Thought Bob Marshall is fit nicely for me, some player to win in 1936 I believe it was but definitely reached the final of the world billiards final 49yrs after the first in small city called Dublin in the emerald green island, showed the skill that was on offer I guess from a student of Walter lindrum or just two Australian genius from the same township
If there was one of the old-school players who resembled Ronnie O'Sullivan, it was Walter Lindrum. He saw the right shot earlier than other players, & he was able to execute the shot quickly, without being rushed or reckless.
This is what I picked up from watching this too. He was a great talent. Made billiards look very easy when it's really not. Especially the in off shots and the cannons. I have his maple one piece Champion cue which is in mint original condition. The one with his avatar on the butt of the cue.
@@pavarotti744 Nah, not Ronnie. Everyone else. I've always said that Ronnie is the Lindrum of snooker. Look at his (Ronnie's) record at his peak. He was that far ahead of the next-best, and that was Walter's trademark.
Don Bradman or Walter Lindrum... most dominating Australian in their sport? (Whether billiards is a sport is another argument). They both changed the rules, although they weren't changed in cricket to inhibit Bradman, but they were changed to prohibit "leg theory," type field placings which were tactics against him.
Quite out of this world. Wally was playing on heavy cloths and heavy balls - nothing like what professional billiards players have today. I reckon he'd have given Advani, Sethi, Russell et al. 1,000 up first to 6,000 and still won reasonably handily. Unquestionably the best of the best.
The heavier cloths made the pockets tighter as well. I can't imagine how good he would have been if he played today under modern conditions. It would have been mind boggling..
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The best the world will ever see, today's snooker players have taken the game to a whole new level. Unfortunately Lindrum did not take up snooker, but cue ball control in my opinion will never be equalled.
Wonderful but the uneducated snooker admirer doesnt understand how skillful you needed to be to be this good, in the early 1930's Walter was goving his very capable opponents up to 7,000 start, thats not an exaggeration, he scored so quickly with top of the table play and nursery cannons , he was scoring perhaps four times as quickly as his opponents. By far the greatest billiards player who ever lived and with Ronnie cue sports greatest cue men.
I believe the rules were changed because he was so good. He could rack up so many points by positioning the balls in a corner and would hit "fairy canons" (I think they were called. I thought everyone had heard of him... but I'm Australian.
English billiards did 'take off like snooker' in the early 20th century, the trouble is by the 30's professional players like Lindrum had got so good at it that they could compile breaks in the thousands quite literally lasting days. They tried altering the rules to limit consecutive types of scoring but the public just got bored of watching, and billiards never recovered. That's when Joe Davis (and others) started to popularise snooker and it soon replaced billiards as the favourite cue sport in Britain.
Bradman actually beat Lindrum at his Adelaide home after losing a friendly to Lindrum in London a year or so before. Bradman practiced daily to improve his game and got so good that he won the re-match.
Hardly a spectator sport in that sense. It was generally played by gentlemen after dinner while the ladies retired to a different room, and the conversation and the fine brandy was a large part of the attraction. A social skill as much as anything.
You must be one of those people who prefer 8-Ball. This guy would spot his opponents 5 or 6 thousand and STILL beat them! He makes it look easy, but you try getting a 100 break in Billiards and see how hard it is! I used play Snooker about 60 years ago and I was pretty good, but Billiards is in a whole other league! I managed a 147 or two, but I never could get a 100 break in Billiards.
"How do you make a thousand break?"
"Just make nine more hundreds."
Love it!
I can watch billiards played like this all day.. 😊
Amazing to watch genius at work.
You will never... see a Billiards player like Walter Lindrum again.
The best ever.
Thought Bob Marshall is fit nicely for me, some player to win in 1936 I believe it was but definitely reached the final of the world billiards final 49yrs after the first in small city called Dublin in the emerald green island, showed the skill that was on offer I guess from a student of Walter lindrum or just two Australian genius from the same township
If there was one of the old-school players who resembled Ronnie O'Sullivan, it was Walter Lindrum. He saw the right shot earlier than other players, & he was able to execute the shot quickly, without being rushed or reckless.
This is what I picked up from watching this too. He was a great talent. Made billiards look very easy when it's really not. Especially the in off shots and the cannons.
I have his maple one piece Champion cue which is in mint original condition. The one with his avatar on the butt of the cue.
@taff6987 Those old one-piece maple cues were nice weren't they.
The kisses sounded different from today's balls. I wouldn't be surprised if these were Ivory balls.
Makes Ronnie and everyone else look like a carthorse.
