William Longman [SEP] date of death
William Longman
William Longman (14 November 1882 – 1 March 1967) was a croquet player from England.
Longman won the Champion Cup in 1925 and was three times runner up in the Open Championship (1920, 1925 and 1926) and twice runner up in the Men's Championship (1953 and 1957).
Longman represented England in the 1925 MacRobertson Shield tournament.
As an administrator, Longman served on the Council of the Croquet Association between 1919 and 1967, serving as Chairman (1924 to 1926) and
: an impeccable piece of realistic fiction, with routine material transcended by art at its most clear-eyed and unpretentious".
- Martyn Goff in the "Daily Telegraph" writes "It is difficult to convey the marvellous quality of this book. Constance Keating is a major fictional portrait, her death finally noble".
Publication history.
- 1981, UK, Hamish Hamilton, , Pub date 17 Sep 1981, Hardback
- 1982, US, William Morrow, , Pub date Jan 1982, Hardback