History of snooker History of snooker The game of snooker is a cue sport which emerged in its modern form in the late 19th century, with roots going back to the 16th century form of English billiards. Billiards was popular among the British Armed Forces stationed in India. As billiards was only a two player game, new games such as life pool and pyramid pool were developed in order to accommodate more players. Eventually, these two games were combined to form snooker. Billiards was first played in the 16th century. It was known as a "gentleman's game" because of its popularity among royalty.
David Lilley (snooker player) Snooker Championship, in which he defeated the Welshman Ian Preece 8–11. In 2000 he lost the final of the English Amateur Championship with 5–8 against Nick Marsh. In February 2002, he participated for the first time in qualifying for the World Snooker Championship, but retired in the second qualifying round against Timothy Paling. 2004 won Lilley by an 8–6 victory over Wayne Cooper for the third time the English Amateur Championship. In the 2004 World Amateur Snooker Championship he was narrowly defeated in the semi-finals 6–8 by the eventual champion Mark Allen. In qualifying for the 2005 World Snooker Championship,