@@pavarotti744 Nah, not Ronnie. Everyone else. I've always said that Ronnie is the Lindrum of snooker. Look at his (Ronnie's) record at his peak. He was that far ahead of the next-best, and that was Walter's trademark.
One of Australia's true sporting greats.
Don Bradman or Walter Lindrum... most dominating Australian in their sport? (Whether billiards is a sport is another argument).
They both changed the rules, although they weren't changed in cricket to inhibit Bradman, but they were changed to prohibit "leg theory," type field placings which were tactics against him.
Quite out of this world. Wally was playing on heavy cloths and heavy balls - nothing like what professional billiards players have today. I reckon he'd have given Advani, Sethi, Russell et al. 1,000 up first to 6,000 and still won reasonably handily. Unquestionably the best of the best.
He could probably give them 5000 start to 6000.
The heavier cloths made the pockets tighter as well. I can't imagine how good he would have been if he played today under modern conditions. It would have been mind boggling..
You'd have to have some sort of time handicap because once he got in, he'd keep scoring forever.
Hello👋🙋♂️ there...
Amazing and very interesting billiards video🎥..
Great information very helpful video🎥..
Thanks for sharing
Warm regards and best👍💯 wishes
The UnknownManCub 👍😎👨🏭
Genius at work
How good is this guy 😂
The best the world will ever see, today's snooker players have taken the game to a whole new level. Unfortunately Lindrum did not take up snooker, but cue ball control in my opinion will never be equalled.
this is what Steve Davis joked about
in an interview? Can you tell me where i can watch?
so I'm not going to worry about my chicken wing and rocking boat cueing ever again...lol - what a superstar he was
Wonderful but the uneducated snooker admirer doesnt understand how skillful you needed to be to be this good, in the early 1930's Walter was goving his very capable opponents up to 7,000 start, thats not an exaggeration, he scored so quickly with top of the table play and nursery cannons , he was scoring perhaps four times as quickly as his opponents. By far the greatest billiards player who ever lived and with Ronnie cue sports greatest cue men.
Debatable best English billiards player. Definitely not the best pool player. That's for sure
Anyone who has picked up a cue knows how skillful this is.
He just might have been the best player to have ever held a cue.
there's more to this game that meets the eye.
Wtf! I never seen a such player and i saw a lot of players. This guy seems to pot the balls like nothing. Incredible!
He was hugely famous down here in Melbourne.
A few buildings are named after him.
I believe the rules were changed because he was so good. He could rack up so many points by positioning the balls in a corner and would hit "fairy canons" (I think they were called.
I thought everyone had heard of him... but I'm Australian.
Must have missed the pot on 89. Notice the other white ball has changed its position between takes
5:16 ?
Great observation! The power of cheeky editing 🙂
Incorrect
Can't understand why it never took off like snooker ,imagine the 1st break of a 1000,on tv they be nobody awake or alive 😮,
English billiards did 'take off like snooker' in the early 20th century, the trouble is by the 30's professional players like Lindrum had got so good at it that they could compile breaks in the thousands quite literally lasting days. They tried altering the rules to limit consecutive types of scoring but the public just got bored of watching, and billiards never recovered.
That's when Joe Davis (and others) started to popularise snooker and it soon replaced billiards as the favourite cue sport in Britain.
It's a great game to play, but it gets boring to watch very quickly.
I play pool, this is elite level skill
He's a Lil rough with his cue
He sounds like Don Bradman 🙂👍
He did. 😊
Bradman actually beat Lindrum at his Adelaide home after losing a friendly to Lindrum in London a year or so before. Bradman practiced daily to improve his game and got so good that he won the re-match.
Il joue au billard français.
Sick
Not very good this Mon, he keeps going in off..!! 😂
yep , me too
I don’t get it, don’t looks like the dumbest thing Iv ever seen 😂 I mean how does he lose? He just gotta keep hitting the balls lol?
Go try it. Good luck lol
89 he missed.. white ball moves after the cut in film the clown
Embarrassing
@@EO-zu5uz you really malding over a nearly 100 year old clip?
Prat
says the person who has never been talented at anything in their life LMAO
Get back under your 🌉 👾
Skillfull, but bloody boring.!!!
No wonder snooker took off.
Hardly a spectator sport in that sense. It was generally played by gentlemen after dinner while the ladies retired to a different room, and the conversation and the fine brandy was a large part of the attraction. A social skill as much as anything.
You must be one of those people who prefer 8-Ball. This guy would spot his opponents 5 or 6 thousand and STILL beat them! He makes it look easy, but you try getting a 100 break in Billiards and see how hard it is! I used play Snooker about 60 years ago and I was pretty good, but Billiards is in a whole other league! I managed a 147 or two, but I never could get a 100 break in Billiards.