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Vintage/Antique 6 person Dark Wood Croquet Set:
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Croquetis asportthat involves hitting plastic or woodenballswith a mallet throughhoops(often called \"wickets\" in the United States) embedded in a grass playing court.

HistoryPaille-maille(pall mall) illustrated inOld English Sports, Pastimes and Customs, published 1891. Original image by Lauthier 1717

The oldest document to bear the wordcroquetwith a description of the modern game is the set of rules registered byIsaac Sprattin November 1856 with the Stationers\' Company inLondon. This record is now in the English Public Records Office. In 1868 the first croquet all-comers\' meeting was held atMoreton-in-Marsh,Gloucestershireand in the same year the All England Croquet Club was formed atWimbledon, London.

In the bookQueen of Games: The History of Croquet,Nicky Smith presents two theories of the origin of the modern game that tookEnglandby storm in the 1860s and then spread overseas.

The first explanation is that the ancestral game was introduced toBritainfromFranceduring the reign ofCharles II of England, and was played under the name ofpaille-mailleor pall mall, derived ultimately from Latin words for \"ball andmallet\". This was the explanation given in the ninth edition ofEncyclopaedia Britannica, dated 1877. In his 1810 bookThe Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Joseph Strutt describes the way pall mall was played in England in the early 17th century: \"Pale-maille is a game wherein a round box ball is struck with a mallet through a high arch of iron, which he that can do at the fewest blows, or at the number agreed upon, wins. It is to be observed, that there are two of these arches, that is one at either end of the alley. The game of mall was a fashionable amusement in the reign of Charles the Second, and the walk in Saint James\'s Park, now called the Mall, received its name from having been appropriated to the purpose of playing at mall, where Charles himself and his courtiers frequently exercised themselves in the practice of this pastime.\"

Whilst the name pall mall and various games bearing this name may have been played elsewhere (France and Italy) the description above suggests that the croquet-like games were certainly popular in England as early as 1611.Some early sources refer to pall mall being played over a large distance (as in golf), however an image in Strutt\'s 1801 book shows a croquet-like ground billiards game (balls on ground, hoop, bats and peg) being played over ashort, garden-sized distance. The image\'s caption describes the game as \"a curious ancient pastime\", confirming that croquet games were not new in early nineteenth century England.

Early croquet-like game fromThe Sports and Pastimes of the people of England, first published 1801. Hoop, peg and two players with balls clearly shown.

InSamuel Johnson\'s 1755 dictionary, his definition of \"pall mall\" clearly describes a game with similarities to modern croquet: \"A play in which the ball is struck with a mallet through an iron ring\".However, there is no evidence that pall mall involved the croquet stroke which is the distinguishing characteristic of the modern game.

The second theory is that the rules of the modern game of croquet arrived fromIrelandduring the 1850s, perhaps after being brought there fromBrittanywhere a similar game was played on the beaches. Records show the similar game of \"crookey\" being played atCastlebellinghamin 1834, which was introduced toGalwayin 1835 and played on the bishop\'s palace garden, and in the same year to the genteel Dublin suburb of Kingstown (todayDún Laoghaire) where it was first spelt as \"croquet\".There is, however, no pre-1858 Irish document that describes the way game was played, in particular there is no reference to the distinctive croquet stroke.The noted croquet historian Dr Prior, in his book of 1872, makes the categoric statement \"One thing only is certain: it is from Ireland that croquet came to England and it was on the lawn of the late Lord Lonsdale that it was first played in this country.\" This was about 1851.

A game of Croquet being played atEglinton Castle, North Ayrshire, in the early 1860s

John Jaques apparently claimed in a letter toArthur Lilliein 1873 that he had himself seen the game played in Ireland and, \"I made the implements and published directions (such as they were) before Mr Spratt [mentioned above] introduced the subject to me.\"Whatever the truth of the matter, Jaques certainly played an important role in popularising the game, producing editions of the rules in 1857, 1860, and 1864.

