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

Croquet

Croquet is a lawn game, played both as a recreational pastime and as a competitive sport. It involves hitting plastic or wooden balls with a mallet through hoops embedded into the grass playing court.-History:...

 in England

England

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, Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

, Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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, the Channel Islands and the Isle Of Man

Isle of Man

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. Until 1974 the association was responsible for croquet in the whole of the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

. The Scottish Croquet Association, formed in 1974, now has responsibility for croquet in Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

.

Presidents of the association have included Sir Compton Mackenzie

Compton Mackenzie

Sir Compton Mackenzie, OBE was a writer and a Scottish nationalist.-Background:Compton Mackenzie was born in West Hartlepool, England, into a theatrical family of Mackenzies, but many of whose members used Compton as their stage surname, starting with his grandfather Henry Compton, a well-known...

, who was President from 1953 to 1966. The association controls the rules of the game, in conjunction with the croquet associations of Australia

Australia

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, New Zealand

New Zealand

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 and the United States

United States

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. It also controls the regulations of tournaments for its member clubs. The Open Championship of croquet originally dates back to 1867, but after a hiatus during the years 1883-1896 was reintroduced by the Croquet Association.

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 donater. The President's Cup was an invitational rather than an open competition, and was contested between the top ten 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 Cu from that date.

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	Miss Walter
1871	Walter H. Peel	Mrs JH Walsh
1872	C. Black	Mrs JH Walsh
1873	James Heath	Mrs JH Walsh
1874	James Heath	Miss FH Williamson
1875	Reginald Gray	Mrs Hallows
1876	Colonel Busk	Miss K. Philbrick
1877	B. Carter Evelegh	Miss K. Philbrick
1878	A. H. Spong	Miss E Walsh
1879	B. Carter Evelegh	Miss E Walsh
1880	A. H. Spong	Miss E Walsh
1881	A. H. Spong	Miss K. Philbrick
1882	A. H. Spong	Miss K. Philbrick
1883-1896	No Competition	No Competition
1897	Charles Willis	Maud Drummond
1898	Clement Powell	Olive Henry
1899	B Carter Evelegh	Lily Gower Lily Gower Lily Gower, birth name Lilias Mary Gower was a Welsh croquet player, a multiple time winner of the Women's Championship. She was one of the three women who have won the British Open Championship....
1900	John Austin	Lily Gower Lily Gower Lily Gower, birth name Lilias Mary Gower was a Welsh croquet player, a multiple time winner of the Women's Championship. She was one of the three women who have won the British Open Championship....
1901	Robert Roper	Lily Gower Lily Gower Lily Gower, birth name Lilias Mary Gower was a Welsh croquet player, a multiple time winner of the Women's Championship. She was one of the three women who have won the British Open Championship....		William Bruce
1902	Cyril Corbally	Miss M Glyn		Geoffrey Woolston
1903	Cyril Corbally	Nina Coote		Geoffrey Woolston
1904	Reginald Beaton	Miss V. Rowley		Lily Gower Lily Gower Lily Gower, birth name Lilias Mary Gower was a Welsh croquet player, a multiple time winner of the Women's Championship. She was one of the three women who have won the British Open Championship....
1905	Lily Gower Lily Gower Lily Gower, birth name Lilias Mary Gower was a Welsh croquet player, a multiple time winner of the Women's Championship. She was one of the three women who have won the British Open Championship....	Nina Coote		Reginald Beaton
1906	Cyril Corbally	Mrs J. Watson		Geoffrey Woolston
1907	Reginald Beaton	Evelyn Bramwell		Maurice Barry
1908	Cyril Corbally	Evelyn Bramwell		Edmund Fawcett
1909	Geoffrey Ashmore	Nora J Beausire		Leslie O'Callaghan
1910	Leslie O'Callaghan	Bertha Willis		Leslie O'Callaghan
1911	Edgar Whitaker	Elsie Reid		H Maxwell Browne
1912	Leslie O'Callaghan	Ella Simeon		Duff Mathews
1913	Cyril Corbally	Lady Julian Parr		Cyril Corbally
