Another deliberate foul situation !

[GreenBaize]

Quite a few years ago I was playing a small money match against Paul Lawrence and this happened !!
I was 33 points behind with 1 red on the table, all the colours were on the spots . I've played a very good safety shot leaving Paul in dire straights . He ways up the situation and decides he doesn't have a pot or a realistic safety shot on ? Anyone who knows Paul will tell you he's not in the habit of taking his time , but this situation left him clueless !! After what seemed about 5 mins he gets down and blasts the white as hard as he can into the red, the red flies off the table !
I'm now 29 points behind with just the colours on the table , now needing a snooker , he couldn't have played it better leaving the white in a very awkward place , leaving the best option for me to make him play again !!

Now whats that all about ??????????????

[Squidski]

That's a funny one!

Not for you i guess though. Do you think he aimed to get the red off of the table?

[GreenBaize]

That's a funny one!

Not for you i guess though. Do you think he aimed to get the red off of the table?

Without doubt , it was the only thing he had on his mind , you could tell by the way he struck the ball .

I wonder what the ref would do if it happened in a televised match .

[Ginger Freak]

Unsporting conduct isnt it? Exactly the same sort of thing that happened to Parrot the other day. Maybe the ref has it in his power to call it a miss and have them replaced?

[GreenBaize]

Unsporting conduct isnt it? Exactly the same sort of thing that happened to Parrot the other day. Maybe the ref has it in his power to call it a miss and have them replaced?

We did have ref , but the ref just said foullll 4 points to Stuart Green !!
I remember being a little bewildered thinking is that right ?
I was in shock !!!!!!

It would have been nice if the balls were replaced
I might have won the match .

[Squidski]

We did have ref , but the ref just said foullll 4 points to Stuart Green !!
I remember being a little bewildered thinking is that right ?
I was in shock !!!!!!

It would have been nice if the balls were replaced
I might have won the match .

That is very unfair.

It's similar to where one player plays a great safety and leave the opponent in a very difficult situation with no route back to the baulk end, and deliberately flicks off of a red and plays to go in off. I think in this situation that the player should try their best to leave the white ball in a safe position, not to play in-off!

[DawRef]

Unfair as it may seem, the referee must have decided that Paul played a fair stroke. Therefore, even though the red went off the table, it will not be replaced (Section 3, Rule 3(g)) and it is just 'rub of the green'.

[PaulTheSoave]

I would have picked up the red and knock it accidentally on his head!

[missneworleans]

Lol I think it's not deliberate, he just hit and hope for luck-and luck gone for him, even it was unfair. Anyway luck got the best!

[dantuck_7]

I would have to say its a very clever shot, albeit unsporting.

[GreenBaize]

Lol I think it's not deliberate, he just hit and hope for luck-and luck gone for him, even it was unfair. Anyway luck got the best!

It was a deliberate foul , he told me afterwards it was the only thing he could think of to stop me having a chance of winning the frame .