara Meachem (2) | George Noble | Eric Solomon |
1980 | William Prichard | Barbara Meachem (3) | Martin Murray (3) | Nigel Aspinall (8) |
1981 | David Openshaw (2) | Veronica Carlisle (2) | David Openshaw | |
1982 | Nigel Aspinall (6) | Susan Wiggins | Martin Murray (4) | Nigel Aspinall (9) |
1983 | Nigel Aspinall (7) | Susan Wiggins (2) | Nigel Aspinall (2) | Stephen Mulliner (2) |
1984 | Nigel Aspinall (8) | Veronica Carlisle (3) | Nigel Aspinall (10) | |
1985 | David Openshaw (3) | Mary Collin | Stephen Mulliner (2) | Nigel Aspinall (11) |
1986 | Joe Hogan | Susan Wiggins (3) | David Foulser | Stephen Mulliner (3) |
1987 | Mark Avery | Mary Collin (2) | Keith Aiton | Stephen Mulliner (4) |
1988 | Debbie Cornelius | Mark Saurin | ||
1989 | Joe Hogan (2) | Bo Harris | Keith Aiton (2) | |
1990 | Stephen Mulliner (2) | Frances Ransom | David Maugham | |
1991 | David Openshaw (2) | Chris Clarke (2) | ||
1992 | Robert Fulford (2) | Gail Curry (2) | Colin Irwin | Stephen Mulliner (5) |
1993 | Gail Curry (3) | David Maugham (2) | ||
1994 | Reginald Bamford (2) | Debbie Cornelius (2) | Michael Taylor | David Maugham (3) |
1995 | Reginald Bamford (3) | Gail Curry (4) | David Openshaw (3) | Chris Clarke (3) |
1996 | Robert Fulford (3) | Gail Curry (5) | David Goacher | Chris Clarke (4) |
1997 | Bo Harris (2) | Aaron Westerby | Steve Comish | |
1998 | Robert Fulford (4) | Frances Ransom (2) | Robert Fulford (2) | Robert Fulford (2) |
1999 | Reginald Bamford (4) | Beatrice McGlen | Reginald Bamford (2) | Robert Fulford (3) |
2000 | Stephen Mulliner (3) | Louise Bradforth | Reginald Bamford (3) | Ed Cunningham |
2001 | Reginald Bamford (5) | Creina Dawson | Reginald Bamford (4) | Robert Fulford (4) |
2002 | Reginald Bamford (6) | Jenny Williams | Reginald Bamford (5) | Robert Fulford (5) |
2003 | Robert Fulford (5) | Gail Curry (6) | Pete Trimmer | Chris Clarke (5) |
2004 | Robert Fulford (6) | Liz Fleming | Reginald Bamford (6) | David Maugham (4) |
2005 | David Maugham | Jenny Williams (2) | Keith Aiton | |
2006 | Robert Fulford (7) | Louise Bradforth (2) | Robert Fulford (3) | Robert Fulford (6) |
2007 | Robert Fulford (8) | Louise Bradforth (3) | Keith Aiton (3) | James Death |
2008 | Robert Fulford (9) | Louise Bradforth (4) | Keith Aiton (4) | Robert Fulford (7) |
2009 | Rutger Beijderwellen | Carol Smith | David Maugham | Robert Fulford (8) |
2010 | Reginald Bamford (7) | Gabrielle Higgins | James Death | Robert Fulford (9) |
2011 | Reginald Bamford (8) | Miranda Morgan | Robert Fulford (4) | Robert Fulford (10) |
2012 | Reginald Bamford (9) | Ailsa Lines | James Death (2) | Robert Fulford (11) |
2013 | Reginald Bamford (10) | Gabrielle Higgins (2) | Jamie Burch | Samir Patel |
2014 | Robert Fulford (10) | Gabrielle Higgins (3) | James Death (3) | Jamie Burch |
2015 | Robert Fulford (11) | Annabel McDiarmid | David Maugham (2) | Paddy Chapman |
2016 | Louise Bradforth (5) | David Maugham (3) | David Maugham (5) | |
2017 | Reginald Bamford (11) | Jenny Clarke (3) | David Maugham (4) | Jose Riva |
2018 | David Maugham (2) | Louise Bradforth (6) | James Death (4) | Robert Fulford (12) |
2019 | James Death | Jenny Clarke (4) | James Death (5) | Jose Riva (2) |
2020 | Paddy Chapman | Not played | Not played | Paddy Chapman (2) |
2021 | Reginald Bamford (12) | Gabrielle Higgins (4) | James Death (6) | Mark Avery |
2022 | James Death (2) | Jenny Clarke (5) | James Death (7) | Samir Patel (2) |
2023 | Mark Avery (2) | Jenny Clarke (6) | Harry Fisher | Stephen Mulliner (6) |
2024 | James Death (3) | Jenny Clarke (7) | James Death (8) | Samir Patel (3) |
