Patrick Cotter (croquet player)
Edmond Patrick Charles Cotter 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, the Open Championship three times and the Men's Championship four times. He also won the Open Doubles Championship on ten occasions on each occasion being partnered by John Solomon.
Cotter represented England in two MacRobertson Shield tournaments, winning on both occasions.
In 2009 Cotter was inducted into the World Croquet Federation Hall of Fame.
Cotter was a scholar at Christ Church, Oxford, where he was awarded the 1924 Gaisford Prize for Greek Verse.
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. He also wrote a weekly crossword competition in The Times, and also a fine golfer.Career statistics
| Tournament | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | SR | W.L | Win % |
| Open Championship | A | A | 2R | F | F | SF | QF | W | SF | 2R | W | 2R | 2R | A | W | F | SF | 2R | 2R | QF | 1R | QF | QF | 2R | A | QF | 1R | 3 / 26 | 51–23 | |
| Men's Championship | QF | F | 2R | SF | W | SF | W | A | 2R | SF | F | F | 1R | SF | SF | W | SF | SF | SF | A | 1R | W | F | QF | A | A | A | 4 / 22 | 49–18 | |
| President's Cup | A | W | W | 5 | W | W | 2 | 2 | W | 2 | 3 | 3 | W | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4= | 3 | 5= | 6 | A | 3= | 5= | A | A | A | A | 6 / 21 | | |
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Works
- Tackle Croquet This Way
- Bridge Play Technique
- Contract Bridge
- Tackle Bridge
- Financial Times Book of Bridge
