Edmond Patrick Charles Cotter (24 September 1904 – 8 March 1996) 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 (1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1956 and 1960), the Open Championship three times (1955, 1958 and 1962) and the Men's Championship four times (1952, 1954, 1963 and 1969). He also won the Open Doubles Championship on ten occasions (1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1961–1965 and 1969) 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 (1923–1927), 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 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. Tournament19481949195019511952195319541955195619571958195919601961Open Championship1R1R2RFFSFQFWSF2RW2R2RQFMen's ChampionshipQFF2RSFWSFW A2RSFFF1RSFPresident's Cup AWW5WW22W233W3Win-loss1–23–22–27–29–14–26–15–05–22–28–14–20–25–2 Tournament1962196319641965196619671968196919701971197219731974SRW–LWin %Open ChampionshipWFSF2R2RQF1RQFQF2R AQF1R 3 / 26 51–23 Men's ChampionshipSFWSFSFSF A1RWFQF A A A 4 / 22 49–18 President's Cup224=35=6 A3=5= A A A A 6 / 21Win-loss7–18–15–23–23–22–10–24–14–21–20–02–10–113 / 67100–41

Works Tackle Croquet This Way (Stanley Paul & Co Ltd, 1960) Bridge Play Technique (Robert Hale Ltd, 1982) Contract Bridge (The teach yourself books) Tackle Bridge (Stanley Paul & Co Ltd, 1973) Financial Times Book of Bridge (Robert Hale Ltd, 1977)

References

External links The Croquet Records site