Sussex County Croquet Club

Club Tournament Trophies

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Over the hundred and something years of its life, the Sussex County Croquet Club has had an impressive collection of trophies for their competition programme. Many have long since been disposed of (or lost!). The following is a fairly complete list of trophies and their history. Any information on winners has been taken from The History of Croquet, [Col.] D. M. C. Prichard, London: Cassell, 1981 (now out of print).

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The Abbey Salvers	Defunct since 1983 Presented by Capt JR Abbey.
The Bryan Challenge Cup	Now the Moore Cup. Presented in 1904.
The Davies And Dives Prizes	Defunct since 1939. Silver Inkstand presented in 1927 by Miss Dives & Silver Bowl presented by Miss Davies.
The Douglas Jones Cup	Defunct since 2004 Presented in 1956 by Lady Douglas-Jones in memory of her husband. In 2008 was briefly used as a trophy (runner-up) in the Moore Cup competition.
The Fox Cup	Defunct since 1938. Presented by Mrs WA Fox
The Hansard Challenge Trophy	Defunct since 1939
The King Challenge Cup	Defunct since 2000
The Longden Cup	Defunct since 1983, Presented in 1920 by Miss Maud Longden
The Martletts Shield	Defunct since 2000
The Naylor Cup	Defunct since 1975, Very short-lived cup, presented in 1973 by Mrs WA Naylor
The Ron Whetstone Cup	Defunct since 1999 Presented in 1976 by Ron Whetstone.In 1984 an additional cup, a replica of the original cup, was bought for doubles.
The Ross Cup	Defunct since 1947. Presented in 1935 by Mrs Ross' daughter, curiously the Club has retained the stand but not, it seems, the cup!
The Simeon Challenge Cup	Was Bryan Challenge Cup; now Moore Cup
The Southwick Cup	Defunct since 2000, Previously known as the Franc Cup, of which the Club has a second trophy by the same name.
The Sussex County Challenge Cup	Defunct since 1938, one of the oldest club cups, being first contested in 1900.
The Sussex Salver	Defunct since 2004
The Sussex Vase	Defunct from 2003 to 2016. Then awarded as the Challenge Cup for Golf Croquet in the May open tournament. Presented by W Howard Austin in 1977.
The Teasdale Salver	Defunct since 1939, Another short-lived trophy it was presented in 1936 by Mrs RK Teasdale
The Williams Challenge Cup	Defunct since 1939. Appears only to have been contested in 1939
The Abbey Challenge Cup	Open, AC class singles advanced play, Summer tournament, presented in 1927 by WH Abbey.
The Bush Cup	Club competition, presented in 1988 by Mrs Mary Bush
The Castell Soda Syphons	Open, AC alternate strokes doubles competition, donated in ?2008 by Paul Castell for this tournament. In 2017, as the open ASD tournament was no longer running, the trophies were used for a local ASD day open event.
The D'Esterre Rose Bowl	Club competition, presented by Mrs CR D'Esterre in 1936 The D'Esterre Bowl, hallmarked London 1935 :Presented by Mrs C R D'Esterre 1936 Charles Robert D'Esterre was born in London about 1876 but initially known as Charles Roberts: he probably changed his name after an inheritance but this has not surfaced at present. He trained as an engineer and, in 1902, applied for two patents with Charles Rolls for engine improvements. However, his real interest was astronomy, particularly astronomical photography and he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1895. After his parents died he gave up engineering, and bought Tatsfield Cottage, Tatsfield, Surrey. He fitted up a major observatory about 1915 at which point he was on the Council of the Royal Astronomical Society. The War interrupted this work and he served with the Royal Army Service Corps, and later in Cologne with the army of occupation, but did not attain to high rank. When he returned to Surrey his sight had deteriorated and he dismantled the observatory and disposed of the equipment. In 1905 he married Katherine Cecilia Doyle, in Wandsworth. She was born in Hertfordshire in 1879, the only daughter of Capt B W Doyle, sometime British consul in Brazil. Initially they lived in Tatsfield Cottage, but after Charles had given up astronomy they moved to the Brighton & Hove area and are recorded there by 1929. Perhaps both joined SCCC (more research needed) since there seems no other reason for donating a hallmarked trophy. They did not appear in the 1939 census so may have been abroad at the time. Charles died in Devon in 1943 at Ottery St Mary after a short illness, at which point Katherine was noted as “of Montpelier Hotel, Budleigh Salterton”. Katherine died in Hove in 1967. It is notable that the trophy was competed throughout the 1939-46 period. (Thanks to Ray and Irene Hall for research)
The Daldy Cup (Internal Competition)	Club competition. Originally presented in 1927 by Rev A F Whillan, it was won outright in 1936 by Miss M J Daldy and re-presented by her to the Club.
The Daldy Cup (Open Competition)	Open, AC C class singles advanced play, Summer tournament. Originally for the CA All England Handicap, won by Miss Daldy in 1935 and presented to the Club in 1976
The Franc Cup	Now a ladies club competition, presented in 1927 by Mrs H Franc.
The Freddy Reynold One Ball Cup	Club competition presented in 1995 by past Club Chairman Mr F Reynold QC
The Fryer Challenge Cup	Club competition, presented in 1937 by Mrs Jar Fryer
The Golf Croquet Cup	Club competition, presented in 1996 by Mrs Enid Ross
The Golf Croquet Diana Brothers Drawn Pairs Cup	Club competition
The Golf Croquet Doubles	Club competition
The Golf Croquet Improvers Trophy	Club competition
The Hamilton Memorial Trophy	For Sussex Open Golf Croquet Championship, presented in 2009 by Mark Hamilton in memory of his mother.
The Harvey's Trophy	Defunct since 2004, Presented by Harvey's and donated to the Club by Fernando de Anserena
The Hazel Parker Salver	Club competition, presented in 1988 by Miss Hazel Parker
The High Bisque Salver	Open, AC beginners competition, presented by Miss Patricia Shine
The Howard Austin Cups	Open, AC handicap doubles, presented by W Howard Austin
The Jellicorse Challenge Cup	Defunct from 2002 to 2016. Presented in 1926 by Major H Jellicorse. Now awarded for the Golf Croquet level play Summer Tournament.
The John Solomon Cup	Open, AC advanced A class
The Maurice Reckitt Bowl	Open, AC advanced B class, presented by MB Reckitt in 1934
The Millenium Shield	Club competition
The Monteith Challenge Bowl	Open, AC handicap, presented in 1931 by Mr & Mrs GC Braithwaite
The Moore Cup	Club competition Previously This was the Bryan Challenge Cup (1904) and, as was the custom at the time, was won outright in 1927 by Mis EDB Simeon who then re-presented it as the Simeon Challenge Cup. It was again won outright in 1975 by W E Moore and re-presented by him to the Club.
The Moore Cup Runner Up	Now defunct, was for most of its life the Douglas Jones Cup.
The New Challenge Cup	Club competition, presented in 1987 by Mrs Hyacinth Coombs
The Patricia Shine Salvers	Club competition
The Quaich	Club competition Presented to the Club in 2001 by Bill Arliss for golf croquet singles competition.
The Southwick Open Salver	Purchased in 1982, partly with funds raised by selling Mrs Dives' inkstand (see above)
The Sussex Gold Challenge Cup	Club competition, presented by ER Harrison in 1922. The Club's most valuable trophy
The W.G.B. Scott Memorial Cup	Open, AC advanced B/C class, presented in 1975 by Isobel Scott