World rules - foul or not

[Gary Hall]

In a league match last night it came up where one of my team mates played a shot and the ref deemed that he hit his own ball (yellow) and a red at the same time 50/50 and then called a foul. Was the ref correct calling a foul?

[cally]

Split ball = foul.... You must clearly strike the ball on first.

[ADR147]

here they play if you can't be sure your are deemed ok. not sure what the official rules are

[Souwester]

From the official guidance to referees (World Rules):

5. Legal Shot (rule G)
Simultaneous initial contact between a ‘ball on’, and a ‘ball not on’, is NOT a foul.

[ADR147]

From the official guidance to referees (World Rules):

5. Legal Shot (rule G)
Simultaneous initial contact between a ‘ball on’, and a ‘ball not on’, is NOT a foul.

god damn it and i wasted half an hour looking that up!

[Wayne G]

I'm confused. My WPBSA Official Rules Of The Games Of Snooker And English Billiards states "TWO BALLS OTHER THAN TWO REDS OR A FREE BALL AND BALL ON, MUST NOT BE STRUCK SIMULTANEOUSLY BY THE FIRST IMPACT OF THE CUE BALL".

Why are there different rules?

Thanks

[jrc750]

I'm confused. ....

Why are there different rules?

Thanks

Because this is pool, it's a lot easier

[cally]

Oops, never ealised it was pool...

[Gary Hall]

From the official guidance to referees (World Rules):

5. Legal Shot (rule G)
Simultaneous initial contact between a ‘ball on’, and a ‘ball not on’, is NOT a foul.

cheers for that, so looks like the ref was wrong in calling a foul.

[renzie67]

Not a foul.