Originally Posted by Darren Lethem:
“I must admit I cannot think of one”
Neither can I to be honest.
Originally Posted by zawtowers:
“What you probably can't see is the large TV screen in portrait mode that the referee can see. It is at the far end of the table and the scorer (usually another ref) will be able to bring this up on this huge screen so that that referee can see the table and the screen view at the same time. The screen has an overlay view too so the idea is that the balls in the previous shot are shown with outlines (top view down) and the camera is then used to see where the balls are currently.
In practice that works pretty well, and it's an extra tool they brought in last year to help in those types of situation. Naturally the more balls moved, the more time it'll take!!”
Yes, this one was a real mess, and the balls were still not in the correct place as Judd was trying to tell them. We could see the second red (he was trying to hit originally) was incorrectly placed, but they were still not moving it. Nearly 10 minutes is a long time to stop a frame.
Admittedly (as you say) this took a while as so many balls were moved. Thankfully a rare occurrence.