For the Dutch food item, see Croquette. For the Smalltalk based 3D environment, see Croquet project.

Croquet is a recreational game and, latterly, a competitive sport that involves hitting wooden or plastic balls with a mallet through hoops embedded into the grass playing arena. The game was apparently invented in Ireland in the 1830s and taken to England as a pastime of the aristocracy in the 1850s. It may have evolved from the earlier mallet and ball game pall mall. It made its way to Canada, the United States, Australia, and France, and while never hugely popular has continued to maintain a substantial following.

It was an event at the 1900 Summer Olympics. Roque, an event at the 1904 Summer Olympics is believed to have been a variation. One of the best known croquet clubs is the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, originally the All England Croquet Club, which hosts the annual Wimbledon tennis championships.

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. More unusual variations of the game include eXtreme Croquet and Bicycle Croquet.

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When is a croquet mallet like a billy club? Whenever you want it to be!
BobbiBallistic (Bobbi Gooby) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:22:37 -0000
When is a croquet mallet like a billy club? Whenever you want it to be!
I miss my days of playing croquet. I was totally such an ace. Those were the days.
JaceChannel5 (Jason Miller) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:20:51 -0000
I miss my days of playing croquet. I was totally such an ace. Those were the days.
@xstex lmao i dont think ive ever played croquet in my life. im more of a badminton person :)
georginamay (georgina may hewison) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:09:11 -0000
@xstex lmao i dont think ive ever played croquet in my life. im more of a badminton person :)
@xstex LMAO. well the croquet was a joke but i looove pimms. haha.
georginamay (georgina may hewison) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:07:48 -0000
@xstex LMAO. well the croquet was a joke but i looove pimms. haha.
@xstex but i am partial to a bit of croquet ;)
georginamay (georgina may hewison) Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:59:55 -0000
@xstex but i am partial to a bit of croquet ;)
@fullbright But then it's the people part that's meaningful, not the game. Which is true, but it's also true for bridge and croquet.
Nelsormensch (Nels Anderson) Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:31:09 -0000
@fullbright But then it's the people part that's meaningful, not the game. Which is true, but it's also true for bridge and croquet.

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