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Knowledge of snooker
Updated: 2007-03-23 16:49 1. Frame
A frame of snooker comprises the period of the play from the first stroke, with all the balls set as described in Section 3 Rule 2, until the frame is completed by: (a) concession by any player during his turn, (b) claim by the striker when only the Black remains and there is more than seven points difference between the scores in his favour, (c) the final pot or foul when only the Black remains, or (d) being awarded by the referee under Section 3 Rule 14(c) or Section 4 Rule 2. 2. Game A game is an agreed or stipulated number of frames. 3. Match A match is an agreed or stipulated number of games. 4. Balls (a) The White ball is the cue-ball. (b) The 15 Reds and the 6 colours are the object balls. 5. Striker The person about to play or in play is the striker and remains so until the referee has decided he has left the table at the end of his turn. 6. Stroke (a) A stroke is made when the striker strikes the cue-ball with the tip of the cue. (b) A stroke is fair when no infringement of Rule is made. (c) A stroke is not completed until all balls have come to rest. (d) A stroke may be made directly or indirectly, thus: (i) a stroke is direct when the cue-ball strikes an object ball without first striking a cushion (ii) a stroke is indirect when the cue-ball strikes one or more cushions before striking an object ball. 7. Pot A pot is when an object ball, after contact with another ball and without any infringement of these Rules, enters a pocket. Causing a ball to be potted is known as potting. |
