Dorothy Dyne Steel (21 April 1884 – 22 January 1965), commonly referred to as D. D. Steel, was an English croquet player.
Steel dominated English croquet in the 1920s and 1930s, winning the Best 10 competition six times (1922, 1923, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1937), the Open Championship four times (1925, 1933, 1935 and 1936) and the Women's Championship fifteen times (1919, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939).
She represented England in three MacRobertson Shield tournaments, winning on two occasions.
In 2011, Steel was inducted into the World Croquet Federation Hall of Fame.
Career statistics Major tournament performance timeline
Tournament19141919192019211922192319241925192619271928192919301931193219331934Open Championship A A A A AFFWSF3RFFSFQFFWQFWomen's ChampionshipFWFSFW A AWWW AWW1RWWWChampion Cup A A A AWW44=6=54=22W5=WWWin-loss 4–1 4–0 4–1 3–1 5–0 5–1 4–1 10–0 9–1 6–1 4–1 8–1 8–1 2–2 8–1 9–0 6–1 Tournament193519361937193819391946194719481949195019511952195319541955SRW–LWin %Open ChampionshipWW3RSFF AQF2R1R3R A A A AQF 4 / 22 66–18 Women's ChampionshipWWWWW A A A A A A A AA1R 15 / 20 74–5 President's Cup4=2W3 NH* A A2= A A A A A A A 6 / 19 Win-loss 9–0 9–0 5–1 7–1 7–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 25/61 140–23
* not held because of outbreak of World War 2.
The Champion Cup/President's Cup is played as a 8/10 player round-robin and the number indicates the final position achieved.
The Champion Cup was won outright by Miss Steel in 1933 and was replaced by the President's Cup. Until 1938 ten players played in the event. Since then eight have played.
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