John Solomon (22 November 1931 – 20 October 2014) was a croquet player from England.
Solomon dominated English croquet in the 1950s and 1960s winning the President's Cup nine times (1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1968 and 1971), the Open Championship ten times (1953, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968) and the Men's Championship ten times (1951, 1953, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1971 and 1972).
Solomon also won the New Zealand Open Championship in 1951 and 1963.
Solomon represented England and latterly Great Britain in five MacRobertson Shield tournaments, winning on four occasions.
As an administrator Solomon served on the Council of the Croquet Association between 1952 and 2004, serving as Chairman (1962 to 1964), Vice President (1976 to 1982) and President (1982 to 2004).
In 2006 Solomon was inducted into the World Croquet Federation Hall of Fame.
Career statistics Source:
Major tournament performance timeline
The President's Cup is played as a 8/10 player round-robin and the number indicates the final position achieved. Tournament195119521953195419551956195719581959196019611962196319641965Open Championship3R1RWSFSFW AQFWFW3RWWWMen's ChampionshipW1RWSF ASF AWWWQFWFWWPresident's Cup3224W2WWW2=2WWW4Win-Loss 7–1 0–2 9–0 4–2 3–1 7–1 0–0 5–1 6–0 8–1 5–1 6–1 9–1 8–0 9–0
Tournament19661967196819691970197119721973197419751976197719781996SRW–LWin %Open ChampionshipWWWF3R3RSFSF3RSF A A1R A 10 / 25 78–15 Men's ChampionshipF2RSF A AWW A A A A A1R1R 10 / 20 56–10 President's Cup43=W A3W2326 A A A A 9 / 24 Win-Loss 9–1 6–1 7–1 4–1 1–1 6–1 8–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 29 / 69 134–25
Major Championship Finals: 26 (22 titles, 4 runners-up) OutcomeYearChampionshipOpponentScoreWinner1951NZ ChampionshipArthur Ross+22, +23Winner1951Men's ChampionshipGeoffrey Reckitt+26, +13Winner1953Men's ChampionshipWilliam Longman+23, +26Winner1953Open ChampionshipHumphrey Hicks+26tp, +26tpWinner1956Open ChampionshipHumphrey Hicks+26tp, +24Winner1958Men's ChampionshipPat Cotter+3, -1, +5Winner1959Men's ChampionshipPat Cotter+26, +16Winner1959Open ChampionshipHumphrey Hicks+7, +12Winner1960Men's ChampionshipDacre Stoker+18, +21Runner-up1960Open ChampionshipHope Rotherham+26, -15, -8Winner1961Open ChampionshipJoan Warwick+12, -3, +12Winner1962Men's ChampionshipDavid Prichard+6, +20Winner1963NZ ChampionshipWilliam Ormerod+21, +26Runner-up1963Men's ChampionshipPat Cotter-5, +24, -24Winner1963Open ChampionshipPat Cotter+26, -5, +25Winner1964Men's ChampionshipHumphrey Hicks-16, +10, +25Winner1964Open ChampionshipDudley Hamilton-Miller+20, +6Winner1965Men's ChampionshipHumphrey Hicks-10, +24, +16Winner1965Open ChampionshipHumphrey Hicks+10, +1, +26tpRunner-up1966Men's ChampionshipHumphrey Hicks+19, -12, -21Winner1966Open ChampionshipHope Rotherham+25, +16Winner1967Open ChampionshipHumphrey Hicks+25tp, +26tpWinner1968Open ChampionshipNigel Aspinall-9, +5, +25Runner-up1969Open ChampionshipNigel Aspinall-19, +13, -4Winner1971Men's ChampionshipBill Gladstone+12, +16Winner1972Men's ChampionshipNigel Aspinall+1, +25
Works Croquet (BT Batsford, 1966)
References
External links The Croquet Records site