The Game

English Billiards is played by two persons or sides and is best summarised as follows:

a) Three balls are used: a plain white by one player and a spot white used by the other player, plus one red.

b) Scoring strokes in a players turn are made by pots, in-offs and cannons played singly or in combination.

c) Points awarded for scoring strokes are added to the score of the striker.

d) Penalty points from fouls and misses are added to the opponents score.

e) A useful tactic which can be employed at any time during a game is to leave both object balls in Baulk, when the next player is in-hand, such that any attempt to disturb the balls must be made by means of an indirect stroke.

f) The winner of the game is the player or side:

i) who has scored most points in the agreed or stipulated time
ii) who first reaches the agreed or stipulated number of points
iii) to whom the game is awarded under Section Four, Rule Two (unfair conduct)
iv) to whom the game is conceded.

g) The winner of the match is the player or side winning most games, or where aggregate points are relevant, with the greatest total.

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