1914	Duff Mathews	Evelyn Bramwell		Herbert Snell
1915-1918	No Competition	No Competition
1919	Duff Mathews	Dorothy Steel		Francis Barry
1920	Duff Mathews	Mrs W.H. Hope		Leslie O'Callaghan
1921	Leslie O'Callaghan	Noel Gilchrist		Francis Barry
1922	Charles Pepper	Dorothy Steel		Dorothy Steel
1923	Herbert Snell	Lorn Strickland		Dorothy Steel
1924	David Joseph	Mona Bryan		Noel de la Mothe (nee Gilchrist)
1925	Dorothy Steel	Dorothy Steel	Charles Elwes	William Longman
1926	Ben Apps	Dorothy Steel	Cyril Corbally	Edgar Whitaker
1927	Duff Mathews	Dorothy Steel	Lt.-Col. William Du Pre William Baring du Pré Colonel William Baring du Pré was a British Conservative Party politician.Du Pré was educated at Winchester and the RMA and was originally commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps but served in the Boer War with 47th Coy., Imperial Yeomanry. He was captured in the "Yeomanry Disaster" at...	Edgar Whitaker
1928	Knightley Coxe	Lily Beaton Lily Gower Lily Gower, birth name Lilias Mary Gower was a Welsh croquet player, a multiple time winner of the Women's Championship. She was one of the three women who have won the British Open Championship....	Bernard Klein	Knightley Coxe
1929	Lt.-Col. William Du Pre William Baring du Pré Colonel William Baring du Pré was a British Conservative Party politician.Du Pré was educated at Winchester and the RMA and was originally commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps but served in the Boer War with 47th Coy., Imperial Yeomanry. He was captured in the "Yeomanry Disaster" at...	Dorothy Steel	Ben Apps	Bruce Morgan
1930	Ben Apps	Dorothy Steel	Humphrey Hicks	Humphrey Hicks
1931	Ben Apps	Effie Ionides	Ben Apps	Dorothy Steel
1932	Humphrey Hicks	Dorothy Steel	Humphrey Hicks	Bruce Morgan
1933	Dorothy Steel	Dorothy Steel	Lt.-Col. William Du Pre William Baring du Pré Colonel William Baring du Pré was a British Conservative Party politician.Du Pré was educated at Winchester and the RMA and was originally commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps but served in the Boer War with 47th Coy., Imperial Yeomanry. He was captured in the "Yeomanry Disaster" at...	Dorothy Steel
1934	Lt.-Col. William Du Pre William Baring du Pré Colonel William Baring du Pré was a British Conservative Party politician.Du Pré was educated at Winchester and the RMA and was originally commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps but served in the Boer War with 47th Coy., Imperial Yeomanry. He was captured in the "Yeomanry Disaster" at...	Dorothy Steel	J. N. Lovett	Dorothy Steel
1935	Dorothy Steel	Dorothy Steel	Maurice Reckitt Maurice Reckitt Maurice Benington Reckitt was a leading British Anglo-Catholic and Christian Socialist writer. He edited Christendom, A Journal of Christian Sociology from 1931 to 1950....	Lt.-Col. William Du Pre William Baring du Pré Colonel William Baring du Pré was a British Conservative Party politician.Du Pré was educated at Winchester and the RMA and was originally commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps but served in the Boer War with 47th Coy., Imperial Yeomanry. He was captured in the "Yeomanry Disaster" at...
1936	Dorothy Steel	Dorothy Steel	Lt.-Col. William Du Pre William Baring du Pré Colonel William Baring du Pré was a British Conservative Party politician.Du Pré was educated at Winchester and the RMA and was originally commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps but served in the Boer War with 47th Coy., Imperial Yeomanry. He was captured in the "Yeomanry Disaster" at...	Lorn C. Apps
1937	Charles Colman	Dorothy Steel	John McMordie	Dorothy Steel
1938	Dudley Hamilton-Miller	Dorothy Steel	Charles Colman	Charles Colman
1939	Humphrey Hicks	Dorothy Steel	Robert Tingey	No Competition
1940-1945	No Competition	No Competition	No Competition	No Competition
1946	Dudley Hamilton-Miller	Phyllis Wiggins	Maurice Reckitt Maurice Reckitt Maurice Benington Reckitt was a leading British Anglo-Catholic and Christian Socialist writer. He edited Christendom, A Journal of Christian Sociology from 1931 to 1950....	Dudley Hamilton-Miller
1947	Humphrey Hicks	Nora Elvey	Eddie Ward Petley	Humphrey Hicks
1948	Humphrey Hicks	Nora Elvey	Humphrey Hicks	Humphrey Hicks
1949	Humphrey Hicks	Daisy Lintern	Humphrey Hicks	E. Patrick Cotter
1950	Humphrey Hicks	Margaret Claughton	Humphrey Hicks	E. Patrick Cotter
1951	Geoffrey L. Reckitt	Daisy Lintern	John Solomon	Humphrey Hicks
1952	Humphrey Hicks	Hope Rotherham	E. Patrick Cotter	E. Patrick Cotter
