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
Leon Wyczółkowski, A Game of Croquet (1892–1895), National Museum, Warsaw
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
Paille-maille (pall-mall) illustrated in Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs, published 1891. Original image by Lauthier, 1717.
Croquet players in Sweden, early 20th century
A game of croquet being played at Eglinton Castle, North Ayrshire, in the early 1860s
Backyard croquet being played in rough grass with inexpensive equipment, United States, 2009
Croquet player in a Michigan front yard, 1959
The Croquet Game, Édouard Manet, 1873
