THE LAWS OF ASSOCIATION CROQUET
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PART 1 - The Standard Court and Equipment
2. EQUIPMENT
(a) THE PEG . The peg has two parts. The base has
a uniform diameter of 1 1/2 inches and a height of 18 inches above the ground and is
made of wood or metal. It must be vertical, firmly fixed and painted white to a height of
at least 6 inches above the ground. The extension is about ½ inch in diameter and 6
inches in length and is made of any suitable material. It is designed to hold clips (see Law 2 (d) ) and is fixed detachably to the top of the base. The
extension may be temporarily removed if it impedes the striker.
(b) HOOPS
(1) Each hoop is made of round metal of uniform diameter
of 1/2 inch above the ground and painted white. It is 12 inches in height above the ground
measured to the top of the crown and must be vertical and firmly fixed. The crown must
be straight and at right angles to the uprights, whose inner surfaces must be parallel and not
less than 3 3/4 inches or more than 4 inches apart (but see Law
50(d) for tournament play). Each hoop on a court must have the same dimensions
within a tolerance of plus or minus 1/32 inch. In addition, the crown of the first hoop (hoop
1) is painted blue and that of the last hoop (rover) is painted red.
(2) The jaws of a hoop are defined as the space enclosed by
the inner surfaces of the uprights and the planes generated by raising a straight edge
vertically against both sides of the hoop from the ground to the crown.
(c) BALLS . There are four balls coloured blue,
black, red and yellow. Alternative colours, namely green, brown, pink and white, are also
permitted. A ball must be 3 5/8 inches, plus or minus 1/32 inch, in diameter and must
weigh 16 ounces, plus or minus 1/4 ounce. When dropped from a height of 60 inches onto
a steel plate 1 inch thick and set rigidly in concrete, a ball must rebound to a height of not
less than 30 inches and not more than 45 inches. The rebound heights of a set of balls to
be used in a game must not differ by more than 3 inches. Faulty or damaged balls may be
changed at any time during a game.
(d) CLIPS . There are four clips made of plastic or
metal, or any other suitable material, that must be the same colours as the balls used in a
game. They are used to indicate the score (see Law 4(e) ) and
may be temporarily removed if they impede the striker.
(e) MALLETS.
(1) The end-faces of the head of a mallet must be parallel and
identical and, subject to (e)(2) below, may be made of wood or any other non-metallic
material. Bevelled edges are not part of the end-faces.
(2) The two ends of the head must have identical playing
characteristics and must not give any playing advantage over a head made entirely of wood.
(3) A mallet may not be changed during a turn [see Law 4(d)] unless it has suffered damage affecting use in that turn.
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