1953	John Solomon	Hope Rotherham	John Solomon	E. Patrick Cotter
1954	Arthur Ross	Daisy Lintern	E. Patrick Cotter	Humphrey Hicks
1955	E. Patrick Cotter	Hope Rotherham	Humphrey Hicks	John Solomon
1956	John Solomon	Ada Kirk	Humphrey Hicks	E. Patrick Cotter
1957	Bobby Wiggins	Daisy Lintern	Bobby Wiggins	John Solomon
1958	E. Patrick Cotter	Daisy Lintern	John Solomon	John Solomon
1959	John Solomon	Hope Rotherham	John Solomon	John Solomon
1960	Hope Rotherham	Joan Warwick	John Solomon	E. Patrick Cotter
1961	John Solomon	Isobel Roe Isobel Roe Isobel Marion Roe was an alpine skier, athletic administrator, teacher, and croquet player. As a skier, she was Great Britain Women's Ski Champion and represented Britain in the World Championships in 1937 and the winter Olympics in 1948.-Skiing career:Roe gained notoriety in alpine skiing in the...	Humphrey Hicks	Humphrey Hicks
1962	E. Patrick Cotter	Joan Warwick	John Solomon	John Solomon
1963	John Solomon	Hope Rotherham	John Solomon	John Solomon
1964	John Solomon	Hope Rotherham	John Solomon	John Solomon
1965	John Solomon	Joan Warwick	John Solomon	John Bolton
1966	John Solomon	Joan Warwick	Humphrey Hicks	William Ormerod
1967	John Solomon	E.M. Lightfoot	Bernard Neal	Keith Wylie
1968	John Solomon	Joan Warwick	Keith Wylie	John Solomon
1969	Nigel Aspinall	Hope Rotherham	E. Patrick Cotter	Nigel Aspinall
1970	Keith Wylie	Jean Jarden	William Ormerod	Nigel Aspinall
1971	Keith Wylie	Jocelyn Sundius-Smith	John Solomon	John Solomon
1972	Bernard Neal	Jean Jarden	John Solomon	William Prichard
1973	Bernard Neal	Kitty Sessions	Nigel Aspinall	Nigel Aspinall
1974	Nigel Aspinall	Kitty Sessions	Martin Murray	Nigel Aspinall
1975	Nigel Aspinall	Kitty Wheeler	Edgar Jackson	Nigel Aspinall
1976	Nigel Aspinall	Barbara Meachem	Martin Murray	Nigel Aspinall
1977	Michael Heap	Frances Joly	Edgar Jackson	Keith Wylie
1978	Nigel Aspinall	Veronica Carlisle	Paul Hands	Nigel Aspinall
1979	David Openshaw	Barbara Meachem	George Noble	Eric Solomon
1980	William Prichard	Barbara Meachem	Martin Murray	Nigel Aspinall
1981	David Openshaw	Veronica Carlisle	David Openshaw	Stephen Mulliner
1982	Nigel Aspinall	Susan Wiggins	Martin Murray	Nigel Aspinall
1983	Nigel Aspinall	Susan Wiggins	Nigel Aspinall	Stephen Mulliner
1984	Nigel Aspinall	Veronica Carlisle	Stephen Mulliner	Nigel Aspinall
1985	David Openshaw	Mary Collin	Stephen Mulliner	Nigel Aspinall
1986	Joe Hogan	Susan Wiggins	David Foulser	Stephen Mulliner
1987	Mark Avery	Mary Collin	Keith Aiton	Stephen Mulliner
1988	Stephen Mulliner	Debbie Cornelius	Mark Saurin	Chris Clarke Chris Clarke (croquet player) Chris Clarke is an English croquet player who has been ranked among the world's top players since the late 1980s. Chris has won two World Championships in Association Croquet, in 1995 and again in 2008...
1989	Joe Hogan	Bo Harris	Keith Aiton	Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...
1990	Stephen Mulliner	Frances Ransom	Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...	David Maugham
1991	Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...	Gail Curry	David Openshaw	Chris Clarke Chris Clarke (croquet player) Chris Clarke is an English croquet player who has been ranked among the world's top players since the late 1980s. Chris has won two World Championships in Association Croquet, in 1995 and again in 2008...
1992	Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...	Gail Curry	Colin Irwin	Stephen Mulliner
1993	Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford is a croquet world champion from Putney, England. Although resident in England, he plays croquet for his native South Africa...	Gail Curry	Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford is a croquet world champion from Putney, England. Although resident in England, he plays croquet for his native South Africa...	David Maugham
1994	Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford is a croquet world champion from Putney, England. Although resident in England, he plays croquet for his native South Africa...	Debbie Cornelius	Michael Taylor	David Maugham
1995	Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford is a croquet world champion from Putney, England. Although resident in England, he plays croquet for his native South Africa...	Gail Curry	David Openshaw	Chris Clarke Chris Clarke (croquet player) Chris Clarke is an English croquet player who has been ranked among the world's top players since the late 1980s. Chris has won two World Championships in Association Croquet, in 1995 and again in 2008...
