Croquet
Croquet is a sport. It was officially registered by Isaac Spratt in November 1856. It involves hitting plastic or wooden balls with a mallet through hoops (often called "wickets" in the United States) embedded in a grass playing court.
Croquet Media
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Leon Wyczółkowski, A Game of Croquet (1892–1895), National Museum, Warsaw
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Croquet being played at a club in the UK; four balls are visible on the lawn black, green, red, and brown showing that two games are in progress (known as "double-banking"): red and black belong to one game, green and brown to the other
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Paille-maille (pall-mall) illustrated in Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs, published 1891; original image by Lauthier, 1717
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Croquet players in Sweden, early 20th century
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A game of croquet being played at Eglinton Castle, North Ayrshire, in the early 1860s
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Backyard croquet being played in rough grass with inexpensive equipment, Pacific Northwest, August 2009
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Croquet player in a front yard in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1959
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The Croquet Game, Édouard Manet, 1873
