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The Tournament,

Or public match, is the most difficult form of Croquet, as great nerve and skill are often required. The "All England" is the leading club, and has a splendid ground at Wimbledon, on which it holds meetings several times a year, including that for the championship. The competitors play against each other in pairs according to certain rules, for which see "A. E. C. C. Regulations for the Management of Prize Meetings," price 6d., sold by Horace Cox, 346, Strand, who will also supply the Conference Code.

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