THE LAWS OF ASSOCIATION CROQUET (6th Edition, Amended 2008)

Copyright © 2000, 2008 The Croquet Association on behalf of itself and the Australian Croquet Association, Croquet New Zealand and the United States Croquet Association

APPENDIX 4

ALTERNATE STROKE HANDICAP DOUBLES PLAY


When a game is played under the conditions of Alternate Stroke Handicap Doubles Play, the laws of Handicap Doubles Play apply subject to the following modifications.

1. NON-APPLICATION OF VARIOUS LAWS

Law 37(f), Law 40(a) and Law 43(b) do not apply.

2. ALTERNATE STROKE PLAY

Subject to Paragraph 3 below, the players of each side play alternate strokes throughout the game and from turn to turn, whether such turns are ordinary turns, bisques or half-bisques. Thus the partner of the player who played the last stroke of a turn plays the first stroke of his side’s next turn.

3. ERRORS

  1. PLAYING OUT OF SEQUENCE
    1. If an adversary observes that a player is about to play out of sequence, he must forestall play immediately.
    2. If a player plays out of sequence and the error is discovered before the offending side has played two further strokes, the error is rectified and the correct player then plays. Any half-bisque or bisque played after the first stroke in error is restored (see Law 39(a)(1)).
    3. If the error is discovered after the limit of claims, play is deemed to have proceeded as if the player had not played out of sequence and play continues according to the sequence thereby established.
  2. OTHER ERRORS If any other error is rectifed, the partner of the player who played the first stroke in error plays the first stroke of his side’s next turn.

4. INTERFERENCES

If play is deemed not to have occurred following discovery of an interference under Laws 30 to 32, the player who played the first affected stroke plays the first stroke of his side’s next turn.
 
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