THE LAWS OF ASSOCIATION CROQUET
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APPENDIX 5
SHORT CROQUET
Short Croquet is a shortened version of the game, primarily intended
for play on smaller lawns. The laws of handicap singles play apply,
subject to the following modifications.
1. THE COURT
The standard court is a rectangle measuring 24 by 16 yards. The four
outer hoops are 4 yards from the adjacent boundaries, the two inner hoops
are 6 yards north and south of the peg.
2. THE COURSE
The game is 14 points; six hoops and the peg (see
Law 52(c)).
3 . THE HANDICAPPING SYSTEM
Each player has to make the number of mandatory peels corresponding to
his normal handicap, or he becomes entitled to the number of bisques, given
in a table published by the Council from time to time. If both players
are entitled to bisques, each player receives the appropriate number of
bisques as in full bisque handicap play.
4. MANDATORY PEELS
Either ball of a side may be peeled by its partner ball to count as a mandatory
peel.
When the striker is in a position where the number of mandatory peels
outstanding is equal to the number of hoop points remaining to be scored
by his two balls, he cannot score a point by running a hoop. If after
running a hoop in this situation the striker continues to play as if the
hoop point had been scored, Law 27 applies.
5. PEELING AN ADVERSARY'S BALL
An adversary's ball may be peeled without penalty, except that if the adversary
has a number of mandatory peels outstanding equal to the number of hoop
points remaining to be scored by his two balls, his number of mandatory
peels outstanding is reduced by one for each peel made on one of his balls.
6. PEGGING OUT
Law 39 applies. If the striker pegs out an adversary's ball when
the adversary still has mandatory peels outstanding, all those mandatory
peels are cancelled.
If one of the striker's balls is a rover, and he still has mandatory
peels to make, he cannot score the peg point for his rover ball.
If his rover ball strikes the peg and is removed from the court,
Law 30(d) applies.
7. WIRING LIFT
Law 13 applies, but is amended so that part (a)(1) reads: 'it is from its
partner ball or, if that has been pegged out, from all balls: and'.
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