Rules query end of frame

[DandyA]

You have to be careful about doing things like this, as if a ball touches the rest it will be a foul, and it is quite surprising where the balls can end up sometimes. There was an incident a long time ago where John Pulman left his cue extension on the table while he played a red. He hit it harder than intended and the red rebounded off the pocket jaw and headed straight for the extension. To make matters worse, he was bridging over the pack of reds at the time, so was hardly in the best place to move it. Despite this, he did manage to get his extension out of the way in time. The only problem was he moved virtually all the other balls on the table in the process!

I seem to remember a pro player (possibly Mark Williams?) a few years ago leaving his mini-butt on the table and then panicking as the cueball headed towards it ... I forget whether he managed to move it in time or not ... it might be on YouTube somewhere

[t.lavery55]

I seem to remember a pro player (possibly Mark Williams?) a few years ago leaving his mini-butt on the table and then panicking as the cueball headed towards it ... I forget whether he managed to move it in time or not ... it might be on YouTube somewhere

Yeah I remember seeing that. As I recall, he didn't attempt to move it out of the way, realising that he would only foul something else if he tried to. So he just watched and the hoped the foul wouldn't happen; but it did. I can't find the incident on YouTube though.

[t.lavery55]

I have now found the Mark Williams incident here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/othe...er/8007410.stm

[DandyA]

I have now found the Mark Williams incident here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/othe...er/8007410.stm

thanks for posting that video ... certainly one of the better moments in snooker - I love Hendry's smile and William's sheepish grin

[mythman69]

thanks for posting that video ... certainly one of the better moments in snooker - I love Hendry's smile and William's sheepish grin

The video is only available for UK viewers

[DandyA]

The video is only available for UK viewers

thanks to lavery's original posting, I've just had a look and found it on YouTube which hopefully you can view ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgsB...3783F&index=14

start watching from 6:00 min ... enjoy!

[mythman69]

Thanks DandyA . . .