The History of billiards is long and very rich. The game has been played by kings and commoners, presidents, mental patients, ladies, gentlemen, and hustlers alike. It evolved from a lawn game similar to the croquet played some-time during the 15th century in Northern Europe and probably in France.
Play moved indoors to a wooden table with green cloth to simulate grass, and a simple border was placed around the edges.
The balls were shoved, rather than struck, with wooden sticks called "maces." The term "billiard" is derived from French, either from the word "billart", one of the wooden sticks, or "bille", a ball.
Snooker is generally regarded to have originated in the latter half of the 19th century.
Billiards had been a popular activity amongst British Army officers stationed in India, and variations on the more traditional billiard games were devised.
One variation, devised in the officers' mess in Jabalpur during 1874 or 1875, was to add coloured balls in addition to the reds and black which were used for pyramid pool and life pool.
The word snooker also has military origins, being a slang term for first-year cadets or inexperienced personnel.
Who Invented Snooker?
The game of snooker was invented by a Britain, Colonel Sir Neville Chamberlain (the picture on the right) of the British Army garrisons of India. The game is believed to have came about as a mix of other billiard games, mainly english billiards, this new billiard sport of
snooker surfaced around 1875.One version of events states that Colonel Sir Neville Chamberlain of the Devonshire regiment was playing this new game when his opponent failed to pot a ball and Chamberlain called him a snooker.
It thus became attached to the billiards game now bearing its name as inexperienced players were labelled as snookers.
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