The game is usually played outside the pub, on a pitch in the beer garden. The dimensions of the pitch are 21 yards long measured from the front of the trap, with the trap at one end and the two posts 13 feet 6 inches apart at the other end. If it is impossible for the pub to provide this area an alternative pitch shall be 18.5 yards long with posts 12 feet 6 inches wide.
The Blacksmiths Arms pitch in Cudham Lane South, Cudham, Kent
The Chequers pitch at Watery Lane, Heaverham, Kent
Note the use of netting at the far end behind the posts, which is used to stop the ball if the bowling side do not intercept it, thus preventing a long walk and search in the hedge behind.
The Posts are usually made of hard wood with a dowel pole of 7 feet in height from the ground to the top, alternatively a plastic pipe 34mm in diameter can be used. The wooden triangles bases are normally 18 inches in side length and 5 inches deep.
Alternatively some pubs prefer to make concrete bases with a sleeve, which they leave outside all year round only inserting the dowel pole for matches.
Left below, a picture of the posts used at The Blacksmiths in Cudham.
The post on the right is made with a concrete block as used by The Bull Inn, High Street, Brasted, Kent. Also the bases are usually fitted with 4 inch coach bolts to secure them to the ground.
