Spencer on Snooker
I suppose I first became interested in snooker at the age of fourteen when my brother bought a game of bagatelle for £1. This consisted of a table top approximately 8 ft x 2 ft with nine holes numbered 1-9 at one end, eight red balls and one black and two cues. The idea was to strike the balls from the bottom of the table into as many numbered cups as possible, the black counting double. The board folded to make a 4 ft x 2 ft table top and had green baize on one side to avoid scratching.