Italian Bar Billiards

Have a look at this one on eBay which didn't sell (didn't meet its reserve).
cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150019561682&ru=http://search.ebay.co.uk:80/150019561682_W0QQfromZR40QQfviZ1

The interesting bit is the question to the seller: Poor Matteo from Italy is stuck out on a limb 'cos (despite having a table) he hasn't the first idea of what the rules of play are !
And the seller wasn't prepared to help him either - all he asked for was a photocopy of the nice print of the rules in the display, and he would probably have paid handsomely for one as well.

[Chris_Sav]

Interesting!!

The table BTW is a 'Narrow Sams' 28" wide playing surface and not 32" wide, think I'll email the seller!!

Possibilities of an Italian Open as well!!

Sav

[milhouse]

sav said:

Interesting!!

The table BTW is a 'Narrow Sams' 28" wide playing surface and not 32" wide, think I'll email the seller!!

Possibilities of an Italian Open as well!!

Sav

With all these new opens there can also be new internationals aswell ???
Bar Billiard World Cup here we come ;D ;D ;D

[neill]

Hi,

I am importing a jelks thruppeny table from England... And while searching for bar billiards info in Italy I came across this....
www.banfiadeliobiliardi.it/museo.html

Is it possible that this pre dates the English manufacturers ?

Rgds
Neill
(Rome , Italy)

[barbelman]

Jun 12, 2017 14:30:28 GMT neill said:

Hi,

I am importing a jelks thruppeny table from England... And while searching for bar billiards info in Italy I came across this....
www.banfiadeliobiliardi.it/museo.html

Is it possible that this pre dates the English manufacturers ?

Rgds
Neill
(Rome , Italy)

It's certainly very possible Neill.  There were many variants of the game in mainland Europe and it is only one or two that found their way across the channel and were 'developed' by English manufacturers.  The game certainly does NOT originate in the UK....

There are others on here that know more than I!

[Chris_Sav]

European bar billiards (billard russe) certainly pre-dates the standard width English game as that is where the English Jelks tables were copied from.


My suspicion has always been that the narrow tables in England pre-date the Jelks as well.