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Wickets
The court and the equipment are the same as for Six Wicket American Rules Croquet
(USCA). Attire shall be the same as is approved for local golfing. The Game The game
is played as either doubles (preferred) with four players or singles with two players. In
doubles one side of two players plays with blue and black balls and the other side with
red and yellow, each player playing one color. In singles each player plays both balls
of their side. The balls are played in the sequence blue, red, black, yellow. Thus if
yellow is played in one stroke, blue will be played in the following stroke. All balls are
always contesting the same hoop and a point is scored by the side whose ball first
runs the wicket. When that wicket has been scored by any ball, all balls are then
contesting the next wicket. When a wicket is scored all balls will begin from the next
tee box (diagram 1) A match is a contest for the best of either1, 2, or 3 games of six
wickets each. Each game ends as soon as one side (the winner) has scored a
majority of the wickets to be played. In the event of a 3-3 tie a tie-breaker is played by repeating play of wicket one using the rotation used during the first six wickets(Butts Rule).
At the beginning of a match the players will agree as to whether the match
will consist of 1, 2, or 3 games. If three games are played the match is won by a side
if it wins the first two games. The wickets are contested as shown in Diagram 1. In a
6-point game the first 6 hoops are played and the first team to four is the the winner of that game.
The Start The game is begun with a coin toss.The side that wins the toss plays blue and black and blue plays first. All
balls are initially played from the North Boundary tee box from “off the court.” A ball is
“off the court” if any part of it laps over the boundary. After wicket one is scored play to
the #2 wicket is begun from the tee box “off the court” at the South Boundary, wicket
3 from the tee box “off the court” at the West Boundary and wicket 4 again from the
tee box “off the court” on the North boundary. Tie-breakers and wickets 4 and 5 are
begun from any point “off the court.” The Turn Each turn consists of one stroke only.
During the stroke the striker's ball may score a hoop point and cause other balls to
move and score the hoop point. A ball is off the court if any part of the ball laps over
the boundary string. A ball which “is off the court” may be placed for the next shot
ANYWHERE “off the court” at anytime before its turn begins. A player may knock his
partner “off the court” so his partner may play his next shot from anywhere “off the
court. A ball may be jumped over a hoop or another ball. If more than one ball scores
the wicket the ball which was closest to the hoop before the stroke is deemed to have
scored the hoop and the next player in rotation has the honor at the next tee. When a
match consists of more than one game, the players retain the same balls, and the
loser starts the next game with the loser's next ball in color sequence. Wicket PointA
ball scores a point by passing through the correct wicket in the order and direction
shown in Diagram 1. The running of a hoop is illustrated in Diagram 2. The ball starts
to run the hoop as soon as the front of the ball breaks the plane of the non-playing side
of the hoop. It completes the running if it stops clear of the plane of the playing side.
[Diagram 2 is the same as for American Croquet ( USCA Rules Croquet).] Faults It is
a fault if, in striking, the player: (1) touches the head of the mallet with a hand; (2)
pushes or pulls the striker's ball by maintaining contact between mallet and ball for an
appreciable period of time or causes the mallet to accelerate while still in contact with
the ball. A push is played away from the body. A pull is played towards the body; (3)
"double taps" the striker's ball by hitting it twice in the same stroke or maintaining
contact between the mallet and the ball after the ball has hit another ball; (4) plays a
partner's ball or opponent's ball. If a player plays a ball out of sequence it is replaced
and the striker plays the correct ball without penalty. Any other balls moved are
replaced and no points scored following that error are counted. In any disagreement as
to the replacement of a ball due to a fault the replacement spot chosen by the faulting
parties opponent shall have precedence. If several balls are played out of sequence
the balls are placed back in their original positions before the first ball was played in
error. However if the error is not noticed before the incorrectly played ball has been
played again, no action is taken on that or any previously incorrectly played ball.If the
fault is not noticed until after the next player has played, no action is taken. Play
continues as if the fault had not occurred. In the event of any of the above faults any
ball moved during that stroke is replaced, no point is scored for any ball, and the turn
ends. Choice of replacement spot is the opponent of the player at fault. It is NOT a
fault to crush a ball against a wicket
Wicket – A Cut Throat form of Golfers Croquet
The rules are the same as for Wickets with the following exceptions:
The game is played by three or four players. In the three player version the yellow ball
is retired from the game and not used unless there is a tie-breaker. All play is in the
blue/red/black/yellow ball rotation. Each player is playing for himself and not for a team
and plays only his own color ball. The order of play is determined by lot Play for the
first six wickets is the same as for Big-Balls.
Tie-Breakers – there are two types of ties: 3-3 and 2-2-2
To settle the tie the players who are tied shoot at the peg from any boundary in a continuation of the rotation used for the first six wickets. The player first hitting the peg is the winner.
During play any player may make a contract with another player for his cooperation
eg. One player wins the first three wickets and the other two or three players may
agree to play against the player with three wickets and split the pot OR the player with
three wickets negotiates with one of the other players to split the pot in order to gain
his cooperation. For maximum enjoyment the game should be played for money and
served up with alcohol.
Copyright 2001 "Wicket" Rev 1
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