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The Laws of Badminton

Let the players agree as to which courts they shall occupy. The "server" must serve, as in Lawn Tennis, over the net diagonally, and if the shuttlecock goes wrong in any way, the server is out for that round. (He may try again if agreed to by the opposite party.) A player missing the service loses one point, and is out; and when all are out, a new round is begun.

The game is fifteen. When both sides are thirteen, the score may be increased five points; if fourteen "all," it may be increased to eighteen. Scoring is as follows. A miss counts (to adversary) one point; striking out of bounds, hitting net, or below it, or supporting post, or striking by hand in "play," or hitting a partner, each forfeits one point, which is also claimed if the wrong person serve. These errors add up the score against the side; so the lesser total will constitute the winner.