There aren't more Mexican players because they just don't know about it. People in this country would rather golf. Just ask any Mexican dentist or doctor. And those clubs would be the natural place for croquet exposure to begin, but it becomes circular. There's no demand for croquet because nobody knows what it is.
Nobody knows what it is, because they've never seen it, hence, there's no demand.
A Monterrey gentleman who saw the game played in California and was so taken with it he built a family court at his home in that northern industrial city. Two couples paid their dues, bought mallets, took lessons, but it's a complicated game, and they were lukewarm. And the country club here offers more family and social stuff. Score another one for the rampant, insidious country club think ethic. The charge has been leveled from north of the Rio Grande that croquet, Mexican-style, is nothing more than old farts living off the fat of the land, toying with the game, warring with each other.