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Croquet and bridge player
Edmond Patrick Charles Cotter
Born (1904-09-24 ) 24 September 1904
Ireland
Died 8 March 1996(1996-03-08) (aged 91 )
London, England, United Kingdom
Edmond Patrick Charles Cotter (24 September 1904 – 8 March 1996) was a croquet player from Ireland. Cotter was one of the most successful croquet players in the 1950s and 1960s winning the President's Cup six times (1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1956 and 1960), the Open Championship three times (1955, 1958 and 1962) and the Men's Championship four times (1952, 1954, 1963 and 1969). He also won the Open Doubles Championship on ten occasions (1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1961–1965 and 1969) on each occasion being partnered by John Solomon .[1] [2] [3]
Cotter represented England in two MacRobertson Shield tournaments, winning on both occasions.[1] [2]
In 2009 Cotter was inducted into the World Croquet Federation Hall of Fame.[4]
Cotter was a scholar at Christ Church, Oxford (1923–1927), where he was awarded the 1924 Gaisford Prize for Greek Verse.[5]
Cotter was a schoolmaster at St Paul's school, Hammersmith, where he taught Latin and Greek. Cotter was also an international bridge player, who wrote a weekly article on bridge for the Financial Times and a monthly one for Country Life. He was in the 1937/38 winning team in the Bridge Great Britain Gold Cup.[6]
Career statistics [ edit ]
Major tournament performance timeline [ edit ]
Key
W F
SF QF #R
RR Q#
DNQ
A NH
(W ) winner; (F ) finalist; (SF ) semifinalist; (QF ) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR ) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A ) absent; (NH ) not held; (SR ) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record; .
The President's Cup is played as a 8/10 player round-robin and the number indicates the final position achieved.
Tournament
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
Open Championship
1R
1R
2R
F F SF QF W SF 2R
W 2R
2R
QF
Men's Championship
QF F 2R
SF W SF W A 2R
SF F F 1R
SF
President's Cup
A W W 5 W W 2 2 W 2 3 3 W 3
Win-loss
1–2
3–2
2–2
7–2
9–1
4–2
6–1
5–0
5–2
2–2
8–1
4–2
0–2
5–2
Tournament
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
SR W–L
Win %
Open Championship
W F SF 2R
2R
QF 1R
QF QF 2R
A QF 1R
3 / 26
51–23
68.9
Men's Championship
SF W SF SF SF A 1R
W F QF A A A 4 / 22
49–18
73.1
President's Cup
2 2 4=
3 5=
6 A 3=
5=
A A A A 6 / 21
Win-loss
7–1
8–1
5–2
3–2
3–2
2–1
0–2
4–1
4–2
1–2
0–0
2–1
0–1
13 / 67
100–41
70.9
[7]
Tackle Croquet This Way (Stanley Paul & Co Ltd, 1960)
Bridge Play Technique (Robert Hale Ltd, 1982) ISBN 0709032021
Contract Bridge (The teach yourself books) ISBN 0340055553
Tackle Bridge (Stanley Paul & Co Ltd, 1973) ISBN 0091181607
Financial Times Book of Bridge (Robert Hale Ltd, 1977) ISBN 0709162715
References [ edit ]
^ 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. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2021 .
^ "Oxford University Obituaries" . Retrieved 16 October 2012 .
^ "The Bridge Great Britain Gold Cup Roll of Honour" . Bridge Great Britain. Retrieved 13 November 2014 .
^ "Croquet Records" . Retrieved 15 September 2012 .
External links [ edit ]
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Cotter_(croquet_player)&oldid=1206173277 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● 1 9 0 4 b i r t h s ● 1 9 9 6 d e a t h s ● E n g l i s h c r o q u e t p l a y e r s ● I r i s h c r o q u e t p l a y e r s ● A l u m n i o f C h r i s t C h u r c h , O x f o r d H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● E n g v a r B f r o m F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 8 ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n i s d i f f e r e n t f r o m W i k i d a t a ● U s e d m y d a t e s f r o m F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 8 ● A r t i c l e s w i t h h C a r d s
● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 1 1 F e b r u a r y 2 0 2 4 , a t 1 1 : 1 9 ( U T C ) . ● T e x t i s a v a i l a b l e u n d e r t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e 4 . 0 ;
a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