1996	Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...	Gail Curry	David Goacher	Chris Clarke Chris Clarke (croquet player) Chris Clarke is an English croquet player who has been ranked among the world's top players since the late 1980s. Chris has won two World Championships in Association Croquet, in 1995 and again in 2008...
1997	Chris Clarke Chris Clarke (croquet player) Chris Clarke is an English croquet player who has been ranked among the world's top players since the late 1980s. Chris has won two World Championships in Association Croquet, in 1995 and again in 2008...	Bo Harris	Aaron Westerby	Steve Comish
1998	Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...	Frances Ransom	Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...	Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...
1999	Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford is a croquet world champion from Putney, England. Although resident in England, he plays croquet for his native South Africa...	Beatrice McGlen	Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford is a croquet world champion from Putney, England. Although resident in England, he plays croquet for his native South Africa...	Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...
2000	Stephen Mulliner	Louise Bradforth	Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford is a croquet world champion from Putney, England. Although resident in England, he plays croquet for his native South Africa...	Ed Cunningham
2001	Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford is a croquet world champion from Putney, England. Although resident in England, he plays croquet for his native South Africa...	Creina Dawson	Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford is a croquet world champion from Putney, England. Although resident in England, he plays croquet for his native South Africa...	Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...
2002	Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford is a croquet world champion from Putney, England. Although resident in England, he plays croquet for his native South Africa...	Jenny Williams	Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford is a croquet world champion from Putney, England. Although resident in England, he plays croquet for his native South Africa...	Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...
2003	Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...	Gail Curry	Pete Trimmer	Chris Clarke Chris Clarke (croquet player) Chris Clarke is an English croquet player who has been ranked among the world's top players since the late 1980s. Chris has won two World Championships in Association Croquet, in 1995 and again in 2008...
2004	Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...	Liz Fleming	Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford is a croquet world champion from Putney, England. Although resident in England, he plays croquet for his native South Africa...	David Maugham
2005	David Maugham	Jenny Williams	Chris Clarke Chris Clarke (croquet player) Chris Clarke is an English croquet player who has been ranked among the world's top players since the late 1980s. Chris has won two World Championships in Association Croquet, in 1995 and again in 2008...	Keith Aiton
2006	Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...	Louise Bradforth	Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...	Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...
2007	Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...	Louise Bradforth	Keith Aiton	James Death
2008	Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...	Louise Bradforth	Keith Aiton	Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...
2009	Rutger Beijderwellen	Carol Smith	David Maugham	Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...
2010	Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford is a croquet world champion from Putney, England. Although resident in England, he plays croquet for his native South Africa...	Gabrielle Higgins	James Death	Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...
2011	Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford is a croquet world champion from Putney, England. Although resident in England, he plays croquet for his native South Africa...	Miranda Morgan	Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...	Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...

