Louisa Eleanor Hope Rotherham (née Mansell) (6 April 1894 – 26 July 1981) was a

croquet Croquet ( or ) is a sport which involves hitting wooden, plastic, or composite balls with a mallet through hoops (often called Wicket, "wickets" in the United States) embedded in a grass playing court. Variations In all forms of croquet, in ...

player from

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. Mrs Eustace Rotherham, as she was known, was one of only three women to have won the

Open Championship The Open Championship, often referred to as The Open or the British Open, is the oldest golf tournament in the world, and one of the most prestigious. Founded in 1860, it was originally held annually at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland. Later th ...

, winning in 1960. She won the

Women's Championship The Women's Super League 2, also known as Barclays Women's Super League 2 for sponsorship reasons, is a professional football league in England, operated by WSL Football. It is the second-highest division of women's football in England. The div ...

seven times (1952, 1953, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1964 and 1969) and the Mixed Doubles nine times. Mrs Rotherham represented England in the 1956 MacRobertson Shield, playing in three of the five test matches against New Zealand. As an administrator, Mrs Rotherham served on the Council of the

Croquet Association 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 in England. Until 1974 the association was responsible for croquet in the whole of the Unit ...

from 1954 to 1981 and was a Vice-President from 1974 to 1981.

References

External links

The Croquet Records website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rotherham, Hope 1894 births 1981 deaths English croquet players British sports executives and administrators 20th-century English sportswomen