Editing Croquet (section)

===American six-wicket===
The American-rules version of croquet is the dominant version of the game in the United States and is also widely played in [[Canada]]. It is [[Sports governing body|governed]] by the [[United States Croquet Association]]. Its genesis is mostly in association croquet, but it differs in a number of important ways that reflect the home-grown traditions of American "backyard" croquet. Official rules were first published in 1894 by the Spalding Athletic Library, as adopted by the National American Croquet Association.<ref>Buffalo Sunday Morning News, NY, July 1, 1894. [https://www.newspapers.com/image/354197622/?terms=Spalding%20Athletic%20Library&match=1] Retrieved Dec 16, 2020</ref>

American six-wicket uses the same six-wicket layout as both association croquet and golf croquet, and is also played by two individuals or teams, each owning two balls.

Like association croquet, the object of the game is to be the first to pass each of their balls through all six hoops in both directions and to strike the central peg, for a total of 26 points. Unlike association croquet, balls are always played in the same sequence (blue, red, black, yellow). The limitation of roqueting each ball once between hoop points is, unlike in association croquet, carried over from turn to turn until the ball scores the next hoop. In American six-wicket, this is termed "deadness", and a separate board is required to keep track of the deadness for all four balls.<ref name="Ian Plummer">{{cite web |url=http://www.oxfordcroquet.com/laws/usca/index.asp |title=Association vs US (6-wicket) Rules Croquet |first= Ian |last= Plummer |date=1 January 2011 |publisher=Oxford Croquet}}</ref> A further difference is the more restrictive boundary-line rules of American croquet. In the American game, roqueting a ball [[out of bounds]] or running a hoop so that the ball goes out of bounds causes the turn to end, and balls that go out of bounds are replaced only {{convert|9|in|spell=in|cm}} from the boundary rather than {{Convert|1|yd|cm|spell=in}} as in association croquet.<ref name="Ian Plummer" /> "Attacking" balls on the boundary line to bring them into play is thus far more challenging.