or
click image to search using:
or
click image to search using:
The game played on what will be referred to as the 'Northern Bagatelle table' is most popular in and around Chester. A table measures 8 feet x 2 feet, 9 inches and is without pockets. There are eight white balls and one black ball (sometimes there are 4 reds & 4 whites but both colors are treated identically so this has no effect on the game). This game is the direct ancestor of old English Bagatelle described above.
To begin, the black ball is placed on the middle spot. Each turn is called a "stick" and consists of a player playing all eight balls down the table towards the cups. The cue ball must be played from the spot near the front of the table.
If a ball does not adhere to the above, there is no score for that stroke and the cue ball is removed from the table for the remainder of the turn. If the black ball is up and the cue ball fails to hit it first, any balls that are knocked into a cup as a result of the stroke are also removed for the remainder of the turn.
The black ball counts double points, when cupped.
Being a pub game, Bagatelle is usually played by two teams of perhaps eight players. Each player would typically play two sticks and the scores from both are added to the team score. The team with the highest score wins the day and buys the drinks.
The northern bagatelle rules article was posted on 7/16/2008 10:37:00 PM and updated on 7/16/2008 10:37:00 PM. The northern bagatelle rules article was edited by Billiards Forum Editor.
The information for the northern bagatelle rules article was sourced from Internet.
The northern bagatelle rules are predominently observed in England, Especially Chester.
Northern Bagatelle Rules belong to the obstacle billiards category of cue sports. Obstacle billiards is a class of billiard games that are played with various obstacles on the table.
The entire cue sport rules listing is available via RSS/XML. Click to view the pool rules rss feeds.
There are not yet any comments. Please post one below. All comments are moderated.
Billiards is a tough sport to master, and so we've put together a series of billiards tutorials for all levels of play from beginner to advanced.
Thanks to the magic of YouTube, we're able to bring you the freshest billiards content available in video format. Click the video to watch, or visit our video section.
The Billiards Forum went live late in 2005 and has grown significantly from a green and organge v0.5 beta version to a fully-featured v2.0 beta.
Billiard RSS Feeds
