Rules of snooker satisfied that the player was only positioning the ball, and not playing a shot or preparing to play one. When a player commits a foul, the opponent receives penalty points equal to the value of the ball "on", the value of the highest valued ball involved in the foul, or 4 points, whichever is greatest. When multiple fouls are made in one shot, only the most highly valued foul is counted. Penalty points are therefore at least 4 points and at most 7. Not hitting the ball "on" first is the most common foul. A common defensive tactic is to
1959 News of the World Snooker Plus Tournament 1959 News of the World Snooker Plus Tournament The 1959 News of the World Snooker Plus Tournament was a professional snooker tournament sponsored by the "News of the World". The event was played under the Snooker Plus rules, a variant of snooker with two additional (orange and purple). The tournament was won by Joe Davis with Fred Davis finishing in second place. It was the eleventh and final News of the World Tournament, which ran from 1949/50 to 1959. Snooker plus was a variant of snooker created by Joe Davis in 1959 with two additional , orange (8 points) and