There is only one objection to croquet – the real croquet – and that is, if you want to play it seriously, there is not room in life for anything else.
This was the final paragraph in an article that appeared in the Western Australian Newspaper in 1901 and makes for interesting reading.
1901 ‘CROQUET.’, The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 – 1954), http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23852892
