Scoreboards

Billiard scoreboards hang over the table in clubs and let you keep score without paper. In snooker a scoreboard is close to mandatory, as the score with breaks and fouls changes on every shot.

The classic is a board with sliding markers and a frame counter — no power needed and nothing to break. Electronic versions have an LED display, a remote and separate fields for the current and highest break. Eight- and nine-ball get by with simple roller counters or discs on the rail. When buying, look at readability from the far end of the table and the mounting — wall-fixed or free-standing. If you only need to keep score without buying anything, we have a free online snooker counter. See also lighting and billiard tables.