The winner of the lag will have his choice of shooting first or having his opponent shoot first. He is credited with all balls scored on the break shot if the 1 ball is contacted first by the cue ball. Female players are not expected to play rotation. They make any ball the first object and are credited with all balls pocketed on a legal stroke. All balls pocketed on kiss shots or combinations count for the player, but the male, playing rotation, must have hit the numerical object ball first.
Players get points corresponding to the numbers of balls pocketed to their credit.
Sixty-one points are game. If a male pockets an object ball, not having hit first the numerical object ball, the pocketed ball or balls on that stroke are spotted, thus ending his inning. If any player scratches the cue ball in a pocket, the object balls pocketed on that stroke are spotted and the inning ends. Balls are spotted in numerical order, from the foot spot back toward the foot cushion, as in rotation. Incoming player has cue ball in hand.