It all started in India
New Nation, 18 April 1976 SNOOKER is not a game one often associates with long, hot summers, but it was born 100 years ago in…
The game of snooker pool is fast gaining favour
Weekly Times & Echo (London), Sunday 18 December 1898 The game of snooker pool is fast gaining favour amongst players generally, and the need of…
Progressive Snooker
Clacton Graphic and East Coast Illustrated News, Saturday 05 March 1927 NOVEL “DRIVE” AT THE OSBORNE. On Wednesday afternoon was introduced by Mr. Newcomb Burgess…
Ooty, India: back in time to the birthplace of snooker
The Telegraph, 16 June 2014 It all started with a visit to my optician in Bristol. While Mr Shah shone lights into my eyes, I…
Snooker. How the game originated
Tattersall’s Club Magazine. December, 1943 How many members have the foggiest idea of how the game of snooker came into being. There are several claimants…
The Game of “Canadian Snooker” Pool
‘A History and Description of Billiards.’ By Samuel May. 1909 “Canadian Snooker” is an elaboration of the English game of “Snooker,” and is played on…
One Thousand Snooker Centuries
THE BILLIARDS ASSOCIATION & CONTROL COUNCIL. 20 APRIL 1970 15 Exeter Street, Strand, London, W.C.2 Chairman: Jack Karnehm Official Certificate THIS IS TO CERTIFY that:…
Rangoon Snooker
Sri Lanka. Peter A. Iseman, The Atlantic Monthly, Boston. Vol. 233. April 1974 <…> In 1815 at Kandy, the ancient hill capital, the last of…
SNOOK ‘EM
Border Watch, Wednesday 21 October 1891 Billiard Saloon,OPPOSITE PRIOR’S GLOBEHOTEL,COME and SEENOVEL POOLANDSNOOK ‘EM.
Mount Gambler Insolvency Court
Narracoorte Herald, Friday 29 April 1892 <…> He thought he could pay Mr. Blackwell when he paid his Adelaide creditors. He still owed then £40,…
Rules of the Game of “The Four Jolly Snookers.”
The New World of Billiards. 15 January 1908 1. The game is played with the pyramid set and four pool balls, viz., Yellow, Green, Brown,…
How Snooker Began
The Billiard Player. November, 1933 Rules of the Game of “The Four Jolly Snookers” The following rules, which are certainly more than fifty years old,…