London Green 6 Player Croquet Set

by Croquet Sport

Product Features

• Leather gripped mallets
• Tournament weight croquet balls
• Heavy steel wickets
• Boundary flags and pegs
• US Croquet Association rule book

Product Description

One of the early White House scandals resulted when President Rutherford B. Hayes spent taxpayer money on fancy croquet balls for the south lawn. The LG6 set comes with everything necessary for an official 6-wicket tournament game or the more familiar 9-wicket backyard game. Set includes 6 laminated solid wood mallets with 38 inch handles wrapped with perforated leather grips, inlaid sight lines and brass reinforcing bands that are milled into the heads near the points of contact. The 6 croquet balls are biaxially milled to make deep diamond grooves on their surfaces; this gives the balls traction to follow a course on grass. Wickets (9) are fashioned from 7/16 inch powdercoated solid steel rod, not from coat hanger wire. They are marked to show how deep to set them into the ground to hold the proper 12 inch vertical clearance when firmly fixed. The 2 wooden stakes used in the nine wicket game to establish the finish and turning points have a detachable black spire to hold the six color coded marker clips used to document the progress of the game. Use the rubber headed hammer to fix the pegs, stakes, flags and wickets into the ground since the mallets should never be used for this purpose. The set comes with the official USCA rules for both a 6 and 9 wicket game. The three zipper tough corded nylon bag holds everything and has handles and a shoulder strap for storage and carrying. Hand made in India.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 42 x 11 x 11 inches ; 51 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 56 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00015GDIM
• Item model number: LG6
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #211,766 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #40 in Sports & Outdoors > Leisure Sports & Games > Lawn Games > Croquet

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LONDON GREEN 6 PLAYER CROQUET SET, July 12, 2010

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TOM G. - See all my reviews

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This review is from: London Green 6 Player Croquet Set (Misc.)

THIS IS DEFINATELY AN ADULT TOY, ALTHOUGH OLDER CHILDREN WOULD PROBABLY BE ABLE TO USE IT. SIZE OF THE MALLETS AND THEIR INDIVIDUAL WEIGHT BEING THE ISSUE. THE QUALITY OF THIS SET IS SUPERB AND IF COST IS NOT AN ISSUE IT IS DEFINATELY THE ONE TO BUY. WE HAVE USED IT AT SEVERAL FAMILY GATHERINGS AND HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE EQUIPMENT OR ANY BREAKAGE. THIS IS A EXTREMELY WELL CONSTRUCTED SET AND QUALITY IS EXCELLENT.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good London Green Croquet Set, September 11, 2011

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Linda Taylor (Forest Grove, OR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: London Green 6 Player Croquet Set (Misc.)

Excellent set for people wanting to go beyond tiny, light-weight mallets and balls but not wanting to pay $1000+ for a full Association set. Very nice appearance and materials. My set has held up well for years. Wickets are thick and sturdy, but wide enough for rough lawns. Mallets are hefty and adult sized, allowing the full range of strokes. Balls are okay, but I did get a slightly better set of polymer balls after a couple of seasons' play. This set's not cheap, but it's by far the best mid-price set.