ABOUT THE GAME.
BILLIARDS is a game of great sense. We can be a good player at it if we play it regularly. It’s not necessary to be a GEOMETRY BOX at this game, to be a good player.
We can do good in this game by just playing with our eyes open and mouth shut
HISTORY OF BILLIARDS .
The game is so old that no one can say when it began. There are some authorities who claim it was played in ancient EGYPT. The Greeks knew the game as long ago as 400 B.C.
The earliest record mention of BILLIARDS goes back to 1429 A.D in FRANCE. Louis XI, the king of FRANCE from 1461 to 1483 A.D, is reported to have had a BILLIARDS TABLE . The first record of Public BILLIARDS room in ENGLAND was the PIAZZA COVENT GARDEN, LONDON, in the early part of the 19th Century. The first description of BILLIARDS in ENGLISH is to be found in a book called COMPLEAT GAMESTER by CHARLES COTTON,
Published in 1674.
About the year 1800, the game had largely assumed the modern form. In 1807, the first English book written on this subject was published in ENGLAND. The BILLIARDS it describes is very much like we know it today. The world professional championship for this game was instituted in 1870, and organized on challenge basis. This was restored as an annual tournament since 1980.
DESCRIPTION OF THE TABLE .
The table is rectangular in shape. The standard table used for this game is 10 (305cm.) feet long, 5 feet (152cm.) wide, and 2 feet 7 inches (78.8cm) high. The table is marked with three spots -- One near its head, other at its center and the last one near its foot.
HOW TO PLAY THIS GAME .
To begin the play, each player chooses one of the white balls to use as a CUE-BALL throughout the game. The red ball is spotted on the foot spot, the white on the head spot and the first player’s cue ball within 6 inches directly to either side of the white object ball.
The cue ball must contact the red ball first on the break(first) shot.
On subsequent shots either red or white may be the first ball hit. When a player fails to score, he yields to his opponent, who plays the balls as they have been left.
SOME SPECIAL RULES.
If the cue ball is knocked off the table, the striker loses a point. The ball is re-spotted and his opponent takes over the play. If the object ball leaves the table, it is re-spotted with no penalty other than loss of the turn. If the score was made before the ball had left the table, the ball is re-spotted and the striker continues play.
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
I have just started playing this game. I play this game with my friends, it’s a nice game but expensive, before I used to play Pool and Snooker other cue games. You can spend 100 rupees per hour on cue games, as I have to do sometimes.
IN SHORT THE GAME IS GOOD BUT EXPENCIVE.
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