Dorothy Steel (croquet player)
Dorothy Dyne Steel | |
|---|---|
| Born | 21 April 1884 Woodsetts, Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 22 January 1965 (aged 80) Bedford, England |
Dorothy Dyne Steel (21 April 1884 - 22 January 1965) was a croquet player from England.
Miss DD Steel, as she was known, dominated English croquet in the 1920s and 1930s, winning the Best 10 competition six times (1922, 1923, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1937), the Open Championship four times (1925, 1933, 1935 and 1936) and the Women's Championship fifteen times (1919, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939).[1][2][3]
Miss Steel represented England in three MacRobertson Shield tournaments, winning on two occasions.[1][2]
In 2011 Miss Steel was inducted into the World Croquet Federation Hall of Fame.[4]
Career statistics
| Tournament | 1914 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | SR | W–L | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open Championship | A | A | A | A | A | F | F | W | SF | 3R | F | F | SF | QF | F | W | QF | W | W | 3R | SF | F | A | QF | 2R | 1R | 3R | A | A | QF | 4 / 22 | 66-18 | 78.6% |
| Women's Championship | F | W | F | SF | W | A | A | W | W | W | A | W | W | 1R | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 15 / 19 | ||
| Champion Cup | A | A | A | A | W | W | 4 | 4= | 6= | 5 | 4= | 2 | 2 | W | 5= | W | W | 4= | 2 | W | 3 | A | A | 2= | A | A | A | A | A | 6 / 19 | |||
| Win-Loss |
The Champion Cup was won outright by Miss Steel in 1933 and was replaced by the President's Cup. Until 1938 ten players played in the event. Since then eight have played. [5]
References
- ^ a b The Croquet Association Centenary Year Book 1897–1997. The Croquet Association. 1997. ISBN 0-902758-05-5.
- ^ a b Prichard, DMC (1981). The History Of Croquet. Cassell. ISBN 0-304-30759-9.
- ^ Townsend's croquet almanack. Townsend Croquet Ltd. 1988. ISBN 1-871714-00-1.
- ^ "WCF Hall Of Fame". World Croquet Federation. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ "Croquet Records". Retrieved 13 October 2012.