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Snooker Rules

Snooker Rules

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SECTION 1. EQUIPMENT
1. The Standard Table
2. Balls
3. Cue
4. Ancillary

SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS
1. Frame
2. Game
3. Match
4. Balls
5. Striker
6. Stroke
7. Pot
8. Break
9. In-hand
10. Ball in Play
11. Ball On
12. Nominated Ball
13. Free Ball
14. Forced Off the Table
15. Foul
16. Snookered
17. Spot Occupied
18. Push Stroke
19. Jump Shot
20. Miss

SECTION 3. THE GAME
1. Description
2. Position of Balls
3. Mode of Play
4. End of Frame, Game or Match
5. Playing from In-hand
6. Hitting Two Balls Simultaneously
7. Spotting Colours
8. Touching Ball
9. Ball on Edge of Pocket
10. Snookered After a Foul
11. Fouls
12. Penalties
13. Play Again
14. Foul and a Miss
15. Ball Moved by Other than Striker
16. Stalemate
17. Four-handed Snooker
18. Use of Ancillary Equipment
19. Interpretation

SECTION 4. THE PLAYERS
1. Conduct
2. Penalty
3. Non-striker
4. Absence
5. Conceding

SECTION 5. THE OFFICIALS
1. The Referee
2. The Marker
3. The Recorder
4. Assistance by Officials

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Snooker Rules

Rules of Snooker

Read below for the complete run down of the rules of Snooker. The Official Rule Book is currently being revised and will be available to purchase in due course.

 

SECTION 1. EQUIPMENT

Measurements in parenthesis state the metric equivalent to the nearest millimetre

1. The Standard Table

Dimensions
(a) 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).

Height
(b) The height of the table from the floor to the top of the cushion
Rail shall be from 2ft9½in to 2ft 10½in (851mm to 876mm).

Pocket Openings
(c)
(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 authorised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA).

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UK Snooker

UK Snooker

Snooker may be played on any pocket billiards table and uses 22 balls, including the white cue ball, 15 red balls, and 6 numbered, colored balls, each worth a specific number of points. Players begin by striking a red ball with the cue ball; if successful, they attempt to pocket any of the nonred balls. The player with the highest total score after all of the balls have been pocketed is the winner.

Snooker is extremely popular in Great Britain and former British colonies. Large billiard rooms in the United States sometimes have snooker tables, but its popularity is minimal compared to pocket billiards.