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THE RULES AND HISTORY OF CROQUET Croquet
is considered to be a classic yard game that has been played for 100's of
years throughout Europe. A game very much like croquet is believed to have
been played in Ancient Rome.
The modern version of croquet, however,
originated in about the Fourteenth century and was played by French peasants
who used wooden mallets to hit wooden balls through wickets made from willow
branches. the game became popular in Ireland in the early 1800's and was
subsequently played in England around 1851. The game quickly became popular
and spread throughout the British colonial empire, reaching virtually every
area of British colonial rule by the year 1870. |
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Many Americans also developed a more simple and
rugged version of 9 wicket croquet, which could be played casually in their
own backyards. This is the version of croquet that many Americans know and
play today. The well trimmed croquet field is still used in professional
play, both in America and at the internationally. Croquet was a popular game among the young people of the British Empire, who used it as a social outlet and a chance to flirt without their parents constantly peering over their shoulders. It was initially more popular among women, but in 1874 there was a decline in the popularity of the game among women, because it was becoming too scientific and complex. The game also declined in popularity as lawn tennis began to replace it, bringing in more money than croquet. |
As the games popularity decreased in England, it continued to increase in
the United states. In 1865, the Newport Croquet Club in Rhode Island was
formed. In 1871, Milton Bradley published “Croquet – Its Principles and
rules.” In New York, in 1882, 25 clubs formed the National American Croquet
Association. The game met with some setbacks in America, when in the 1890’s,
the game was condemned by the Boston clergy, who spoke against it because it
was associated with drinking, gambling, and licentious behavior. Croquet was
played as an Olympic sport in the 1900 and 1904 Olympic Games.
Croquet is more popular as a competitive sport outside of the USA. The game
began to increase in popularity in the USA in the 1960’s. In 1969, the 1st 6
wicket croquet tournament was held in at the Colony Hotel in Palm Beach
between the Palm Beach Croquet Club and the New York Croquet Club. Several
other clubs eventually joined in and created a a uniform code of
rules, they established the United States Croquet Association, under Jack
Osborn.
Since 1980, croquet professionals in North
America have grown from about 50 to around Four Thousand. Croquet is now
played in over 20 countries as a competitive sport. National tournaments are
held often within these countries, and international tournaments are held as
well.
Many clubs and associations have now been established in the USA and
the international version of croquet is being played more often by American
croquet players. Most Americans, however, still play the more simple and
casual backyard, 9 wicket version of croquet. Many Americans also play
“poison croquet,” which is much the same as 9 wicket croquet, but is
not played in teams. Instead, each player competes for him/herself to see
who can hit their ball through all of the wickets 1st, making their ball
“poison” and then eliminating the other players by hitting their balls with
the poison ball.
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