Walter Lindrum playing snooker

[@darthgorthaur258]

You gotta love that the white is moved into better postions when the screen cuts...😂😂

[@mickf9999]

When he potted the colours the green was on the brown spot and brown on the green spot. Going by what the commentator said anyway, it's not an easy game to watch in black and white!

[@sjs260563]

and for those of you who are watching in black and white, the pink is next to the green (Ted Lowe)

[@jama211]

yeah I was wondering if that was just they'd been knocked there - or if they used to play with those rules?

[@therealthreadkilla]

I've read that when color TV's finally came out the game suddenly became popular on TV.

[@carlkamuti]

​@@therealthreadkillaDavid Attenborough was the controller at BBC2 in the late 60s and greenlit snooker as a way to show off colour TV's capabilities.

[@wernerspreeuwenberg1456]

He also overran blue position, but white was moved again by hand.😮

[@monsieurgreenjeans]

truly the goat of the english billiards realm in his day. some of his records on his wiki are bonkers and stand today. interesting he may have felt compelled to make this tape during a time when the game billiards was perhaps on the way out of popularity. consider for a moment spending most of your life perfecting one thing and having the rug pulled out from underneath you in the form of snooker exhibitions and modern film reels. most of this seems somewhat staged, the balls being nice and spread out/off the cushion and the cue ball shifting around unusually from cut to cut. i don't think any of that detracts from this mans skill though in his home court of e. billiards. if you're a billiard enthusiast of any kind, do take a moment to look up this mans grave and wiki. he has the absolute coolest headstone in all of late billiard legends. cheers walter lindrum hope you're still knocking in thousand breaks up there.

[@paddyk3079]

A few of his records will never be beaten as the rules have become more stringent

[@davidbrear8642]

@@paddyk3079 I remember being told (by someone who had actually watched Lindrum play Joe Davis in the 1930s) that the rules of billiards were changed because of Lindrum. Apparently, he was the master the art of maneuvering the balls into a corner so that he could play endless close-cannon shots and, thus, rack up previously impossible record breaks. Watching Lindrum, and others copying his repetitive tactic, became so boring that a 200 points limit was introduced, before which the cue ball had to cross the baulk line.

[@kufujitsu]

They made this film on the assumption that the viewers knew nothing about the game. Somewhat embarrassing, but as you said, it shouldn't detract from Walter's accomplishments.

[@karlos55555]

I'd like a VAR on that break please 😂

[@rohanramkissoon1561]

Finally good to put a face to the name,thank you for the upload

[@rayingram6012]

Out of position a few times...then the camera shows he was on the ball...excellent billiard player though

[@maatsuyker]

And after he potted the last red, he went straight to the colours (yellow, brown, green etc, and got that out of order) without potting the last chosen colour first. So, two foul shots there

[@castleanthrax1833]

That just means he potted a yellow after the last red, so the yellow should've been re-spotted, so yes, that was a foul, and potting the green off the browns spot was another foul, and the brown off the greens spot was a third foul... not to mention the cueball moving into a better position several times in between edits.

[@witt1982]

Yes commentator the game is easy when you can place the white where ever you want and move the reds around

[@MrGranfield]

Why do films of that era have a music background?

[@johnmc3862]

Irish voiceover putting on a pretty good English accent.

[@billallen1594]

Funny that when clearing up, he was on the wrong side of the blue. And then he wasn’t, and could roll it in and land on the pink with no effort🤔

[@slippyg]

At 2:00 he lost position but suddenly was on another red hmmmmm

[@TheOriginalGankstar]

Dat's some not-so-slippery editing - lol.

[@stuartwilliams-fw4vo]

Dreadful commentary, but what a genius Lindrum was. Being a left-hander, he reminded me of Jimmy White.

[@Mrphilharmonic]

Yes,some dodgy editing, but, most noticeably, the BROWN should go on the middle spot in vault, NOT the green!

[@jama211]

Did the rules used to be different or something?

[@Mrphilharmonic]

@@jama211Maybe. Also Lindrum pots the last red, then the yellow, THEN he plays the Green!!! This would be a foul as everyone (?) knows that the yellow follows the last COLOR, and has to precede the green, brown, etc.

[@mqb5151]

That defines physics

[@8ballphil150]

he also went yellow brown green . oops foul .

[@iknownothing495]

Yeah.. Or maybe the position of green and brown were different in those days..?

[@castleanthrax1833]

Balls on the wrong spots. The yellow should've been re-spotted, too.

[@KasimAnak2-kn6gv]

i didn know the early stage of snooker can make a jump shot 😮

[@Mrphilharmonic]

AND jump shots are not allowed.

[@castleanthrax1833]

They were back then, apparently.

[@8ballphil150]

third red was faked position . he lost position after the 2nd black .

