These Rules (issued in February, 1909) are specially applicable to
professional matches, and,--like the Rimington-Wilson Code, on which they
are based,--have particularly in view the reduction of safety misses to a
minimum and the imposition of one definite penalty for each and every kind
of foul stroke or illegitimate miss. In issuing the Code, the Secretary
lays stress on the following provisions:--
A player may not make two misses in successive innings, unless he or the
opponent scores after the first miss, or a double baulk intervenes. (_Rule
9._)
When striker's ball remains touching another ball, red ball shall be
spotted, and non-striker's ball, if on the table, shall be placed on the
centre spot; striker shall play from the D; if non-striker's ball is in
hand, red shall be spotted, and striker shall break the balls. (_Rule 10._)
Consecutive ball-to-ball cannons are limited to 25; on the completion of
this number the break shall only be continued by the intervention of a
hazard or indirect cannon. (_Rule 13._)