These guides offer insights into other aspects of the game, helping you become a more knowledgeable and skilled player. The first explanation is that the ancestral game was introduced to Britain from France during the 1660-1685 reign of Charles II of England, Scotland, and Ireland and was played under the name of paille-maille (among other spellings, today usually pall-mall), derived ultimately from Latin words for 'ball and mallet' (the latter also found in the name of the earlier French game, jeu de mail). Norman Rockwell often depicted the game, including in his painting Croquet. Hutchinson, John. "The Cannon in Association Croquet". In England and Wales, there are around 170 clubs affiliated with the Croquet Association. There are also many ways to configure multi-shade lights, making them a popular choice for home owners. As well as club-level games, county-level tournaments, and leagues, there are regular world championships and international matches between croquet-playing countries. Such tables are mostly found in bars. The other principal games are played on tables that have six pockets, one at each corner and one in each of the long sides; these games include English billiards, played with three balls; snooker, played with 21 balls and a cue ball; and pocket billiards, or pool, played with 15 balls and a cue ball.

There are also clubs in many universities and colleges, what is billiards with an annual Varsity match being played between Oxford and Cambridge. However, there is no evidence that pall-mall involved the croquet stroke, which is the distinguishing characteristic of the modern game. Regardless of when and by what route it reached the British Isles and the British colonies in its recognizable form, croquet is, like pall-mall and trucco, among the later forms of ground billiards, which as a class have been popular in Western Europe back to at least the Late Middle Ages, with roots in classical antiquity, including sometimes the use of arches and pegs along with balls and mallets or other striking sticks (some more akin to modern field hockey sticks). At least one version of it, rouët ('wheel'), was a multi-ball lawn game. It is no coincidence that the game became popular at the same time as the cylinder lawn mower, since croquet can only be played well on a lawn that is flat and finely-cut.

The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club still has a croquet lawn, but has not hosted any significant tournaments. The image's caption describes the game as "a curious ancient pastime", confirming that croquet games were not new in early-19th-century England. Croquet is popular pastime of Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina characters. Croquet became highly popular as a social pastime in England during the 1860s. It was enthusiastically adopted and promoted by the Earl of Essex, who held lavish croquet parties at Cassiobury House, his stately home in Watford, Hertfordshire, and the Earl even launched his own Cassiobury brand croquet set. While the name pall-mall and various games bearing this name also appeared elsewhere (France and Italy), the description above suggests that the croquet-like games in particular were popular in England by the early 17th century. Some other early modern sources refer to pall-mall being played over a large distance (as in golf); however, an image in Strutt's 1801 book shows a croquet-like ground billiards game (balls on the ground, hoop, bats, and peg) being played over a short, garden-sized distance.

The English headquarters for the game is now in Cheltenham. This article will clear everything up for you by answering the question: What is English in Pool? Whether you know it or not, English is used all the time in pool and is one of the main ways to control where the cue ball ends up after coming into contact with an object ball. The first thing to remember about Pool balls is the cue ball. Initially, all the balls from 1 to 15 stand at one edge of the pyramid. He then alternately pockets red and coloured balls. Nicky Smith presents two theories of the origin of the modern game of croquet, which took England by storm in the 1860s and then spread overseas. The current Women's Association Croquet World Champion (2023) is Debbie Lines of England. 7th Edition, World Croquet Federation. As of 2023, the Golf Croquet World Champion was Matthew Essick (USA), and the Women's Golf Croquet World Champion was Jamie Gumbrell (Australia). Every four years, the top countries play in the World Team Championships in AC (the MacRobertson Shield) and GC (the Openshaw Shield). Other nations compete in Tier 2 and Tier 3 World Team Championships.