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John Roberts Jr, by R. E. Ruddock. John Roberts Jr (15 August 1847 – 23 December 1919) was a dominant English professional player of English billiards.He won the world professional title eight times in matches between 1870 - 1885 when it was held on a challenge basis. [1]
The Billiard Association was formed, and ten players, including John Roberts Jr., and Roberts Sr., were tasked with authoring a new set of rules for English billiards. [4] Roberts died on 27 March 1893 at Stratford, London. [1] He was sometimes known by the nickname of "Liverpool Jack." His highest recorded break was 346, in 1862. [3]
John Roberts Sr., who had spent years touring and establishing his reputation as a billiards player, challenged Kentfield. There was much controversy over the table and the pockets to be used, and Kentfield declined to play, so Roberts styled himself as champion, a title he held unchallenged until 1870 , when he lost to William Cook .
Cook beat John Roberts Jr, son of the dominant player of the time, John Roberts Sr, in a match in 1869, [7] and then challenged Roberts Sr for the title. [8] As this was the first match for the World Championship, five players, which included Cook, with Roberts taking the chair, formed a committee to draw up a special set of rules for the game.
A late nineteenth century match between John Roberts, Jr and Edward Diggle. English billiards, [1] called simply billiards in the United Kingdom and in many former British colonies, is a cue sport that combines the aspects of carom billiards and pool. Two cue balls (one white and one yellow) and a red object ball are used. Each player or team ...
"U.S. Open Pocket Billiards Championship" as a proper noun most often refers to the straight pool (14.1 continuous pool) championship, the oldest of the events. Though "U.S. Open Pool Championship" as a stand-in for an official event name most commonly refers to the nine-ball event, it may, depending upon context, refer to any of six different ...
Jacquelyn Martin/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Chief Justice John Roberts flagged threats to the judicial system in his year-end review. He wrote that disgruntled lawmakers and litigants pose a threat ...
Diggle A billiards match between Diggle and John Roberts Jr. Edward Diggle (1864–1934) was a leading professional billiard player, [1] known as "The Mechanical Methodical Mancunian". Diggle was a protégé of John Roberts Jr., and became his regular practice partner.