A flash back to my memories on 1969. When I was 15 years old. The Then world champion from Australia Bob Marshall was traveling to U. K. To participate in the world Billiard tournament. He made a brief visit to meet his good friend M. J. M. Lafir to warm up with him in a 2 hour billiards game. The world champion won the keenly contested match It was a 80% match with both playing top table billiards it was a treat to watch them play at the Anglers sports club I was at the tables from 4.pm to reserve my seat the match started around 7.30.pm at that time it was 15 pot rule. It was a custom those days the foreign players come to Srilanka to play warm up matches with our world Champ Marhoom M. J. M. Lafir. He learned top table the post men knock play from the Maestro the creator of top table play. Bob Marshall May all the Billiards playing members follow his coaching by watching this video patiently & be benefitted Regards to all
Brilliant to see Bob in the video . . . for a time I played at the same club as Bob (Claremont Bowling Club) and used to love watching Bob and Bill Barrie (Australian Billiards Champ several times) playing billiards there - as Bill would say - Bob's forgotten more about this game than the rest of us will ever know. Another era!
@@Jacob.Streiff It certainly was - and Bob would talk about the Lindrums including Walter . . . this was the 1980s or course. Great memories. Sad thing is in West Australia now there are now non commercial snooker and billiards clubs and no competition.
@@Jacob.Streiff I introduced my much younger neighbor to game . We play about once a week on my table on the shed . We aren't much good , but it's great fun!
Terrible camera work - would have been so much better if he hadn't moved around so much - like all amateur film makers they never seem able to stay fixed for more than 2 seconds!
A flash back to my memories on 1969. When I was 15 years old. The Then world champion from Australia Bob Marshall was traveling to U. K. To participate in the world Billiard tournament. He made a brief visit to meet his good friend
M. J. M. Lafir to warm up with him in a 2 hour billiards game. The world champion won the keenly contested match It was a 80% match with both playing top table billiards it was a treat to watch them play at the Anglers sports club I was at the tables from 4.pm to reserve my seat the match started around 7.30.pm at that time it was 15 pot rule. It was a custom those days the foreign players come to Srilanka to play warm up matches with our world Champ Marhoom M. J. M. Lafir. He learned top table the post men knock play from the Maestro the creator of top table play. Bob Marshall
May all the Billiards playing members follow his coaching by watching this video patiently & be benefitted
Regards to all
Awesome memories
Brilliant to see Bob in the video . . . for a time I played at the same club as Bob (Claremont Bowling Club) and used to love watching Bob and Bill Barrie (Australian Billiards Champ several times) playing billiards there - as Bill would say - Bob's forgotten more about this game than the rest of us will ever know. Another era!
Wow that's must have been awesome
@@Jacob.Streiff It certainly was - and Bob would talk about the Lindrums including Walter . . . this was the 1980s or course. Great memories. Sad thing is in West Australia now there are now non commercial snooker and billiards clubs and no competition.
What an excellent display. I love the small corrections and how they don't interrupt the flow.
I'm only a relative new comer to this fantastic game .Really enjoyed watching a master in action , thank you to Bob and all concerned. Great video!
Sure is, great game where you can be really creative.
@@Jacob.Streiff I introduced my much younger neighbor to game . We play about once a week on my table on the shed . We aren't much good , but it's great fun!
Terrific watch. A billiards legend.
Thanks
Dear champion. Very good
Thanks
Champion player! Wish this had been around when I used to play billiards!
Top video. Absolute gold.
Thanks
Amazing! I love discovering these games!
Loving this.
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Fantastic! Are those ivory balls?
No, but I believe it was a different material to the new ones, I forget the name but ends in lite
@@Jacob.Streiff Super Crystallite?
I wish I could tell him, "Bob watching you is not boring". N
Yea IF only the video was no her and had better camera work
wonderful era when men were full of grace
True gentleman
ID love to know what cue he was using probably worth a few thousand now
bob u shuda gone pro mate
nice
his cue must be on ebay now :P
Terrible camera work - would have been so much better if he hadn't moved around so much - like all amateur film makers they never seem able to stay fixed for more than 2 seconds!
Probably a huge camera that’s awkward, but yet far from Spielberg
I was told that his big problem was that he coached people who couldn't win..
He wanted a world champion but he couldn't get..only what I was told.
Hi Mike, nice to have such a legend of the sport drop a comment. Literally haven't logged into this account in maybe 8 or so years.