2025 | Robert Fulford (12) | Jenny Clarke (8) | James Death (9) | Andrew Johnston |
2026 | James Death (4) | Jenny Clarke (9) | Samir Patel |
Doubles competitions
Year | Doubles Championship | Mixed Doubles |
1919 | Claude Barry & Bertha Hope | |
1920 | ||
1921 | Leslie O'Callaghan & Evelyn Bramwell | |
1922 | Richard O'Callaghan & Noel Gilchrist | |
1923 | ||
1924 | Thomas Dickson & Dorothy Steel | David Joseph & Winifred Heap |
1925 | Duff Mathews & Trevor Williams | Robert Leetham-Jones & Millie Haslam |
1926 | Charles Wilson & Lily Beaton | Ben Apps & Lorn Strickland |
1927 | Dorothy Steel & Noel Gilchrist | Ben Apps & Lorn Strickland |
1928 | Dorothy Steel & Noel Gilchrist | David Joseph & Winifred Heap |
1929 | Bernard Klein & Charles Wentworth-Reeve | |
1930 | Trevor Hardman & Evelyn Clarkson | |
1931 | Humphrey Hicks & Mrs FH White | |
1932 | Charles Wilson & Windsor Richards | |
1933 | Bernard Klein & Maurice Reckitt | Trevor Williams & Effie Ionides |
1934 | Bernard Klein & Maurice Reckitt | |
1935 | Reginald Poulter & Eddie Ward Petley | |
1936 | Handel Elvey & Nora Elvey | |
1937 | Lord Tollemache & Sir Gerald Burke | Maurice Reckitt & Lorn Apps |
1938 | Charles Colman & Lily Beaton | |
1939 | Robert Tingey & Knightley Coxe | Eddie Ward-Petley & Dorothy Steel |
1946 | Maurice Reckitt & Daisy Lintern | Maurice Reckitt & Daisy Lintern |
1947 | Robert Tingey & Col. JG Clarke | Eddie Ward-Petley & Dorothy Steel |
1948 | Maurice Reckitt & Daisy Lintern | |
1949 | Ashley Heenan & Winifred Kingsford | |
1950 | Geoffrey & Maurice Reckitt | |
1951 | Pat Cotter & Isabel Turketine | |
1952 | Humphrey Hicks & Bobby Wiggins | Maurice Reckitt & Daisy Lintern |
1953 | Humphrey Hicks & Bobby Wiggins | Bobby Wiggins & Hope Rotherham |
1954 | John Solomon & Freda Oddie | |
1955 | ||
1956 | Freddie Stone & Leslie Kirk-Greene | Gordon Rowling & Tui Mackenzie-Smartt |
1957 | Humphrey Hicks & Bobby Wiggins | |
1958 | Maurice Reckitt & Daisy Lintern | |
1959 | Bobby Wiggins & Hope Rotherham | |
1960 | Humphrey Hicks & William Ormerod | Gerald Cave & Muriel Reeve |
1961 | John Hollweg & Agnes Mills | |
1962 | Guy Warwick & Joan Warwick | |
1963 | ||
1964 | ||
1965 | ||
1966 | Nigel Aspinall & Jon Simon | |
1967 | Dudley Hamilton-Miller & Peter Hallett | David Prichard & Joan Warwick |
1968 | Nigel Aspinall & Jon Simon | John Bolton & Bernie Duthie |
1969 | William & Betty Prichard | |
1970 | Nigel Aspinall & Jon Simon | Bill Perry & Joan Warwick |
1971 | Nigel Aspinall & William Ormerod | Bill Perry & Joan Warwick |
1972 | Nigel Aspinall & William Ormerod | Bernard Neal & Jean Jarden |
1973 | Humphrey Hicks & John Soutter | Nigel Aspinall & Biddy Dodd |
1974 | John Prince & Gordon Rowling | Paul Hands & Kitty Sessions |
1975 | Nigel Aspinall & William Ormerod | Colin Prichard & Betty Prichard |
1976 | Nigel Aspinall & William Ormerod | Colin Prichard & Betty Prichard |
1977 | Michael Heap & Stephen Wright | Edgar Jackson & Juliet Povey |
1978 | Nigel Aspinall & William Ormerod | Andrew Hope & Pat Asa-Thomas |
1979 | Bernard Neal & Stephen Hemsted | Martin Murray & Barbara Meachem |
1980 | William Prichard & Stephen Mulliner | Bryan Sykes & Sue Sykes |
1981 | Stephen Mulliner & Mark Ormerod | Martin Murray & Barbara Meachem |
1982 | Andrew Hope & Martin Murray | Nigel Aspinall & Carole Knox |
1983 | Phil Cordingley & John McCullough | Martin Murray & Kay Yeoman |
1984 | Ian Bond & Veronica Carlisle | |
1985 | Mark Avery & David Openshaw | Keith Aiton & Mary Collin |
1986 | Tom Griffith & Jan Macleod | |
