Be sure to check out Croquet England’s website as they continue to celebrate Women in History Month.
Dorothy Dyne Steel was probably the most successful croquet player in the World from 1919 to 1937.
Edith Joan Warwick, always known as Joan, was a very successful international hockey player before becoming an international croquet player.
Gail Curry took up croquet in 1987 and her successes came in the last decade of the twentieth century.
Lilias Mary Gower, known as Lily, (1877-1959) made her first public appearance on a croquet court, aged 22, at Budleigh Salterton in 1898 where, in front of an increasingly incredulous crowd, she beat the favourite, Mr C. E. Willis, to win her first ‘all-comers’ tournament. The following year she won the Ladies Championship.
