Playing the game of Croquet is so much more fun when using the beautiful and substantial specialized equipment from Jaques of London. It can be as challenging and enjoyable sport as any other. Croquet combines the need for tactical ability, judgment and skill in equal measure successfully, due to the non-physical nature of the game and a unique handicapping and Croquet rules system. Because of this the game can be enjoyed at any level by male and female players of any age and ability on equal footing.

When John Jaques introduced Croquet at the Great Exhibition in 1851 it quickly became the vogue throughout the British Empire. Thus putting Jaques at the forefront of the spread of croquet as a sport. In 1864 John Jaques II, wrote and published Croquet; the Laws and Regulations of the Game. He was regarded as the greatest authority on the game at the time. And today, (with some revision) the game of croquet is still played by those rules.

The most important date for croquet is 1851 when John Jaques II’s new game ‘Croquet’ was presented at the Great Exhibition. Before long Wimbledon Croquet Club was opened - later to embrace the newly invented game of Lawn Tennis(Croquet). This beautiful deluxe croquet set celebrates this date, and has all of Jaques' finest competition components for serious croquet or the shorter Golf croquet versions. This set includes two beautifully finished brass ringed Oxford mallets with scored faces, two Challenge mallets, two square Hampton mallets and two polished hardwood Intermediate mallets ideal for the player who wants a shorter mallet, eight (8) matching composite double scored balls are held in two zippered canvas carry bags, Association cast iron hoops and hoop drill are chosen by the Croquet Association for all their Domestic, International and Test Matches, and the wooden hoop smasher mallet aids their insertion into the lawn, (please carefully water the hoop site before installing), one (1) deluxe eight band hand painted with gold lines between each color, winning peg indicates order of play, four (4) court border flags, to show, at a glance, the corners of the court, eight (8) hoop clips are attached to each hoop successively during play to show a player's progress, a set of eight (8) ball marker pegs record a ball's position, Jaques Basic Laws of Croquet, and last but certainly not least, Anton Gill’s Complete Guide, with many historical facts and illustrations plus much tactical advice on the game. The set comes in natural, mahogany stained deluxe pine box, 43 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 10 1/2", and is reinforced for strength and has extra robust rope handles, a leather Jaques logo label and brass lockdown catches. A superb purchase for any croquet gathering!