1934 Ogden’s Trick Billiards Set and Checklist
‘It’s In The Details’
Title | Ogden’s Trick Billiards |
Year | 1934 |
Size | 1 3/8″ x 2 5/8″ |
Images | Color |
Type | Tobacco |
Number in Set |
50 |
1928 Ogden’s Trick Billiards Set Overview
This is one of a few Ogden’s Cigarettes sets dedicated to the sport of billiards.
A total of 50 cards are in the set and cards were issued by Ogden’s for their cigarette product. This is an instructional set that shows off different shots as opposed to focusing on billiards players. Thus, each card features the shot of a pool table with the balls in various positions. Fronts also include the Ogden’s Cigarettes name at the top and the set’s name, Trick Billiards by A. Newman-Mond (along with a card number) is at the bottom.
Backs of the cards give a description of the proposed shot on the table, matching up with a line diagram on the front of where the player is to strike the ball and the path of the ball that it should follow. Backs also repeat the card number and give a title for each card. The “Trick Billiards by A. Newman Mond” name is also repeated at the top and the Ogden’s name is at the bottom.
The set is ‘endorsed’ by famous trick shot artist Newman Mond. The descriptions provided on the back are, presumably, from him.
The set is similar, but different from an earlier Ogden’s set titled Billiards by Tom Newman, that is believed to have been issued in 1928.
1928 Ogden’s Trick Billiards Set Checklist
- The “Heels Together” Stroke
- Knocking Down a Match
- The Last Ball Goes in First
- Hitting a “Snooker”
- A Billiards Race
- A Cannon into a Bowler Hat
- “Jumping” a “Snooker”
- Knocking Coins out of a Ring
- A Billiards Miracle
- Potting the Black
- A Difficult Screw-Back
- A Slow Swerve
- The Letter “S” Trick
- A Hand Cannon
- An In-Off by Hand
- Rolling a Ball Uphill
- Potting Blue, Pink and Black
- Half-Crown into a Hat
- Lifting a Ball into a Hat
- A Tricking In-Off by Hand
- Standing One Ball on Three Others
- A Cannon with a “Tipless” Cue
- Pocketing Three Balls in One Stroke
- The Double-Stroke Shot
- Three Balls; Three Pockets; Two Strokes
- Snookered by a Hat
- Potting a “Snookered” Red
- Potting a Ball with a Penny
- A Cannon Without Potting the Red
- Potting an Angled Ball
- Striking Top Ball First
- Pot the Red and Cannon
- Double the Red Twenty Times
- Altering Triangle of Balls
- Running Round the Table
- The “Shrinking Ball” Stroke
- A Cannon from the Angle
- Leaving the Red on the Spot
- Three Balls in Same Pocket; Two Strokes
- A Surprise Cannon
- A Tricky Five Shot
- A Three-Cushion Kiss Cannon
- A Six-Cushion Cannon
- Breaking a Double Baulk
- Potting Two Balls Along the Cushion
- Rolling a Ball Off the Cushion
- A Tricky Pot Red
- An Ingenious Cannon
- A Middle Pocket “Cut”
- A Steeplechase Stroke
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