9ballsht is a discipline of the cue sport pool. The game’s origins are traceable to the 1920s in the United States. It is played on a rectangular billiard table with pockets at each of the four corners and in the middle of each long side. Using a cue stick, players must strike the white cue ball to pocket nine colored billiard balls, hitting them in ascending numerical order. An individual game (or rack) is won by the player pocketing the 9-ball. Matches are usually played as a race to a set number of racks, with the player who reaches the set number winning the match.
History – 9ballsht
The game was established in America by 1920,[1][2] although the exact origins are unknown.[3][4] Nine-ball is played with the same equipment as eight-ball and other pool games.
Rules
The game of nine-ball is played on a billiard table with six pockets. The cue ball, which is usually a solid shade of white (but may be spotted in some tournaments), is struck to hit the nine object balls, which are numbered 1 through 9, each a distinct color, with the 9-ball typically having a yellow stripe on a white base.
Popular culture
The sport has featured in popular culture, most notably in the 1956 novel The Hustler and its 1961 film adaptation,[28][29] and the 1984 novel sequel The Color of Money and subsequent film[30]
References
- ^ “The History of Billiards”. cuecare.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2007. Retrieved 10 November 2006.
- ^ Hikock, Ralph. “Sports history – Billiards”. hickorysports.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2002.
- ^ Billiards: The Official Rules and Records Book (50th Anniversary Commemorative ed.). Coralville, IA: Billiard Congress of America (BCA). 1998. p. 26.
- ^ Hickok, Ralph (2001). “Sports History: Pocket Billiards”. hickorysports.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2006. Retrieved 13 December 2006.
- ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f “Billiard Congress of America”. bca-pool.com. Archived from the original on 23 November 2004. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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