Never Ending Quiz

Bingham has tattoos

Lolz at your new avatar Holden

Why is going in-off called scratching?

Holden Chinaski wrote:

Badsnookerplayer wrote:Bingham has tattoos

Did not know that. Sorry.

He has a huge Shrek on his arm.

Holden Chinaski wrote:

I like this picture.

John Virgo

Alex0paul wrote:John Virgo

Time-Traveller

Dan-cat wrote:Lolz at your new avatar Holden

Why is going in-off called scratching?

Bounce.

incorrect.

I didn't think this was a hard one

No.

It's to do with points/scoring

And a blackboard

The first player ever to do it contracted crabs and nuts instantly

In the old days, when a player pocketed the cue ball, his opponent "scratched" a point off the shooter's score.

Badsnookerplayer wrote:In the old days, when a player pocketed the cue ball, his opponent "scratched" a point off the shooter's score.

Yes my man. You are in the chair

Thanks DC.

The last red is hanging over one of the top pockets. Cue ball is a few inches from the bottom cushion but has the yellow ball tight behind it to hamper cueing.
The striker asks for the yellow to be cleaned, and whilst it is off the table, he plays his stroke, unobstructed by the ball marker now taking the place of the yellow. What action should the referee have taken and what should he do now?

Wow. We need Aces for this.

Dan-cat wrote:Wow. We need Aces for this.

You can do it DC

Deliberate foul, player forfeits the frame.

Holden Chinaski wrote:

Dan-cat wrote:Deliberate foul, player forfeits the frame.

That's what I think as well. The player will probably also get a warning saying if he does something like that again he loses the match.

Exactly - a warning for ungentlemanly conduct

Holden Chinaski wrote:Maybe the ref should have r3fused to clean the ball? There's no reason for it to be cleaned and it might be hard to put it back in the same place... Anyway it's a deliberate foul amd the player should lose the frame and get a warning.

Good point, but the question does state that the player takes the shot

Yes it's a two-parter.