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I managed one for years Glen but never rolled it once , I was fortunate it was already established unlike the one you put in place so it had being rolled to a level which could be maintained , the old gardener told me this was the case so i took his word for it not having any previous experience of croquet lawns .
He also advised always removing any worm casts as first job with a besom broom to prevent them smudging .
Moss was most evident around February so it was raked out by hand with a spring rake and re seeded as the temperature allowed .
It was always mowed unconditionally with a cylinder mower which kept it flat and the edges of the lawn were boxed with lengths of timber which helped keep things level .
Instead of using a hand fork to aerate i invested in a mantis with a slitter which speeded things up considerably .
I also had time on my side as i was employed at the garden so could turn sprinklers on as required and attend to badger damage etc .
The other thing which helped was employer was not a purist and it was an ideal lawn to place a marquee on on top of for a few days so they were quite forgiving them having contributed to doing a little damage .
One factor will be how much you can do in the time you have Glen .
When I used to work for the council many years ago, we used to top-dress the green once a year and then you a lute to spread it over the surface.......... this would then fill in minor indentations. Also used to get rolled once a week but if I remember correctly...... it was 25 years ago.......... it wasn't a single roller but several small ones in a row from back to front.......... the idea being that it wouldn't drop into indentations , making them even deeper. The rolling was also done in different directions each time.
Thanks for the comments guys. John, yes as you say this is for a newly installed lawn, so the rolling is mainly to help smooth out some of the ground movement after the land drainage work, and firm up the playing surface.
I was a bit hesitant, but hired in a 150kg pedestrian roller. It did a lovely job, the lawn is now topdressed and over seeded, and will hopefully be ready for play this summer.
I'm hoping I can push for a cylinder mower soon!