History of the game of Croquet.

The Croquet inventor, John Jaques II won a place in sporting history and a wonderful Gold Medal  (still in the families possesion)for introducing into England at the Great Exhibition in 1851 - thus writing the history of Croquet.

His display there attracted such wide attention that the game quickly became the vogue, not only in Britain but across Europe and throughout the British Empire. It was especially popular in India, reportedly played by The Viceroy himself with a solid ivory mallet, made by Jaques as part of their finest set. These historically important and wonderfully made sets are still available in our online Croquet store.

John Jaques won two Gold Medals for Croquet at the great exhibition in 1862 in London.

Certainly Jaques and Son (as it was then called) had no trouble selling its Croquet equipment.

John Jaques II was regarded as the greatest authority on the game and in 1864 wrote and published Croquet; the Laws and Regulations of the Game, by which  croquet is still played today.

Below are some Links to Croquet Sets in
the Online Store.

Jaques Association Croquet Set.
Jaques Great Exhibition Croquet Set.
Jaques Cheltenham Croquet Set.