Doubles competitions

Year	Doubles Championship	Mixed Doubles
1919		Francis Barry & Mrs WH Hope
1920		Reginald Beaton & & Lily Beaton Lily Gower Lily Gower, birth name Lilias Mary Gower was a Welsh croquet player, a multiple time winner of the Women's Championship. She was one of the three women who have won the British Open Championship....
1921		Leslie O'Callaghan & Evelyn Bramwell
1922		Richard O'Callaghan & Noel Gilchrist
1923		Lord Tollemache & Dorothy Steel
1924	Thomas Dickson & Dorothy Steel	David Joseph & Winifred Heap
1925	Duff Mathews & Trevor Williams	Robert Leetham-Jones & Muriel Haslam
1926	Charles Wilson & Lily Beaton Lily Gower Lily Gower, birth name Lilias Mary Gower was a Welsh croquet player, a multiple time winner of the Women's Championship. She was one of the three women who have won the British Open Championship....	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	Lt.-Col. William Du Pre William Baring du Pré Colonel William Baring du Pré was a British Conservative Party politician.Du Pré was educated at Winchester and the RMA and was originally commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps but served in the Boer War with 47th Coy., Imperial Yeomanry. He was captured in the "Yeomanry Disaster" at...  & Lily Beaton Lily Gower Lily Gower, birth name Lilias Mary Gower was a Welsh croquet player, a multiple time winner of the Women's Championship. She was one of the three women who have won the British Open Championship....
1930	Lt.-Col. William Du Pre William Baring du Pré Colonel William Baring du Pré was a British Conservative Party politician.Du Pré was educated at Winchester and the RMA and was originally commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps but served in the Boer War with 47th Coy., Imperial Yeomanry. He was captured in the "Yeomanry Disaster" at...  & Dorothy Steel	Trevor Hardman & Mrs THF Clarkson
1931	Lt.-Col. William Du Pre William Baring du Pré Colonel William Baring du Pré was a British Conservative Party politician.Du Pré was educated at Winchester and the RMA and was originally commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps but served in the Boer War with 47th Coy., Imperial Yeomanry. He was captured in the "Yeomanry Disaster" at...  & Dorothy Steel	Humphrey Hicks & Mrs FH White
1932	Charles Wilson & Windsor Richards	Lt.-Col. William Du Pre William Baring du Pré Colonel William Baring du Pré was a British Conservative Party politician.Du Pré was educated at Winchester and the RMA and was originally commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps but served in the Boer War with 47th Coy., Imperial Yeomanry. He was captured in the "Yeomanry Disaster" at...  & Dorothy Steel
1933	Bernard Klein & Maurice Reckitt Maurice Reckitt Maurice Benington Reckitt was a leading British Anglo-Catholic and Christian Socialist writer. He edited Christendom, A Journal of Christian Sociology from 1931 to 1950....	Trevor Williams & Effie Ionides
1934	Bernard Klein & Maurice Reckitt Maurice Reckitt Maurice Benington Reckitt was a leading British Anglo-Catholic and Christian Socialist writer. He edited Christendom, A Journal of Christian Sociology from 1931 to 1950....	Lt.-Col. William Du Pre William Baring du Pré Colonel William Baring du Pré was a British Conservative Party politician.Du Pré was educated at Winchester and the RMA and was originally commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps but served in the Boer War with 47th Coy., Imperial Yeomanry. He was captured in the "Yeomanry Disaster" at...  & Dorothy Steel
1935	Reginald Poulter & Eddie Ward Petley	Lt.-Col. William Du Pre William Baring du Pré Colonel William Baring du Pré was a British Conservative Party politician.Du Pré was educated at Winchester and the RMA and was originally commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps but served in the Boer War with 47th Coy., Imperial Yeomanry. He was captured in the "Yeomanry Disaster" at...  & Dorothy Steel
1936	Handel Elvey & Nora Elvey	Lt.-Col. William Du Pre William Baring du Pré Colonel William Baring du Pré was a British Conservative Party politician.Du Pré was educated at Winchester and the RMA and was originally commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps but served in the Boer War with 47th Coy., Imperial Yeomanry. He was captured in the "Yeomanry Disaster" at...  & Dorothy Steel
1937	Lord Tollemache & Sir Gerald Burke	Maurice Reckitt Maurice Reckitt Maurice Benington Reckitt was a leading British Anglo-Catholic and Christian Socialist writer. He edited Christendom, A Journal of Christian Sociology from 1931 to 1950....  & Lorn Apps
