alright , there was only actually reginald frimpton in attendance but as soon as he has managed to unfasten a particularly dogged resistant packet of smoky bacon crisps , the tension and expectation could well reach fever pitch i dare say that there will be quite a few of you out there that have never played snooker on a full-size table , so i shall give you a tiny ringside insight , if youll forgive the mixed metaphor , as to how vast an open space this greenery appears to a novice when he hasnt played for a while ; in the case of our current combatants , stribley and moot , thats an aggregate total of about forty-five years .