Reverend George Frederick Handel Elvey (29 June 1883 – 20 March 1967) was a
croquet
Croquet ( or ; french: croquet) is a sport that involves hitting wooden or plastic balls with a mallet through hoops (often called "wickets" in the United States) embedded in a grass playing court.
Its international governing body is the W ...
player from
England
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. He was the youngest son of composer
George Elvey and his fourth wife Mary née Savory.
Handel Elvey won the
Doubles Championship in 1936 partnering his wife Nora and the Men's Championship of the South Of England in 1955.
As an administrator, Elvey 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 ...
between 1931 and 1967, serving as Chairman (1939 to 1948) and Vice President (1952 to 1967).
Elvey spent most of his clerical life in the diocese of Chichester.
Works
* ''Croquet — A Handbook On The Strokes And Tactics Of The Game'' (John Jaques and Son, Ltd, 1949).
References
External links
The Croquet Records site
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1883 births
1967 deaths
English croquet players