I was playing a game the other day with no ref involved since it was a social game.
I attempted to play a safety by thinning the rack and sending the cueball up table, in doing so i sent the CB up table and it never touched the rail, but it did come to rest in the pocket. My opponent, weather it was deliberate or non deliberate went to touch the ball but in doing so he pushed the ball to the rail and hit and held it onto the rail.
Is this some sort of a different foul, maybe an unsportsmanlike foul at -15. some people i spoke with said yes that this was the case and the violator must rebreak as well after taking the -15.
What is the correct ruling here ?
**** As a sidenote: If so what would be the case if the player does the same thing pushing the ball into a cluster by holding his tip on the ball til they pushed the ball where they want it ?
Thanks in advance.
I attempted to play a safety by thinning the rack and sending the cueball up table, in doing so i sent the CB up table and it never touched the rail, but it did come to rest in the pocket. My opponent, weather it was deliberate or non deliberate went to touch the ball but in doing so he pushed the ball to the rail and hit and held it onto the rail.
Is this some sort of a different foul, maybe an unsportsmanlike foul at -15. some people i spoke with said yes that this was the case and the violator must rebreak as well after taking the -15.
What is the correct ruling here ?
**** As a sidenote: If so what would be the case if the player does the same thing pushing the ball into a cluster by holding his tip on the ball til they pushed the ball where they want it ?
Thanks in advance.