Some writers give certain privileges for passing two hoops at a time, and for striking the posts—such as placing the ball a mallet’s length in any direction from its original position. This plan, however, is very irregular, and affords too great an advantage to one player to be adopted.
28. Striking the posts enables the player to have a fresh turn, and is in all respects equivalent to passing a hoop.
29. A player who, having gone through all the hoops, strikes the winning-post, is dead; and being out of the game, is not allowed to have a fresh turn.
30. If either of the posts be struck by a ball that is driven thither by a croquing or croqued ball, or in passing through the next hoop to it in the right direction, the stroke holds good.
31. If a ball be moved by a player when it should not have been touched, it must be restored to its former position, even if the stroke have sent it against a post or through a hoop.
32. If any ball (or balls) be struck by the ball moved, as in the last rule, it must be at once replaced in its former position.
33. If a ball, in the tight croquet, slip from under the feet and strike the turning-post, the stroke does not count.
[By the same rule, if a player in croquing strike the winning-post, the stroke does not count.]
34. If a ball be hit off the ground on a gravel-walk or a flower-bed, it is to be placed at once 12 inches at right-angles from the limit of the boundary.