Regardless when and by what route it reachedEnglandand theBritish coloniesin its recognizable form, croquet is, like pall mall,trucco,jeu de mailandkolven, clearly a derivative ofground billiards, which was popular in Western Europe back to at least the 14th century, with roots inclassical antiquity.

Croquet became highly popular as a social pastime in England during the 1860s; by 1867, Jaques had printed 65,000 copies of hisLaws and Regulationsof the game. It quickly spread to otherAnglophonecountries, includingAustralia,Canada,New Zealand,South Africa, and theUnited States. No doubt one of the attractions was that the game could be played by both sexes; this also ensured a certain amount of adverse comment.

By the late 1870s, however, croquet had been eclipsed by another fashionable game,tennis, and many of the newly created croquet clubs, including the All England club at Wimbledon, converted some or all of their lawns intotennis courts. There was a revival in the 1890s, but from then onwards, croquet was always a minority sport, with national individual participation amounting to a few thousand players. TheAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Clubstill has a croquet lawn, but has not hosted any significant tournaments. The English headquarters for the game is now inCheltenham.

Captain Moreton\'s Eglinton Castle

The earliest known reference to croquet in Scotland is the bookletThe Game of Croquet, its Laws and Regulationswhich was published in the mid-1860s for the proprietor of Eglinton Castle, theEarl of Eglinton. On the page facing the title page is a picture of Eglinton Castle with a game of \"croquet\" in full swing.

The croquet lawn existed on the northern terrace, betweenEglinton Castleand the Lugton Water. The 13th Earl developed a variation on croquet named Captain Moreton\'s Eglinton Castle croquet, which had small bells on the eight hoops \"to ring the changes\", two pegs, a double hoop with a bell and two tunnels for the ball to pass through. In 1865 the \'Rules of the Eglinton Castle and Cassiobury Croquet\' was published by Edmund Routledge. Several incomplete sets of this form of croquet are known to exist, and one complete set is still used for demonstration games in the West of Scotland.It is not known why the earl named the game thus.

Competitive variations

There are several variations of croquet currently played, differing in the scoring systems, order of shots, and layout (particularly in social games where play must be adapted to smaller-than-standard playing courts). Two forms of the game, association croquet and golf croquet, have rules that are agreed internationally and are played in many countries around the world. The United States has its own set of rules for domestic games. More unusual variations of the game include mondo croquet,extreme croquet, and bicycle croquet (perhaps influenced bypolo).Gateball, a sport originated in Japan under the influence of croquet, is played mainly inEastandSoutheast Asiaandthe Americas, it can also be regarded as a croquet variant.

As well as club-level games, there are regular world championships and international matches between croquet-playing countries. The sport has particularly strong followings in the UK, US, New Zealand and Australia; every four years, these countries play theMacRobertson Shieldtournament. Many other countries also play. The current world rankingsshow England in top place for association croquet, followed by Australia and New Zealand sharing second place, with the United States in fourth position; the same four countries appear in the top six of the golf croquet league table, below Egypt in top position, and with South Africa at number five.

Croquet is popularly believed to be viciously competitive.This may derive from the fact that (unlike in golf) players will often attempt to move their opponents\' balls to unfavourable positions. However, purely negative play is rarely a winning strategy: successful players (in all versions other than golf croquet) will use all four balls to set up a break for themselves, rather than simply making the game as difficult as possible for their opponents. At championship-standard association croquet, players can often make all 26 points (13 for each ball) in two turns.

Croquetwas an eventat the1900 Summer Olympics.Roque, an American variation on croquet,was an eventat the1904 Summer Olympics.

Glossary of termsBackyard croquet being played in rough grass with inexpensive equipment, United States, 2009

Backward ball: The ball of a side that has scored fewer hoops (compare with \'forward ball\').
Ball-in-hand: A ball that the striker can pick up to change its position, for example:

any ball when it leaves the court has to be replaced on the yard-line
the striker’s ball after making a roquet must be placed in contact with the roqueted ball
the striker’s ball when the striker is entitled to a lift.