[@alanthomson1227]

Green and brown on wrong spots

[@gnrslash1987]

fucked up position 1:59 white was then moved into position :P

[@MikeHunt-nt4nz]

Why was the white moved after the 2nd black

[@briancrowe-cw3jq]

never chalked the cue once

[@castleanthrax1833]

I'm more concerned with the cueball moving into better position in between edits and the foul when the yellow wasn't re-spotted... not to mention the green and brown being on the wrong spots.

[@shaymayo6]

he got the wrong side of the blue to pink, they fixed it with a cut. also not allowed to jump the white over balls. he's a pool player.

[@billallen1594]

Didn’t see your comment and just posted the same

[@philipthoms4542]

In those days you could jump the white over another ball, it was legal and called a stymie.

[@christopherfarrington9270]

he's a billiards player not pool.

[@castleanthrax1833]

​@christopherfarrington9270 Well, technically, pool is a billiards game.

[@chriswatson7965]

Lindrum was not a snooker player and this heavily edited film does him a great disservice as it makes him out to be a fraud.

[@Duffyyy94]

what a joke lmao

[@Eat-MyGoal]

3:21... cheated blue to pink too 🤣🤣

[@Billdick360]

Some dodgy editing on a few shots!

[@opencurtin]

Yes he was out of position for a red when he potted one black then suddenly he was perfectly on the red after the black was replaced ! Lol

[@konepe1653]

@@opencurtin Not to mention cue ball was on a completely different side of the table when he potted the blue ball during all-colour clearance

[@lindalucas6318]

The balls are moved when he doesn't get position. I know he's a great player!

[@everythingbobbywolfe]

🤔 I think we need to speak to the editor of this documentary. Maybe Walter's snooker abilities were exaggerated over the decades

[@parksyist]

Ha yes the red moved

[@HRinc]

@@parksyist and the rest

[@christopherfarrington9270]

did you notice he ran out of position on the third red but when it came back on they had set a red up for him lol.

[@castleanthrax1833]

Definitely some sus editing, but his billiards records speak for themselves.

[@castleanthrax1833]

Definitely some sus editing, but his billiards records speak for themselves.

[@Eat-MyGoal]

cheated at 1:59... that's not where the white finished after potting the black 🤣🤣

[@alcoholicsementhrower6021]

This is fake News! The red he runs in to is slightly above the black and thats where the cue ball is when he gets down to pot the black.

[@jama211]

Lol yeah

[@tay2229]

2:20 It wasn't for the sake of variety or for a change, it was because the angle on the red made it easier to get onto the blue...

[@g.g.3573]

Mistake at 2:53 he should have potted the yellow twice, that's a foul.

[@drew9351]

He potted the brown before the green as well

[@Volvoman90]

@Mini Cue Sports Nah, looks like a light brown and darker green - spotted correctly but potted out of order.

[@tomgreeves9248]

And his opponent wouldn’t have had a shot if he’d missed the final black, given he had an insurmountable lead.

[@castleanthrax1833]

Yes, yellow should've been re-spotted, and yes, the brown and green were on the wrong spots.

[@algarvemike]

Clever film editing and cutting, along with black n white….. Mmmmmm?

[@alexrhys-taylor4505]

i don’t know why i expect things in the past to move more slowly.

[@Vlow52]

I wish snooker to have a harder break (for example 3 reds to contact with cushions) and jump shots in rules. Would make the modern game more spectacular.

[@castleanthrax1833]

That would be terrible. I think the rules are fine, and the game is spectacular enough.

[@PaoloBanke]

Like all good billiards players they can play a decent game of snooker. Lindrum mind was something else when it came to billiards mind In fact I think the only question ever asked was how many more cubes of chalk was he going to get through on this break.

[@HorseRacingLegends]

Faked position off Blue

[@fredericpelloud7536]

Are jump shots allowed in those times?

[@JOHN-tk6vl]

I think they were in those days.

[@tg92277]

Yes. I don't know at what point it was made illegal, but it features in Joe Davis' book

[@stevejpm1]

3.22 wrong side of the blue--3.24 Right side of the blue.

[@jonathanrobinson8816]

Horrible bridging style, reminds me of American pool. Interesting video, thanks for sharing

[@chrisbland6942]

Most of the old time English Billiard players used the loop bridge for stun or draw shots.

[@MrAntup]

The stroke timing is awesome search for his english billiard stuff it seems like he would never miss a point he could play for days.

[@jourdontempleton8771]

Ran out of position every 2nd shot , only for the camera to pan back to it being perfect…

[@opencurtin]

Now I know how it feels to be colour blind ugh

[@WilliamSmith-mx6ze]

What sort of break is that?

[@theodorehui]

whats the size of that table?

[@kshgarg147]

12 ft by 6 ft

[@therealthreadkilla]

@@kshgarg147 It doesn't look big enough IMHO and the balls and the pockets look bigger as well.

[@castleanthrax1833]

​@therealthreadkilla The pockets might have been more generous than today's regulation size.

[@mjhmjh6444]

Camera never lies , yeah right,

[@richardlinks558]

this video as fake as john higgins

[@castleanthrax1833]

Give it a rest.