English billiards

English billiards, called simply billiards in Great Britain, where it originated, and in many former British colonies, is a cue sport for two players or teams. Two s (originally both white and one marked e.g. with a black dot, but more recently one white, one yellow) and a red are used. Each player or team uses a different cue ball. It is played on a billiards table with the same dimensions as a snooker table and points are scored for s and pocketing the balls. English billiards has also, but less frequently, been referred to as "the English game", "the all-in game" and (formerly) "the common game".