Ball in play: A ball after it has been played into the game, which is not a ball in hand or pegged out.
Baulk: An imaginary line on which a ball is placed for its first shot in the game, or when taking a lift. The A-baulk coincides with the western half of the yard line along the south boundary; the B-baulk occupies the Eastern half of the north boundary yard line.
Bisque, half-bisqueA bisque is a free turn in a handicap match. A half-bisque is a restricted handicap turn in which no point may be scored.
Break down:To end a turn by making a mistake.
Continuation stroke: Either the bonus stroke played after running a hoop in order or the second bonus stroke played after making a roquet.
Croquet stroke: A stroke taken after making a roquet, in which the striker\'s ball and the roqueted ball are placed together in contact.
Double tap: A fault in which the mallet makes more than one audible sound when it strikes the ball.
Forward ball: The ball of a side that has scored more hoops (compare with \'backward ball\').
Hoop: Metal U-shaped gate pushed into ground.(Also called awicketin the US).
Leave: The position of the balls after a successful break, in which the striker is able to leave the balls placed so as to make life as difficult as possible for the opponent.
Lift: A turn in which the player is entitled to remove the ball from its current position and play instead from either baulk line. A lift is permitted when a ball has been placed by the opponent in a position where it is wired from all other balls, and also in advanced play when the opponent has completed a break that includes hoops 1-back or 4-back.
Object ball: A ball which is going to be rushed.
Peg out: To cause a rover ball to strike the peg and conclude its active involvement in the game.
Peel: To send a ball other than the striker\'s ball through its target hoop.
Pioneer: A ball placed in a strategic position near the striker\'s next-but-one or next-but-two hoop, to assist in running that hoop later in the break.
Primary coloursorfirst colours: The main croquet ball colours used which are blue, red, black and yellow (in order of play). Blue and black, and red and yellow, are played by the same player or pair.
Push: A fault when the mallet pushes the striker\'s ball, rather than making a clean strike.
Roquet: (Second syllable rhymes with \"play\".) When the striker’s ball hits a ball that he is entitled to then take a croquet shot with. At the start of a turn, the striker is entitled to roquet all the other three balls once. Once the striker\'s ball goes through its target hoop, it is again entitled to roquet the other balls once.
Rover ball: A ball that has run all 12 hoops and can be pegged out.
Rover hoop: The last hoop, indicated by a red top bar. The first hoop has a blue top.
Run a hoop: To send the striker’s ball through a hoop. If the hoop is the hoop in order for the striker’s ball, the striker earns a bonus stroke.
Rush: A roquet when the roqueted ball is sent to a specific position on the court, such as the next hoop for the striker’s ball or close to a ball that the striker wishes to roquet next.
Scatter shot: A continuation stroke used to hit a ball which may not be roqueted in order to send it to a less dangerous position.
Secondary coloursorsecond colours; also known asalternate colours:The colours of the balls used in the second game played on the same court in double-banking: green, pink, brown and white (in order of play). Green and brown versus pink and white, are played by the same player or pair.
Sextuple peel(SXP): To peel the partner ball through its last six hoops in the course of a single turn. Very few players have achieved this feat, but it is being seen increasingly at championship level.
Tice: A ball sent to a location that will entice an opponent to shoot at it but miss.
Triple peel(TP): To send a ball other than the striker’s ball through its last three hoops, and then peg it out. See alsoTriple Peel, A variant is theTriple Peel on Opponent(TPO), where the peelee is the opponent\'s ball rather than the partner ball. The significance of this manoevre is that in advanced play, making a break that includes the tenth hoop (called 4-back) is penalized by granting the opponent a lift (entitling him to take the next shot from either baulk line). Therefore many breaks stop voluntarily with three hoops and the peg still to run.
Wired: When a hoop or the peg impedes the path of a striker\'s ball, or the swing of the mallet. A player will often endeavour to finish a turn with the opponent\'s balls wired from each other.
Yard line: An imaginary line one yard from the boundary. Balls that go off the boundary are generally replaced on the yard line (but if this happens on a croquet stroke, the turn ends).

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