Originally using only two balls, the game was played on a six-pocket table with a hoop similar to a croquet wicket and an upright stick used as a target (as shown in the picture).
1.14.2008
A Short History of Billiards
It is best guessed that billiards originated in France as an indoor version of a lawn game similar to croquet. The term billiard is French, deriving from the word billart, one of the wooden sticks, or bille, a ball. Originally using only two balls, the game was played on a six-pocket table with a hoop similar to a croquet wicket and an upright stick used as a target (as shown in the picture).
Originally using only two balls, the game was played on a six-pocket table with a hoop similar to a croquet wicket and an upright stick used as a target (as shown in the picture).
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