Snooker etiquette ?

[Chanter27]

If playing a match without a referee , who puts up the scores or is ?
Cheers

[Tom Read]

Is this just a friendly match or what?

If I am just playing up the club with a friend of anybody then my opponent will take the balls out of the pocket for me and re-spot them, count my break, then when finished I will do my own scoring.

There's no real etiquette for playing with a friend. If it is a league game though, then why don't you have a ref?

[DeanH]

As mentioned, if a friendly, the non-striker spots the balls and calls the breaks, but I find that who actually puts the score up usually depends who is closest the scoreboard
If I put the score up (regardless of who's it is) I tend to say " on top/bottom" so you dont get that "did you put my score up?" question

[Bigmeek]

Chanter27 I've asked the question as well. See thread below for similar comments.
http://www.thesnookerforum.com/board...119#post636119
See you next week.

[pottr]

Here's my take on what should happen...

Whoever's not at the table should:
1) pick the colours out
2) keep score and call out the break when it reaches 20 or so.
3) offer to put back the rest, long tackle etc.

after the visit, mark your own score on the board.

Whoever breaks first in a practice session, should remain on the top for all frames. In a league match the home team should remain on top.

If you need to chat to your opponent, only do so when on your own shot. That way you can't be accused of trying to put your pal off.

Loser pays for the table and the bar tab

[Chanter27]

Thanks for the replies guys . The reason i asked was that in a friendly game in the club , I was criticised for not putting up the score after a foul on my part . Obviously when playing in a league game, there would be a referee ,but this was just a friendly game and as a relative newcomer to the game , i wasn't aware of any etiquette as regards who is meant to score .

[CueInAction]

Here's my take on what should happen...

Whoever's not at the table should:
1) pick the colours out
2) keep score and call out the break when it reaches 20 or so.
3) offer to put back the rest, long tackle etc.

after the visit, mark your own score on the board.

Whoever breaks first in a practice session, should remain on the top for all frames. In a league match the home team should remain on top.

If you need to chat to your opponent, only do so when on your own shot. That way you can't be accused of trying to put your pal off.

Loser pays for the table and the bar tab

In practice we've always alternated scoreboard per frame so that the player who breaks is always on top. Same with our league matches too, breaker goes top rather than home team, i'd always thought that was standard

[DeanH]

In practice we've always alternated scoreboard per frame so that the player who breaks is always on top. Same with our league matches too, breaker goes top rather than home team, i'd always thought that was standard

I used to think so as well many years ago, until I got tired of the "you on top this time?", "who broke?" so going with first breaker on top always, or with league home team always on top, does tend to stop the confusion.
As has come from the various posts about scoreboard etiquette, it does appear that there are variants and no "standard" or "official" way of doing this. Do what you are comfortable with and has the least confusion, and ("at worst") whatever does not lead to arguments! :snooker: