One period advertisement read: "A very good French Billiard Table, little the worse for wearing, full size, with all the materials fit for French or English play". This influence on the English game appears to have come about through the popularity of French tables in English coffee houses London alone had over two thousand such establishments in the early 18th century. This ball was adopted into the English game, which retained the pockets, and the goal was to cannon off both the red and the opponent's ball on a single shot, earning 2 points. In the 1700s, the carom game added a red object ball to the two white cue balls, and dispensed with the pockets. The final element was the cannon (or carom) shot, which came from carom billiards, a game popular in various countries of western Continental Europe, especially France, and in many parts of Asia and South America. " Winning hazard" and " losing hazard" are terms still mentioned in the official rules for these two fundamental shot types, although " pot" and " in-off" have become the usual terms for them in British English. These rules continued to exist in English billiards until 1983, when a standard of two points for all fouls was introduced.īy contrast, in the losing game a player could only score two points by pocketing the cue ball through a carom off the opponent's ball. A player missing the opponent's ball, considered a foul, added one point to the opponent's total the shooter conceded two points if their own ball went into a pocket after striking the opponent's ball and the player conceded three points if the cue ball was pocketed without even hitting the opponent's ball. This is the origin of the modern custom of " stringing" (or " lagging").Ī player who pocketed the opponent's ball scored two points, as is still the case in modern billiards. To start, the player who could strike a ball at one end of the table and get the ball to come to rest nearest the opposite cushion without lying against it earned the right to shoot for points first. The winning game was played with two white balls, and was a 12- point contest. It is played on a billiards table with the same dimensions as one used for snooker and points are scored for cannons and pocketing the balls.Įnglish billiards originated in England, and was originally called the winning and losing carambole game, folding in the names of three predecessor games, the winning game, the losing game, and an early form of carom billiards that combined to form it. Each player or team uses a different cue ball. Two cue balls (one white and one yellow) and a red object ball are used. A late nineteenth century match between John Roberts, Jr and Edward DiggleĮnglish billiards, called simply billiards in the United Kingdom and in many former British colonies, is a cue sport that combines the aspects of carom billiards and pool.
0 kommentar(er)
