50.—"A" is snookered (in regard to a red) after a foul. He nominates the blue, and pots it. Is he then on a red, or can he nominate a pool ball as it he had lawfully potted a red?
"A" continues his turn on a pool ball. (See Rule 16.)
51.—"A" is on a red, misses it, and strikes the green. Does he forfeit 3 or 4 points?
"A" forfeits 3 points—the value of the green (Rule 19.) This is not a "miss," for definition of which see Rule 3 (k).
52.—"A" makes a break of 10, and is then on a red. He then makes a foul stroke. Does he score the 10 and forfeit the amount of the foul, or does he lose the 10?
"A" scores the 10 and forfeits the amount of the foul.
53.—"A" has to play. The cue-ball is touching the only red on. He plays away from it, and pots the blue which he scores, and becomes snookered. Can he nominate a ball, or is he actually snookered?
"A" has committed a foul in pocketing the blue, and forfeits 5 points. The next player, being snookered after a foul, has the privilege of nominating any ball. (Rule 16.)
54.—If a ball which is partly on the baulk line be pronounced playable, the striker's being in hand, may that portion of the object ball which is inside the baulk line be hit directly?
Yes.
55.—What is the significance of the word "full" when it is placed after the amount of a break?
It means the first part of the break was made before the adjournment.
56.—In snooker, if the cue-ball be in hand, may a coloured ball, which is in baulk, be hit directly?
Yes.
57.—How long should an ordinary tip last when the cue is in regular use?
Much depends upon the tip, of which there are many qualities.
58.—If a ball is struck from baulk with full strength on a fast match table, would it go five or six lengths?
I have heard both stated. We think it would be nearer five than six lengths.
59.—What, in your opinion, is a good diameter for a cue tip?
The tip should not, in our opinion, exceed half-an-inch, and a very accurate striker might prefer one of seven-sixteenths. One objection to small tips is that it is more difficult to get perfectly plain central strokes with them.
60.—There is some doubt as to some of the penalties in snooker, especially Rule 19, and the "four points away" embargo. That is not as clear as it might be. In a snooker final the other evening there was some dispute as to whether the player who missed yellow would be fined two or four points.
This depends upon whether his ball failed to touch any other ball, i.e., whether he made a miss, or merely failed to strike the ball he was on. If he made a miss, the minimum penalty of four points must be exacted, but if his ball struck a pool ball other than the one that he was on, the penalty would be the value of the ball struck, or the value of the ball he was on, whichever was the higher. This obscurity often arises through players failing to notice the definition of a miss, given in Rule 3 (k).
61.—Only the last red and all the colours are left on the table at snooker when the player who takes the last red decides to take the yellow, which he pots, but in doing so the cue-ball rolls on to the spot reserved for that colour, and none of the other spots is occupied. Where does the yellow go in these circumstances?
Under Rules 9 and 6, in the revised rules, the yellow goes on the top spot.
During the past month a small, but important, alteration in the Snooker Rules has been effected by the Council, whereby a minimum penalty of four points is exacted for a losing hazard. This alteration, in addition to bringing the Snooker Rules into conformity with those of Volunteer Snooker, has the further advantage of rendering it less easy for a player to be better situated by a contravention of the Rules than he would be by their strict observance.