Hmmm, that deserves an answer & I don't know.... If the last red is the ball on has the player, touching ball or not, got to make a fair attempt to play the ball on ? if he has played a foul you are entitled to play the ball as it lies or ask him to play from where the ball now is..... if he has not made a foul then I'm thinking it is simply you to play, snookered or not..... I'll see if I can find you a more comprehensive answer, but don't hold your breath.... You can breathe out now ! If the player is on a red & the cue ball is touching a colour the player must make a fair attempt to play the red & must play away from the colour. simply in the professional game the referee would call a miss if the player does not make a fair attempt, in the amateur game he must make a fair attempt to play the ball on (the red) if he does not do this then it is a foul shot. As far as I know the miss rule only applies to the professional game.
They can eitherA.) Be requested to play again, being from where the cue ball now liesor B.) Replay the shot, which involves moving everything back to it's original state. Including the cue ball.
Mark Allen - snooker player - was born on 1986-02-22.
Sidney Smith - snooker player - was born in 1908.
Gary Owen - snooker player - was born in 1929.
Philip Williams - snooker player - was born in 1968.
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The other player gets 4 points if no balls were hit and he takes the next shot from where the ball stops, if he is snookered he gets a free ball (can hit any ball he likes as long as he names it) or he can make the player take the shot again from the same place where the original shot took place.
Technically, a ball is 'on' if it can be legally struck by the cue ball. However, the term is most often used to mean that a ball can be potted. For example, if the term was used in commentary e.g 'There are no reds on', this is unlikely to mean the player is snookered (as it technically should), rather that no reds are in potable positions.
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