English Amateur Championship
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The English Amateur Championship is a snooker
competition that has been played since 1916.
The first two tournaments were won by Charles Nathaniel Jaques, who was subsequently shot through the wrist in World War I
and unable to defend his title again.
Snooker
Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular table is . It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each, and six balls of different :...
competition that has been played since 1916.
The first two tournaments were won by Charles Nathaniel Jaques, who was subsequently shot through the wrist in World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
and unable to defend his title again.