World Pool-Billiard Association Blackball Rules
1 BLACKBALL
The game shall be known as blackball.
Play blackball in a sportsmanlike manner.
The referee is the sole judge of what is fair and unfair play and shall take whatever action is necessary to ensure the rules are observed.
2 EQUIPMENT AND TABLE LAYOUT
The game is played on a six pocket rectangular table with six cushions.
Equipment permitted
(a) A white ball called the ‘cue ball’
(b)Two groups of object balls consisting of seven red (or blue) and 7 yellow balls. Alternatively use balls numbered 1 to 7 and 9 to 15.
(c) A black ball (8 ball).
(d)Spider rest, goose-neck rest, cross rest.
(e) Prescribed cues.
No other equipment is permitted unless ratified by the WPA.
The playing surface is the flat part of the table bordered by cushions.
The surface should be marked with a black spot at the intersection of two imaginary diagonal lines joining centre and corner pockets.
The cloth is marked with a baulk line. A straight line drawn from cushion to cushion 1/5th of the length of the table parallel to the face of the cushion which lies at the greatest distance from the black spot.
Baulk is the rectangular area bordered by the baulk line and three cushions.
