TABLE OF CONTENTS
A. OUTLINE OF THE GAME
1. An outline of the game
B. THE COURT AND EQUIPMENT
2. The court
3. Equipment and accessories
C. DEFINITIONS
4. Start and end of a game and
turn
5. A stroke and the striking
period
6. States of a ball
7. Outside agencies
PART 2 ORDINARY SINGLES PLAY
A. GENERAL LAWS OF PLAY
8. The start of a game
9. Election of striker's ball
10. Ball off the court
11. Ball in the yard-line area
12. Replacement of a ball off the
court or in the yard-line area
13. Wiring lift
14. Hoop point
15. Peg point
16. Roquet
17. Hoop and roquet situations
18. Consequences of a roquet
19. Placing balls for a croquet
stroke
20. Croquet stroke
21. Continuation stroke
B. ERRORS IN PLAY
22. General principles
23. Forestalling play
24. Compound errors
25. Playing when not entitled to
do so
26. Playing a wrong ball
27. Playing when a ball is
misplaced
28. Faults
C. INTERFERENCE WITH PLAY
29. General principles
30. Balls wrongly removed or not
removed from the game
31. Misplaced clips and
misleading information
32. Playing when forestalled
33. Interference with the
position of a ball
34. Interference with the playing
of a stroke
35. Miscellaneous interference
PART 3 OTHER FORMS OF PLAY
A. ADVANCED SINGLES PLAY
36. Optional lift or contact
B. HANDICAP SINGLES PLAY
37. Bisques
38. Pegging out in handicap games
39. Restoration of bisques after
certain errors
C. DOUBLES PLAY
40. General
41. Ordinary doubles play
42. Advanced doubles play
43. Handicap doubles play
D. SHORTENED GAMES
44. Shortened games
45. Advanced play in shortened
games
46. Handicap play in shortened
games
PART 4 CONDUCT OF THE GAME
A. GENERAL LAWS OF CONDUCT
47. The state of the game
48. Referees of the game
49. Expedition in play
50. Advice and aids
51. Miscellaneous laws of conduct
B. SPECIAL LAWS
52. Double-banked play
53. Tournament and match play
54. Local laws
55. Overriding law
APPENDICES
1. Tolerances and
metric equivalents of standard dimensions
2. Ball performance
specifications
3. Full bisque handicap play
4. Alternate stroke handicap
doubles play
5. Short croquet
INDEX
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C
D
E
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