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A Croquet-like game is believed to have been played by thirteenth century French peasants who used crudely fashioned mallets to whack wooden balls balls through hoops made of willow branches. A variety of equipment has been found indicating that, as was typical, there were no standards and a variety of rules and types of game were in existence for several centuries. One type of game which this author calls Ground Billiards` featured a hoop and a stick, a point being scored for each time your ball was first through the hoop and onto hit the stick. [more]

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Online Guide to Traditional Games [more]
History and information.
http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Croquet.htm

Oxford Croquet: Croquet History [more]
Includes a brief summary and links to related sites and articles.
http://www.oxfordcroquet.com/history/

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