snooker rules

[tallboy]

Under present day rules can a player foul from the break, giving the other player a possible free ball, and in effect giving him a break of 16 reds 16 blacks plus the colours

[TCL-MUMPING]

Yes

[R1Geezer]

Yes giving a maximum of 155, never been acheived though there have been at least 2, 16 red clearences, one of them by Steve James for example. This situation can arise if there is a foul at any time there are 15 reds on the table not just the break.

[R1Geezer]

it seems a 155 has been acheived, doh!
http://www.snooker.org/plr/records.shtml

[oldhamfan]

From Wikipedia:

Breaks exceeding 147
At least five breaks in excess of 147 have been recorded. A 149 by Tony Drago in West Norwood, London in 1998 is recorded by the Guinness Book of Records as the highest in this category. In that match Drago was foul snookered and chose the brown as the free ball, to score one point. He then potted the brown again, for four more points, before potting 13 reds and 13 blacks, a red and a pink, a red and a blue, then all the colours. A 151 is reported to have been compiled by Wally West against Butch Rogers in West London's Hounslow Luciana snooker club during a club match in 1976. After Rogers fouled, West took the green as the free ball and then went on to clear the table. In October 2004, during qualifying for the UK Championship, Jamie Burnett achieved a 148 against Leo Fernandez, becoming the first player to achieve a break of more than 147 in a professional match. Jamie Cope was reported to have made a break of 155 in a practice frame in 2005.