Savilians
Savile Club members are known as Savilians and the Club’s motto of Sodalitas Convivium implies convivial companionship. The traditional mainstays of the Savile are food and drink, good conversation, playing bridge and poker, and Savile Snooker. This is a nineteenth century version of the game, whose rules were first written down in the mid-20th century by Stephen Potter. It is a form of volunteer snooker, with some unusual features (the brown ball is spotted behind baulk on the opposite equivalent of the black spot, and counts 8; yellow and green are not used, "push shots" are allowed, fouling a ball with one's tie has no penalty, and sinking two reds at once means a score of two, for example). The dining room includes two long club tables, derived from the Club’s original table d'hôte (a contrast to the contemporary habit of other clubs, where members tended to eat à la carte at small separate tables).
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