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Here is a quick one-page overview on the history of snooker:
The name “Snooker”, it is said, was applied to the game, when a young subaltern visited Sir Neville’s Devonshire regiment and explained that first year cadets at Royal Military Academy, where he had trained, were called “Snookers”.
http://www.titansports.co.uk/history/snooker.htm
The name “Snooker”, it is said, was applied to the game, when a young subaltern visited Sir Neville’s Devonshire regiment and explained that first year cadets at Royal Military Academy, where he had trained, were called “Snookers”.
http://www.titansports.co.uk/history/snooker.htm