9-Wicket "Backyard Style" Grass Croquet -
Rules: Scoring Points
Scoring Points
Making a Wicket
Making a Wicket - A ball, in order to run (score) a wicket must:
- start the run from the front of the wicket so that no part of the ball is past the back part of the wicket.
- pass completely through the wicket from front to back so that no part of the ball is past the front part of the wicket.
- commit no fouls during the shot that the point is scored.
- must have clearance (see the rules for clearance for direct shots, rocquet shots, and croquet shots).
If a player, with one shot, passes through a wicket but causes the playing ball to go out of bounds without roqueting another ball, the point still counts. This also applies to hitting the far post.
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Settling Backwards Under a Wicket - If a ball clears the wicket but settles backwards past the front of the wicket without hitting another ball the point has not been made, but the ball is still in position to make that wicket. If a ball is for number seven wicket and makes that wicket, hits the post, and then settles under the number nine (also seven) wicket, the ball has made the seven and eight points. Had it cleared the number nine wicket, the number nine point would also be made.
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Making a Point for the Post - In order to score a point for the far post (the eighth point), the ball simply has to touch the post by a direct shot, roquet shot, croquet shot, or tight-ball shot. To score the final point for the near post (the sixteenth point) involves posting out both partner balls. See the rules for posting out.
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Making a point for a basket is similar to making a wicket except that a player has a choice of diagonal paths to shoot for instead of a single path. All of the general rules that apply to wickets apply to the basket with the additional stipulation that the ball must come out of the basket from the opening opposite that it entered the basket.
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Clearance for a Wicket - A ball is said to have clearance on a wicket if the ball can run the wicket before hitting another ball. That is, there must be at least one ball length between the front edge of the wicket and the nearest ball along the line of the path of the ball. (Note: a wider wicket makes an angle shot possible even when another ball is closer than one ball length from the front edge alone.)
If a playing ball does not have clearance because of a ball that the playing ball is dead on, the playing ball is blocked from making the wicket, and if the playing ball hits that ball that it is dead on, it is a foul.
If the playing ball is alive on a ball that is denying it clearance, and if the playing ball shoots through the wicket and hits that ball, the playing ball has roqueted that ball and has not yet made the wicket.
If a playing ball has clearance for a wicket, makes the wicket, and hits another ball, the playing ball, having become alive upon clearing the wicket, has roqueted that ball (see the rules for roqueting).
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