Essentially a men's club, the Club became a focal point for Eurasian men for sporting and social recreation up to World War II. After the war, the grounds and clubhouse were formally de-requisitioned on 29 July 1946 and against all odds, sporting activities were revived within a short time.

At the Annual General Meeting in 1948, Sir George Oehlers proposed that the Club should be open to non-Eurasians, and this proposal, though not immediately accepted, gained more support over the years and in 1955, a category of Subscribing Membership, open to persons of all communities, was introduced. A year later, in 1956, Lady Members were admitted for the first time.

With increasing membership, extensions and renovations were carried out and completed in mid-1958 in time for the 75th anniversary of the Club.