Lindrum, Walter, 1898-1960.

Billiards and snooker / by Walter Lindrum. (Sydney, N.S.W. : Tooheys Ltd, [1941])

Billiards, snooker and pool are all played on the same green baize covered, slate-based tables. Billiards is the oldest of these games. It is supposedly French in origin, and was popularised after Louis XIV took up the game in the mid-seventeenth century, after his doctor had prescribed him some exercise after meals.

It was established in Australia after Henry Alcock set up a factory in Fitzroy, Melbourne to manufacture billiard tables. Alcock’s is still the major firm in the business in Australia.

It has been claimed that snooker was originally devised in Australia, but it seems to have been brought here by visiting Army officers from India.

Walter Lindrum is the most famous of the Lindrum family. His father Fred snr., his brother Fred and his sister Violet were all Australian champions, and his nephew Horace was a champion at both billiards and snooker. Walter’s grave at Melbourne General Cemetery is a billiard table made of marble.

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