0 a game in which two, three, or four players use mallets (= long wooden hammers) to hit wooden balls through small metal hoops (= curves) fixed into the grass -- 槌球遊戲
Some tableaux represent human social activities, in schoolrooms, drinking clubs, croquet and cricket lawns, with great attention to detail.
It seems to me rather like putting up a lot of new hoops in a game of croquet when you are approaching the stick.
Wimbledon is the home of lawn tennis and croquet.
I see that it does not mention croquet in the long list that it gives.
I think that we are playing by croquet rules while everybody else is playing by rugby league rules.
We also cater for outside sports, such as clock golf, croquet, and we have a hard tennis court.
That is right, for you cannot turn greasy croquet potatoes into a healthy food by adding a few vitamins.
It would be quite ludicrous if grant could be awarded for tennis activities but not for croquet activities.