![]() ![]() A marble whose middle point lies exactly on the line is still in the ring but if the midpoint lies any further away from the middle of the ring, the marble is out. Normally, however, a ring will be drawn on the available surface and judgements are made by looking at a marble from directly overhead. In this way, there is never any debate as to whether or not a marble has been knocked out of the ring. A formal ring is a stone slab raised 2 or 3 inches off the ground. Any dusty or sandy surface will suffice but for official games, rough damp sand is sprinkled across a stone or concrete slab. Play is within a marbles "ring", six feet in diameter. ![]() In addition, each player has a "tolley", a larger marble which may be no greater than three quarters of an inch in diameter. ![]() Forty nine ordinary marbles are used, at a standard size of half an inch in diameter.
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