Cyril Corbally
Cyril Corbally | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 1880 Swords, Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | (aged 65) Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland |
| Occupation | Croquet player |
| Spouse |
Eleanor Colville Frankland
(m. 1915) |
Cyril Francis Corbally (1880 – 10 March 1946) of Rathbeale, Swords was a croquet player from Ireland.
Cyril Corbally won the Croquet Championship five times (1902, 1903, 1906, 1908 and 1913), the Men's Championship once (1926) and the premier selection event, the Champion Cup, now called the President's Cup, in 1913.[1][2][3]
Corbally won the Championship of Ireland four times between 1901 and 1911,[3] whilst his brother Herbert won the Championship of Ireland five times between 1913 and 1926.
References
[edit]- ^ The Croquet Association Centenary Year Book 1897-1997. The Croquet Association. 1997. ISBN 0-902758-05-5.
- ^ Prichard, DMC (1981). The History Of Croquet. Cassell. ISBN 0-304-30759-9.
- ^ a b Townsend's Croquet Almanack. Townsend Croquet Ltd. 1988. ISBN 1-871714-00-1.