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Plan of Carom billiards table
Plan of English billiards table
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Stephen Hendry
Scottish snooker player
Allison Fisher
English-born billiards player
Willie Hoppe.
Willie Hoppe
American billiards player
Luther Lassiter
American billiards player
Cochran, Welker
Welker Cochran
American billiards player
Clark McConachy
New Zealand billiards player
Joe Davis
British billiards and snooker player

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Billiards. Woman playing pool game.
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Assorted sports balls including a basketball, football, soccer ball, tennis ball, baseball and others.
American Sports Nicknames
Bowling ball hitting all ten pins in a strike. (bowling alley, 10 pins, sports, recreation)
Bull’s-eye Sports
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Car with a pickle design in the Zagreb Red Bull Soapbox Race, Zagreb, Croatia, September 14, 2019. (games, races, sports)
10 Unusual Sports