“Snooker”—a game of billiards
Englishman’s Overland Mail, Tuesday 02 March 1886
Allahabad. February 24.
We have finished the match! and, as I surmised we have won it. I incline to the opinion that, had it not been for the primely hospitality of the 68th Regiment, we should have won our game at less sacrifice, and I think that “Snooker“—a game of billiards which to the uninitiated is fraught with much confusion, and which requireth touch taxing of the brain—together with the accompaniments usual at social gatherings kept up till the small hours of the morning, is not conducive to a clear eye or a bead worth more than an ordinary pumpkin…