The following article was published in the Croquet Gazette in April 2022. It’s now time to share our tunnel of time with the world, starting from the beginning. Thank you to Chris ‘Statto’ Williams for his research and dedication to our history. In this new section we take a look back through the ‘Tunnel of […]
Thomas Mayne Reid (1818-1883)
In “Croquet: The Complete Guide” (1988) Anton Gill described Reid as “a flamboyant character of the gentleman adventurer type” who was “clearly a skilled player with a vision of democratised croquet”. His vision certainly extended to the prospect of gaining some personal financial advantage from the sport. He was minded to compete with “Monsieur” John […]
A Beddow replica?
The story of the Champion Cup (or Beddow Cup, as the trophy is now generally known) is a familiar one to students of croquet history and was re-told in the Gazette of June 2007. Presented by A E Beddow – a good but not renowned player – in 1901, for competition each year between the […]