1938	Charles Colman & Lily Beaton Lily Gower Lily Gower, birth name Lilias Mary Gower was a Welsh croquet player, a multiple time winner of the Women's Championship. She was one of the three women who have won the British Open Championship....	Lt.-Col. William Du Pre William Baring du Pré Colonel William Baring du Pré was a British Conservative Party politician.Du Pré was educated at Winchester and the RMA and was originally commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps but served in the Boer War with 47th Coy., Imperial Yeomanry. He was captured in the "Yeomanry Disaster" at...  & Lily Beaton Lily Gower Lily Gower, birth name Lilias Mary Gower was a Welsh croquet player, a multiple time winner of the Women's Championship. She was one of the three women who have won the British Open Championship....
1939	Robert Tingey & Knightley Coxe	Eddie Ward-Petley & Dorothy Steel
1946	Maurice Reckitt Maurice Reckitt Maurice Benington Reckitt was a leading British Anglo-Catholic and Christian Socialist writer. He edited Christendom, A Journal of Christian Sociology from 1931 to 1950....  & Daisy Lintern	Maurice Reckitt Maurice Reckitt Maurice Benington Reckitt was a leading British Anglo-Catholic and Christian Socialist writer. He edited Christendom, A Journal of Christian Sociology from 1931 to 1950....  & Daisy Lintern
1947	Robert Tingey & Col. JG Clarke	Eddie Ward-Petley & Dorothy Steel
1948	Humphrey Hicks & Dudley Hamilton-Miller	Maurice Reckitt Maurice Reckitt Maurice Benington Reckitt was a leading British Anglo-Catholic and Christian Socialist writer. He edited Christendom, A Journal of Christian Sociology from 1931 to 1950....  & Daisy Lintern
1949	Humphrey Hicks & Dudley Hamilton-Miller	Ashley Heenan & Winifred Kingsford
1950	Geoffrey & Maurice Reckitt Maurice Reckitt Maurice Benington Reckitt was a leading British Anglo-Catholic and Christian Socialist writer. He edited Christendom, A Journal of Christian Sociology from 1931 to 1950....	Humphrey Hicks & Hope Rotherham
1951	Humphrey Hicks & Dudley Hamilton-Miller	Patrick Cotter & Isobel Turketine
1952	Humphrey Hicks & Bobby Wiggins	Maurice Reckitt Maurice Reckitt Maurice Benington Reckitt was a leading British Anglo-Catholic and Christian Socialist writer. He edited Christendom, A Journal of Christian Sociology from 1931 to 1950....  & Daisy Lintern
1953	Humphrey Hicks & Bobby Wiggins	Bobby Wiggins & Hope Rotherham
1954	John Solomon & Patrick Cotter	John Solomon & Freda Oddie
1955	John Solomon & Patrick Cotter	Humphrey Hicks & Hope Rotherham
1956	Freddie Stone & Leslie Kirk-Greene	Gordon Rowling & Mrs Mackenzie-Smartt
1957	Humphrey Hicks & Bobby Wiggins	Patrick Cotter & Hope Rotherham
1958	John Solomon & Patrick Cotter	Maurice Reckitt Maurice Reckitt Maurice Benington Reckitt was a leading British Anglo-Catholic and Christian Socialist writer. He edited Christendom, A Journal of Christian Sociology from 1931 to 1950....  & Daisy Lintern
1959	John Solomon & Patrick Cotter	Bobby Wiggins & Hope Rotherham
1960	Humphrey Hicks & William Ormerod	Gerald Cave & Muriel Reeve
1961	John Solomon & Patrick Cotter	John Hollweg & Agnes Mills
1962	John Solomon & Patrick Cotter	Guy Warwick & Joan Warwick
1963	John Solomon & Patrick Cotter	Dudley Hamilton-Miller & Hope Rotherham
1964	John Solomon & Patrick Cotter	Dudley Hamilton-Miller & Hope Rotherham
1965	John Solomon & Patrick Cotter	Dudley Hamilton-Miller & Hope Rotherham
1966	Nigel Aspinall & Jon Simon	Dudley Hamilton-Miller & Hope Rotherham
1967	Dudley Hamilton-Miller & Peter Hallett	David Prichard & Joan Warwick
1968	Nigel Aspinall & Jon Simon	John Bolton & Bernie Duthie
1969	John Solomon & Patrick Cotter	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 & Mrs N 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 Bryan Sykes Bryan Sykes is a former Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Oxford and a current Fellow of Wolfson College.Sykes published the first report on retrieving DNA from ancient bone...  & 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	Nigel Aspinall & Stephen Mulliner	Ian Bond & Veronica Carlisle
1985	Mark Avery & David Openshaw	Keith Aiton & Mary Collin
1986	Nigel Aspinall & Stephen Mulliner	Tom Griffith & Jan McLeod
1987	Mark Avery & David Openshaw	Nigel Aspinall & Debbie Cornelius
1988	Nigel Aspinall & Stephen Mulliner	Paul Smith & Carmen Bazley
1989	Joe Hogan & Bob Jackson	Ian Maugham & Bo Harris
1990	Chris Clarke Chris Clarke (croquet player) Chris Clarke is an English croquet player who has been ranked among the world's top players since the late 1980s. Chris has won two World Championships in Association Croquet, in 1995 and again in 2008...  & Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...	Mark Saurin & Fiona McCoig
1991	Chris Clarke Chris Clarke (croquet player) Chris Clarke is an English croquet player who has been ranked among the world's top players since the late 1980s. Chris has won two World Championships in Association Croquet, in 1995 and again in 2008...  & Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...	Ray & Frances Ransom
