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snooker (game) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia snooker (game), popular billiards game of British origin, played on a table similar in size and markings to that used in English billiards. The game arose, presumably in India, as a game for soldiers in the 1870s. The game is played with 22 balls, made up of one white ball (the cue ball); 15 red balls, valued at 1... http://www.britannica.com

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• Facts about snooker: Snooker., as discussed in Billiard Games: Year In Review 1999: -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
  Facts about snooker: Snooker., At the tournament in Sheffield, Eng., in May, Stephen Hendry of Scotland became the first man to win the world professional snooker title for the seventh time and provided the incentive for an all-around standard of excellence in 1999. (See Biographies.) His maximum break of 147 in the final of the British Open at Plymouth, Eng., was emulated by Ronnie O’Sullivan... See more facts at Britannica.com...
  

• billiards (game group) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
  billiards (game group), any of various games played on a rectangular table with a designated number of small balls and a long stick called a cue. The table and the cushioned rail bordering the table are topped with a feltlike tight-fitting cloth. Carom, or French, billiards is played with three balls on a table that has......
  

• pyramids (game) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
  pyramids (game), British pocket-billiards game in which 15 red balls are arranged in a pyramid formation to begin. Players use a white cue ball in attempting to pocket the reds, scoring one point for each; the player who scores the highest number of pocketed balls is the winner. Players lose a point and respot a......
  

• Allison Fisher (English-born billiards player) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
  Allison Fisher (English-born billiards player), Feb. 24, 1968 Cheshunt, Eng. English-born billiards player known as the “Duchess of Doom” for her deadly consistent shot making and no-nonsense style of play. Her achievements led many observers of cue sports to deem Fisher the best female pocket billiards player in history. ...
  

• Joe Davis (British billiards and snooker player) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
  Joe Davis (British billiards and snooker player), April 15, 1901 Whitewell, Derbyshire, Eng. July 10, 1978 Hampshire English billiards and snooker player who was the world snooker champion from 1927 until his retirement in 1946. ...
  

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