MacRobertson Shield


The MacRobertson Shield is one of the longest events that world class croquet players participate.  The event is held once every 4 years in one of the participating countries: England, Australia, New Zealand and since 1993 United States of America.  Teams of six players are selected by each country's governing body to represent them in the competition.  Each team plays 3 "tests" against each of the other countries http://www.croquetrecords.com/records/mac/macall.htmteams.  Each test is played in a set of 21 matches of best of 3 games.  Each player plays 2 singles matches and 3 doubles matches.  The Shield may take as long as three weeks to complete.   It has been contested since 1925.

The United States hosted the 2017 MacRob in Rancho Mirage, CA at the Mission Hills country club.  Thank you Jim Butts, Steve Mossbrook and many others for making this possible after many years of club development and preparation.

Good luck to our American team.  The odds as reported by Bob Alman the editor of the World Croquet Magazine is not good for our team (read his preview).

Here are a collection of the past scores and results of these tests ... (click on year to find out the detailed record)

MacRobertson Shield
Year Played
 Venue Location
 Winning team
1925 and on

1982
 Australia
 Great Britain
1986
 Great Britain New Zealand
1990
 New Zealand Great Britain
1993
 Australia Great Britain
1996 Great Britain Great Britain
2000 New Zealand Great Britain
2003 Palm Beach Fl, USA
 Great Britain
2006 Australia Great Britain
2010 Great Britain Great Britain
2014 New Zealand New Zealand
2017
 Palm Springs, CA Australia
2022 New Zealand
 England
2026
 Great Britain








A detailed record (including player and team records)  of the MacRobertson Shield is held on Chris William's croquet records website.  See it here.
last updated, 12 August 2025, P. Bennett
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