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Leon Wyczółkowski, A Game of Croquet (1892–1895), National Museum, Warsaw. Croquet (UK: / ˈ k r oʊ k eɪ,-k i / or US: / k r oʊ ˈ k eɪ /) is a sport [1] [2] which involves hitting wooden, plastic, or composite balls with a mallet through hoops (often called "wickets" in the United States) embedded in a grass playing court. [3]
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The United States Croquet Association (USCA) fosters croquet in all its forms, from the familiar nine-wicket croquet game to the modern sport of six-wicket croquet. There are USCA-affiliated clubs and tournaments across the United States and Canada. The official rules of American Croquet are maintained by the USCA.
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Like croquet, roque players mark their progress on the court by placing colored markers on the arches. However, while croquet traditionally places the marker on the top of the wicket for the first pass-through and on the side of the wicket for the second pass, roque markers were usually placed at the top of the arch and were labeled on one side.
The court at Falkland Palace is the last remaining jeu quarré design which unlike jeu à dedans court lacks a tambour, a dedans and a dedans penthouse. Instead, it features an ais , a piece of wood on what would be the dedans wall adjacent to the service penthouse, and four lunes , openings in the walls high above what would be the dedans.