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CONTENTS
PAGES
1. RULES OF THE GAME OF SNOOKER 5-30
SNOOKER RULES INDEX 7
2. ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF SNOOKER 32-36
- SNOOKER SHOOT OUT
COMPETITION RULES 34-35
- A SIMPLIFIED FORM OF SNOOKER 36
3. RULES OF THE GAME
OF ENGLISH BILLIARDS 38-58
ENGLISH BILLIARDS RULES INDEX 40
4. SECTION FOR NOTES 59-61
RULES
OF THE GAME OF
SNOOKER形容春天的诗
SECTION 1 Page EQUIPMENT Page
1 | The Standard Table | 9 | 3 | Cue | 10 |
2 | Balls | 10 | 4 | Ancillary | 10 |
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SECTION 2 DEFINITIONS
1
| Frame | 11 | 12 | Nominated Ball | 13 |
2 | 关于保护环境的手抄报Game | 11 | 13 | Free Ball | 13 |
3 | Match | 11 | 14 | Forced Off the Table | 13 |
4 | Balls | 11 | 15 | Penalty Points | 13 |
5 | Striker and Turn | 11 | 16 | Foul | 13 |
6 | Stroke | 12 | 17 | Snookered | 14 |
7 | Pot | 12 | 18 | Spot Occupied | 14 |
8 | Break | 12 | 19 | Push Stroke | 14 |
9 | In-hand | 12 | 20 | Jump Shot | 14 |
10 | Ball in Play | 13 | 李清照朝代 21 | Miss | 15 |
11 | Ball On | 13 | | | |
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SECTION 3 THE GAME
1 | Description | 16 | 10 | Penalties | 21 |
2 | Position of Balls | 16 | 11 | Fouls | 22 |
3 | Mode of Play | 17 | 12 | Snookered After a Foul | 23 |
4 | End of Frame, Game or Match | 18 | 13 14 | Play Again Foul and a Miss | 23 23 |
5 6 | Playing from In-hand Hitting Two Balls Simultaneously | 19 19 | 15 16 | Ball Moved by Other than Striker Stalemate | 25 26 |
7 | Spotting Colours | 19 | 17 | Four-handed Snooker | 26 |
8 | Touching Ball | 20 | 18 | U of Ancillary Equipment | 26 |
9 | Ball on Edge of Pocket | 21 | 19 | Interpretation | 27 |
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SECTION 4 THE PLAYERS
1 | Conduct | 28 | 国考最火职位4 | Abnce | 29 |
2 | Penalty | 28 | 5 | Conceding | 29 |
3 | Non-striker | 29 | | | |
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SECTION 5 THE OFFICIALS
母亲节贺卡手工制作网络行销1清润汤 | The Referee | 30 | 3 | The Recorder | 30 |
2 | The Marker | 30 | 4 | Assistance by Officials | 30 |
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Section 1 - Snooker
SECTION 1 EQUIPMENT
Measurements in parenthesis state the metric equivalent to the nearest millimetre
1. The Standard Table
(a) Dimensions
The playing area within the cushion faces shall measure 11 ft 8½in x 5ft 10in (3569mm x 1778mm) with a tolerance on both dimensions of +/- ½ in (+/- 13mm).
(b) Height
The height of the table from the floor to the top of the cushion rail shall be from 2ft 9½in to 2ft 10½in (851mm to 876mm).
(c) Pocket Openings
(i) There shall be pockets at the corners (two at the Spot end known as the top pockets and two at the Baulk end known as the bottom pockets) and one each at the middle of the longer sides (known as the centre pockets);
(ii) the pocket openings shall conform to the templates owned and authorid by The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA).
(d) Baulk-line and Baulk
A straight line drawn 29in (737mm) from the face of the bottom cushion and parallel to it is called the Baulk-line, and that line and the intervening space is termed the Baulk.
(e) The “D”
The “D” is a mi-circle described in Baulk with its centre at the middle of the Baulk-line and with a radius of 11½in (292mm).
(f) Spots
Four spots are marked on the centre longitudinal line of the table:
(i) the Spot (known as the Black Spot), 12¾in (324mm) from a point perpendicularly below the face of the top cushion;
(ii) the Centre Spot (known as the Blue Spot), located midway between the faces of the top and bottom cushions;
Section 1 – Snooker
(iii) the Pyramid Spot (known as the Pink Spot), located midway between the Centre Spot and the face of the top cushion;
(iv) the Middle of the Baulk-line (known as the Brown Spot).
Two other spots ud are located at the corners of the ‘D’. Viewed from the Baulk end, the one on the right is known as the Yellow Spot and the one on the left as the Green Spot.
2. Balls
(a) The balls shall be of an approved composition and shall each have a diameter of 52.5mm with a tolerance of +/- 0.05mm;
(b) they shall be of equal weight within a tolerance of 3g per t; and
(c) a ball or t of balls may be changed by agreement between the players or on a decision by the referee.
3. Cue
A cue shall be not less than 3ft (914mm) in length and shall show no substantial departure from the traditional and generally accepted shape and form.
