HORACE LINDRUM AT HIS HOME PLAYING SNOOKER & TRICK SHOTS

WALTER LINDRUM AT HIS HOME PLAYING SNOOKER & TRICK SHOTS .
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[@shallowlord]

Its cool to see some oldschool snooker.. Horace was a pro between 1931-1957.. He died 1974.

[@bartholomewchuzzlewit4356]

That's correctl. I spent a day with him at the Ipswich annual show. WD&HO Wills sponsored him to be there. They were promoting a new cigarette called Wild Woodbines. He did half hour demonstrations of billiards and his famous finger spins. He offered for me to go to Sydney and give me lessons. Several months passed and I wrote to him about going down. He wrote back and said that he was compiling a book for the Paul Hamyln House and when he finished I could come down. I never got there because he died. He did show me a few interesting shots that I have never forgotten and used at times on the pool table.

[@JesusIstheNameTakenInVain]

People seemed so nice back then

[@shauncorless8965]

For those watching in black white ,the yellows behind the pink 😮

[@bartholomewchuzzlewit4356]

I spent a day with Horace Lindrum at the Ipswich Queensland show. He did half hour demonstrations including his famous finger spins.He showed me how to go in off the red when directly behind the black spot and the cue ball on brown spot. He could go in off either top pockets 9 out 10. I would doubt if there is anyone alive today who could do this. However he would not be in the same league as some of the players of today in snooker in my opinion.

[@GWizz1994]

This is such a fantastic video. Pure history in this video, it’s crazy And the table is sooo slow, it’s like playing on carpet I imagine 🤣

[@damienspurs147]

I got he’s cue it’s a masterpiece

[@Richard56er]

I've got a Horace Lindrum cue too. It's hand spliced maple. Nice cue.

[@ScottWall1]

This is Horace Lindrum , Walter's nephew

[@hanspw]

Such a great video 👍👍👍

[@jonwilson6077]

They play a lot quicker than most pro's these days

[@godjhaka7376]

That's how I play. Like Minnesota Fats, but maybe because it was for fun not for $50,000 they went faster. But fats would go fast regardless.

[@JalandharShere]

Snookers a lot more complex than pool

[@RRJOfficial]

@@JalandharShere That's snooker.

[@poetebyles7578]

wonderful - i got to cue one of Horace's ebony one piece cues - it was just plain amazing

[@markmiller6402]

2.53, that shot to split the reds.

[@edmundpower1250]

Amazing

[@surebrec5113]

for those watching in full colour, they grey ball is the one between the grey and the grey.

[@kyliejm2]

Yes. The grey is worth 2,3 or 4 points, though sometimes it’s worth 5 or 6! Black is still 7 though. So confusing.

[@yankorusev]

Brilliant

[@thurstons]

Correct. The other player, marking this frame is Rex King. Although well past his prime, Horace still looks a class act.

[@africansilverback2722]

amazing to sell some vintage snooker , shocked to see they never once played a defense shot

[@ryankelly2109]

Hendry, "You cannot miss black off the spot at this level."

[@sidsmith9378]

Hes really talented this is near the beginning of the sport snooker is only around 100 years old billiards much older at least 500 years. Without these players leading the way back then snooker wouldn't be like it is today

[@stuartliddle7228]

What a guy.

[@bullsnutsoz]

This is Horace Lindrum.

[@bullsnutsoz]

+bullsnutsoz Saw Horrie at the R. E show in 1974,bloody good after the beer tent and great girlfriend at the time.

[@godjhaka7376]

7:44 but where does that ball disappear too? #UnsolvedMysteries

[@jonescrusher1]

The clock chime is incredibly evocative/

[@NoosaHeads]

When was this filmed? It had to have been before 1974. My guess would be the late 1960s.

[@basa1942]

The other player I think is Frank Harris

[@atks2206]

who is that playing with horace?

[@bullsnutsoz]

Horrie would take a fit seeing the likes of Ronnie O sullivan playing these days!

[@bartholomewchuzzlewit4356]

Yes you have got that right. I think he only made one maximum break of 147. He said that the maximum possible is 154...if opponent comes off back cushion to break them and fouls on the black and then other player clears table. I may be wrong but I think he said Melbourne Innman did it. The players today have taken it to a new level.

[@bullsnutsoz]

@@bartholomewchuzzlewit4356 see you know your snooker mate!

[@bartholomewchuzzlewit4356]

@@bullsnutsoz well I only ever played pool because there were no full size tables in my home town. We had a full size table at home but my dad died when I was 9 and I had 8 brothers, so you didn't get to play...they all had their mates to play. So when dad died they sold the table and made a small unit to rent so mum would have some income. I was not too bad at pool, but always wanted to get on the '40 acre 'paddock as Horace used to call it. It's a great game. Would have been interesting if Walter had taken it up seriously. He scored a 100 points I think in 27 seconds. Horace was not too shabby at billiards either.

[@edmundpower1250]

@@bartholomewchuzzlewit4356 that wouldn't be a break of 154. To get a 155 a person needs to leave a free ball after he breaks and gives his opponent the opportunity to use the freeball as red and then proceed to pot the black and then get a 147 on top of that 8

[@bartholomewchuzzlewit4356]

@@edmundpower1250 If he fouls on the black when breaking, that's 7,then opponent pots a red and black, then clears the table, does that bring the break to 162? Highly improbable but not impossible.

[@dbc1702]

10pm

[@srimulyaniarkhian8655]

Was it the same size with nowadays snooker table?

[@bartholomewchuzzlewit4356]

Yes, 12ft.x 6ft. 1 1/2 inches is correct size, American tables were 10x5 with big pockets

[@rakyatmalaysiarm6710]

R the pockets wider during those days?

[@bartholomewchuzzlewit4356]

No

[@twizzian]

What size it that table? Doesn’t look 12ft

[@JesusIstheNameTakenInVain]

12 by 6

[@bartholomewchuzzlewit4356]

12ft.x 6ft. 1 1/2 inches is correct size

[@flappospammo]

Dreadful curtains , very distracting

[@TheMimetolithman]

my town had some good players but 40 break was huge until I went funny on a 10 footer 130 something then they allowed me on a 12 footer yrs later I SCORED A 142 OR 143 NO MATTER but until i scored a ton it had never been done b4 inmytown I SINCE HAVE SCORE 4-147'S -1 OF THOSE iHANDICAPPED A PLAYER 100

[@snookershorts3044]

Have you tried turning professional?