4. START AND END OF A GAME AND TURN

1. WHEN A GAME STARTS A game and its first turn start when the first stroke is played (see Law 5 and Law 8(b)).
2. WINNER A game is won by the side whose balls are first both pegged out (but see Law 53(g)(1) for time-limited games).
3. WHEN A GAME ENDS A game ends when, in agreement as to which side has won, the players quit the court or start another game on it.
4. WHY A TURN ENDS A turn ends if:
   1. in a stroke other than a croquet stroke, the striker's ball does not make a roquet or score a hoop point for itself; or
   2. in a croquet stroke either ball is sent off the court as specified in Law 20(c); or
   3. in any stroke the striker's ball or a ball roqueted in that stroke is pegged out; or
   4. the striker plays a stroke by declaring that he will leave the ball where it lies; or
   5. the striker plays a half-bisque or bisque prematurely and the adversary fails to forestall play (but see Law 37(e)); or
   6. the striker quits the court in the mistaken belief that his turn has ended and the adversary plays a stroke; or
   7. in any stroke the striker commits an error for which the penalty is end of turn (see Laws 25, 26, 27(d) and 28); or
   8. it is so required after play is deemed not to have occurred (see Laws 30 to 32); or
   9. a ruling is made to that effect under Law 55.
5. WHEN A TURN ENDS A turn ends and, unless the game has been won, a new turn starts when:
   1. one of the conditions in Law 4(d) has been met, the last stroke of the turn has ended and the balls and clips are correctly positioned; or
   2. the adversary plays a stroke after the striker has either:
      1. quitted the court in the belief that the requirements of Law 4(e)(1) have been met; or
      2. permitted the adversary to play a stroke.
      (but see Law 37 for handicap play and Law 53(g)(4) for time-limited games).