the black ball in snooker ?

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the black ball in snooker ?

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why/who decided it was to be this way?
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the reason i ask will be revealed upon replies.
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It has to be round so it rolls better.
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Wasn't the black ball the first coloured ball when the game was being developed?
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D6 wrote:It has to be round so it rolls better.

(giggle) silly man.
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Kwacky wrote:Wasn't the black ball the first coloured ball when the game was being developed?
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White, red and black existed in forms of billiards first, I think the other colours were added afterwards so why the other particular colours...



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