Ravenscroft won the 1912 British Ladies Amateur at Turnberry in Scotland.

[2] She defeated Muriel Dodd, then played against Marion Hollins in the finals.

[4] Gladys Ravenscroft married Temple Dobell in 1915 and resided in Wirral, England.

After the war she resumed competing, and won the Cheshire ladies amateur championship on more than one occasion.

Her great-nephew was the broadcaster and disc jockey John Peel.