it is started in 19th century the 1st world snooker championship held in 1927 organised by joe davis Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white cue ball, 15 red balls worth one point each (can also be played with fewer red balls, often 10), and six balls of different colours: yellow (2 points), green (3), brown (4), blue (5), pink (6), black (7) A player wins a frame of snooker by scoring more points than the opponents, using the cue ball to pot the red and coloured balls. A player or team wins a match when they have achieved the best-of score from a pre-determined number of frames. The number of frames is always odd so as to prevent a tie.Snooker is played on a rectangular snooker table with six pockets,
A foul is a shot or action by the striker which is against the rules of the game.

When a foul is made during a shot, the player's turn is ended and he will receive no points for the foul shot. The other player will receive penalty points.
FOULS IN SNOOKER
1 failing to hit any other ball with the cue ball
2 first hitting a ball "not-on" with the cue ball
3 potting a ball "not-on"
4 potting the white (in-off)
5 hitting a ball other than the white with the cue
making a ball land off the table
6 touching the cue ball with something other than the tip of the cue (except while positioning the cue ball "in-hand"; while "in-hand" the cue ball may be touched by anything except the tip of the cue)
7 playing a "push shot" - a shot where the cue, cue ball and object ball are in simultaneous contact
8 playing a "jump shot", which is where the cue ball leaves the bed of the table and jumps over a ball before first hitting another ball
9 playing a shot with both feet off the ground
10 it is sometimes stated that if two balls are potted in one shot it is a foul, but that statement is false. (it has happened before but it depends on the balls potted
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