Golden Cue Association

SNOOKER "A Healty Life Style" The name snooker comes from a comment Chamberlain made about a player who missed a shot.

He called him "a real snooker", referring to his lack of experience, "snooker" being a slang term for a first year cadet. The first official set of rules for snooker were drafted in 1882 at Ootacamund in Madras Province. When British Billiards Champion John Roberts travelled to India in 1885, he met Chamberlain and decided to introduce snooker to England when he returned home