Yet Another Silly Scenario

[DawRef]

In an aggregate scores match, Team A is 154 points ahead of Team B with the last two players playing the final frame.

The player from team B breaks off. The player from team A plays a stroke and leaves a red hanging on the edge of a pocket. He taps the cue ball with his cue and concedes the frame.

Team B claim a deliberate foul and want the match to be awarded to them under Section 4, Rule 2 (Unfair Conduct). As referee, what would you do?

(Note: A player does not have to accept the concedence. However, it is to be assumed that the player from Team A will concede every time it is his turn).

[The Statman]

Funny you should post this, that's exactly what happened in our match last Thursday!

I'm joking, of course.

I would allow player B the prerogative not to accept the concession, and warn player A for ungentlemanly conduct that any further such behaviour would result in the Unfair Conduct award of match. In any case I would accept a concession, if one were forthcoming, as concession of match rather than just the frame.

Of course, the problem you have here is that under the Unfair Conduct, player A's score is reduced to 0 (which it is already) and player B's would be increased by the number of points on the table (which is now 139 because a red has gone) which leaves him on 143, not enough to win the frame.

It brings to mind the old chestnut of a foul and a Miss in aggregate matches; i.e. if your team is 13 or more in front on the last game, all you have to do is three times fail to hit the ball on and lose the frame 12-0!

[note; I missed four words out; they are in red!]

[Bookman]

Just one small point! At the stage of play as described, Player A's stroke had come to an end which means he was no longer the striker and could not therefore concede?