This article is about the game. For the food item, see Croquette. For the Smalltalk-based 3D software platform, see Croquet project. For the architectural feature, see Crocket.
Not to be confused with Cricket.
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Croquet
Modern croquet equipment
Highest governing body
World Croquet Federation (WCF) (association and golf)
United States Croquet Association (USCA) (6-wicket and 9-wicket)
First played
1856
Characteristics
Contact
No
Team members
Singles, doubles, and team events
Type
Mallet sport
Equipment
Mallet, balls, hoops or wickets
Presence
Olympic
Only in 1900 Summer Olympics
Paralympic
No
World Games
No
Leon Wyczółkowski, A Game of Croquet (1892–1895), National Museum, Warsaw
Croquet (UK: /ˈkroʊkeɪ,-ki/ or US: /kroʊˈkeɪ/) is a sport[1][2] that involves hitting wooden or plastic balls with a mallet through hoops (often called "wickets" in the United States) embedded in a grass playing court.
^The Croquet Association (CA), the national governing body for the sport of Croquet in England
^Oxford Croquet.com, "Croquet is a satisfying sport utilising tactics and touch in equal measure"
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