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...many people, the word croquet triggers the image of the comical game played by the Queen of Hearts and Alice in the Disney film Alice in Wonderland...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: Croquet National Champions For The Second Straight Year | 5/5/1993 | See Source »

...junior Ned Bannon and sophomore John Fogarty. This duo captured the National Collegiate Croquet Championship at Smith College on April...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: Croquet National Champions For The Second Straight Year | 5/5/1993 | See Source »

...sport that doesn't receive too much recognition," Fogarty said, "but it's really a lot of fun to go out on a nice day and play croquet...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: Croquet National Champions For The Second Straight Year | 5/5/1993 | See Source »

...fact, croquet's small-time appeal relegates it to club-level status at Harvard, so that the team gets very little financial support...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: Croquet National Champions For The Second Straight Year | 5/5/1993 | See Source »

...played by the true rules, it never would have happened. But it was our game, so we did what we want. Nobody really minded. It wasn't worth shopping for another croquet ball, or a replacement set; they didn't sell them in the marketplace, and besides, we wouldn't be back in Jamaica for a long time...

Author: By Joanna M. Welss, | Title: Imperialist Games | 4/9/1993 | See Source »

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