1992	Chris Clarke Chris Clarke (croquet player) Chris Clarke is an English croquet player who has been ranked among the world's top players since the late 1980s. Chris has won two World Championships in Association Croquet, in 1995 and again in 2008...  & Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...	John Haslam & Gail Curry
1993	Chris Clarke Chris Clarke (croquet player) Chris Clarke is an English croquet player who has been ranked among the world's top players since the late 1980s. Chris has won two World Championships in Association Croquet, in 1995 and again in 2008...  & Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...	David Goacher & Rosemary Gugan
1994	Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford is a croquet world champion from Putney, England. Although resident in England, he plays croquet for his native South Africa...  & Stephen Mulliner	Lewis Palmer & Annabel McDiarmid
1995	Steve Comish & David Maugham	David Goacher & Rosemary Gugan
1996	Chris Clarke Chris Clarke (croquet player) Chris Clarke is an English croquet player who has been ranked among the world's top players since the late 1980s. Chris has won two World Championships in Association Croquet, in 1995 and again in 2008...  & Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...	David Goacher & Rosemary Gugan
1997	Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford is a croquet world champion from Putney, England. Although resident in England, he plays croquet for his native South Africa...  & Stephen Mulliner	Don Gaunt & Kismet Whittall
1998	Chris Clarke Chris Clarke (croquet player) Chris Clarke is an English croquet player who has been ranked among the world's top players since the late 1980s. Chris has won two World Championships in Association Croquet, in 1995 and again in 2008...  & Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...	David Goacher & Rosemary Gugan
1999	Chris Farthing & Chris Patmore	Dave Kibble & Louise Bradforth
2000	Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford is a croquet world champion from Putney, England. Although resident in England, he plays croquet for his native South Africa...  & Stephen Mulliner	Dave Kibble & Louise Bradforth
2001	Chris Clarke Chris Clarke (croquet player) Chris Clarke is an English croquet player who has been ranked among the world's top players since the late 1980s. Chris has won two World Championships in Association Croquet, in 1995 and again in 2008...  & Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...	James Death & Gail Curry
2002	Chris Clarke Chris Clarke (croquet player) Chris Clarke is an English croquet player who has been ranked among the world's top players since the late 1980s. Chris has won two World Championships in Association Croquet, in 1995 and again in 2008...  & David Maugham	David Openshaw & Kath Priestley
2003	Not completed	David Openshaw & Kath Priestley
2004	Chris Clarke Chris Clarke (croquet player) Chris Clarke is an English croquet player who has been ranked among the world's top players since the late 1980s. Chris has won two World Championships in Association Croquet, in 1995 and again in 2008...  & Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...	David Maugham & Jenny Williams
2005	Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford is a croquet world champion from Putney, England. Although resident in England, he plays croquet for his native South Africa...  & John Gibbons	David Maugham & Ailsa Lines
2006	Chris Clarke Chris Clarke (croquet player) Chris Clarke is an English croquet player who has been ranked among the world's top players since the late 1980s. Chris has won two World Championships in Association Croquet, in 1995 and again in 2008...  & Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...	David & Eileen Magee
2007	Chris Clarke Chris Clarke (croquet player) Chris Clarke is an English croquet player who has been ranked among the world's top players since the late 1980s. Chris has won two World Championships in Association Croquet, in 1995 and again in 2008...  & Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...	Chris Clarke Chris Clarke (croquet player) Chris Clarke is an English croquet player who has been ranked among the world's top players since the late 1980s. Chris has won two World Championships in Association Croquet, in 1995 and again in 2008...  & Jenny Williams
2008	James Death & Robert Fulford Robert Fulford (croquet player) Robert Fulford is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s.-Life and career:Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15...	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 Reginald Bamford Reginald Bamford is a croquet world champion from Putney, England. Although resident in England, he plays croquet for his native South Africa...  & Rutger Beijderwellen	Dave Kibble & Louise Bradforth

