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CQ30
CROQUET GAME RULES
Court Diagram
1.
The standard croquet court is 100' x 50'. Please adjust the court to fit your playing area.
2.
Stakes and wickets are placed 6' from each side and as marked on the court diagram.
1.
Players take turns in the order of the corresponding colors on the stakes.
2.
Place your ball halfway between the starting stake and the first wicket and try to hit it
through. You earn a bonus strike for each wicket your ball passes through; otherwise your
turn will be over.
3.
Pass the ball through the wickets in the proper order. The ball must be struck not pushed,
and always with the full face of the mallet. No ball can croquet or be croqueted until it
passes through the first wicket.
4.
Player gets 1 additional stroke after driving the ball through a wicket or hitting the turning
stake. Player gets 2 additional strokes if the ball roquets. Player driving the ball through both
the first and second, or the sixth and seventh wickets gets 2 additional strokes.
5.
Every stroke counts no matter how slightly the ball moves. If a player wholly misses the
ball, it still counts as a stroke.
6.
If your ball croquets an opponent's ball and both balls pass through a wicket, you earn
2 additional strokes but not the wicket. If a bonus stroke is used to croquet, the wicket
counts and only 1 additional stroke is earned. (The croqueted ball earns the wicket but
is not allowed a bonus stroke.)
COURT DIMENSIONS (100’ X 50’)
Game Rules
