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 Taylor (snooker player) exhibition match and also recorded seven centuries in seven frames in a witnessed practice session. He was one of the two commentators during Steve Davis' first televised maximum break. After his career wound down he ran an award-winning hotel. He currently runs Ash Farm Country Guest House with his wife in Little Bollington near Altrincham in Cheshire. He was the first snooker player to pot all balls in the final round of BBC snooker gameshow "Big Break". David Taylor (snooker player) David Taylor (born 29 July 1943) is a retired English professional snooker player. He won the World and English