Presidents

Year	President
1905-1907	Lord Ebury
1908-1933	Lord Desborough
1933-1939	Trevor Williams
1939-1941	Viscount Doneraile Viscount Doneraile Viscount Doneraile is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland, both times for members of the St Leger family. It was first created in 1703 for Arthur St Leger, along with the subsidiary title of Baron Kilmayden, also in the Peerage of Ireland. This creation became extinct in...
1946-1953	Sir Francis Colchester-Wemyss
1953-1967	Sir Compton Mackenzie Compton Mackenzie Sir Compton Mackenzie, OBE was a writer and a Scottish nationalist.-Background:Compton Mackenzie was born in West Hartlepool, England, into a theatrical family of Mackenzies, but many of whose members used Compton as their stage surname, starting with his grandfather Henry Compton, a well-known...
1967-1975	Maurice Reckitt Maurice Reckitt Maurice Benington Reckitt was a leading British Anglo-Catholic and Christian Socialist writer. He edited Christendom, A Journal of Christian Sociology from 1931 to 1950....
1975-1982	Edward Duffield
1982-2004	John Solomon
2004-2009	Bernard Neal
2009-	Quiller Barrett

Notations

• http://www.croquetrecords.com/records/index.htm Croquet records maintained by Mr C. Williams

External links

• http://www.croquet.org.uk/ The Croquet Association - Home Page
• http://www.scottishcroquet.org.uk/ The Scottish Croquet Association