1987 | Mark Avery & David Openshaw | Nigel Aspinall & Debbie Cornelius |
1988 | Paul Smith & Carmen Bazley | |
1989 | Joe Hogan & Bob Jackson | Ian Maugham & Bo Harris |
1990 | Mark Saurin & Fiona McCoig | |
1991 | Ray & Frances Ransom | |
1992 | John Haslam & Gail Curry | |
1993 | David Goacher & Rosemary Gugan | |
1994 | Lewis Palmer & Annabel McDiarmid | |
1995 | Steve Comish & David Maugham | David Goacher & Rosemary Gugan |
1996 | David Goacher & Rosemary Gugan | |
1997 | Don Gaunt & Kismet Whittall | |
1998 | David Goacher & Rosemary Gugan | |
1999 | Chris Farthing & Chris Patmore | Dave Kibble & Louise Bradforth |
2000 | Dave Kibble & Louise Bradforth | |
2001 | James Death & Gail Curry | |
2002 | Chris Clarke & David Maugham | David Openshaw & Kath Priestley |
2003 | Not completed | David Openshaw & Kath Priestley |
2004 | David Maugham & Jenny Williams | |
2005 | Reginald Bamford & John Gibbons | David Maugham & Ailsa Lines |
2006 | David & Eileen Magee | |
2007 | Chris Clarke & Jenny Williams | |
2008 | James Death & Robert Fulford | Paul Castell & Mary Knapp |
2009 | Ian Burridge & Jonathan Kirby | Keith Aiton & Gabrielle Higgins |
2010 | Robert Fletcher & Stephen Mulliner | Keith Aiton & Gabrielle Higgins |
2011 | Reginald Bamford & Rutger Beijderwellen | Dave Kibble & Louise Bradforth |
2012 | James Death & Robert Fulford | David Maugham & Ailsa Lines |
2013 | Kevin Beard & Jeff Dawson | Keith Aiton & Gabrielle Higgins |
2014 | Keith Aiton & Gabrielle Higgins | |
2015 | Keith Aiton & Gabrielle Higgins | |
2016 | Paddy Chapman & David Maugham | David Maugham & Gabrielle Higgins |
2017 | James Death & Samir Patel | Chris Clarke & Jenny Clarke |
2018 | Not Completed | David Maugham & Alison Jones |
2019 | James Death & Samir Patel | Mark Suter & Sarah Hayes |
2020 | Not contested | Not contested |
2021 | James Death & Samir Patel | Mark Suter & Sarah Hayes |
2022 | Stephen Mulliner & Mark Suter | Ian Burridge & Rachel Gee |
2023 | Robert Fletcher & Stephen Mulliner | Harry Fisher & Gabrielle Higgins |
2024 | James Death & Samir Patel | Chris Clarke & Jenny Clarke |
2025 | James Death & Samir Patel | Samir Patel & Debbie Lines |
2026 | Robert Fulford & Jack Good | Chris Clarke & Jenny Clarke |
Golf Croquet competitions
The Golf Croquet First Eight is also an invitational competition contested between the top eight croquet players chosen by the Croquet Association. First held in 2008, players originally competed for the Musk's Cup, but was replaced by the Ricki Savage Memorial Trophy as the tournament was no longer sponsored by Musks.
The English National Singles Championship is a competition for which players gain places through qualification by performing well in certain other events throughout the season. In the current format, there are eight qualification tournaments in which both finalists qualify for the 16-player final, held at the end of the season. These eight qualifiers make up what is called the Championship Series, which are chosen by the Croquet Association as the eight consistently strongest Championship events (apart from the Open Championship).
In 2004, the Open Championship was combined with the World Championship.
Presidents
Year | President |
1905-1907 | |
1908-1933 | |
1933-1939 | Trevor Williams |
1939-1941 | |
1946-1953 | Sir Francis Colchester-Wemyss |
1953-1967 | |
1967-1975 | |
1975-1982 | Edward Duffield |
1982-2004 | |
2004-2009 | |
2009-2022 | Quiller Barrett |
2022-2025 | Patricia Duke-Cox |
2025- | Jonathan Isaacs |
References
Notations
Croquet Records maintained by Mr C. Williams
External links