1974 Pot Black

1974 Pot Black
Tournament information
DatesRecorded Christmas 1973 (broadcast 5 February – 21 May 1974 (1974-02-05 – 1974-05-21))
VenuePebble Mill Studios
CityBirmingham
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share£1000
Highest breakEngland Graham Miles (68)
Final
ChampionEngland Graham Miles
Runner-upEngland John Spencer
ScoreAggregate score (147–86)
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The 1974 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and featured eight professional players. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs.

Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Tuesday 5 February 1974 [1] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.

The tournament was contested by 8 players in two round-robin groups of 4 with the top two players from each group qualifying for the semi-finals. This year's tournament featured the debuts of Cliff Thorburn and Graham Miles who went on to win the Pot Black title at the first attempt beating John Spencer in the final. For the first time the final was decided on aggregate score over two frames, shown on 14 and 21 May, Miles won both frames, 77–37 and 70–49, winning by a score of 147–86.[2][3][4]

Main draw

League 1

Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Australia Eddie Charlton 1–0 Wales Ray Reardon 5 February 1974
England John Spencer 0–1 England Rex Williams 19 February 1974
Wales Ray Reardon 0–1 England John Spencer 5 March 1974
Australia Eddie Charlton 1–0 England Rex Williams 19 March 1974
Wales Ray Reardon 1–0 England Rex Williams 2 April 1974
Australia Eddie Charlton 0–1 England John Spencer 16 April 1974

League 2

Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Canada Cliff Thorburn 0–1 England John Pulman 12 February 1974
Northern Ireland Jackie Rea 1–0 England Graham Miles 26 February 1974
Canada Cliff Thorburn 0–1 England Graham Miles 12 March 1974
England John Pulman 1–0 Northern Ireland Jackie Rea 26 March 1974
Canada Cliff Thorburn 1–0 Northern Ireland Jackie Rea 9 April 1974
England John Pulman 0–1 England Graham Miles 23 April 1974

Knockout stage

Semi-finals (30 April and 7 May 1974) Final (14 and 21 May 1974)
Australia Eddie Charlton 0
England Graham Miles 1 England Graham Miles 2
England John Pulman 0 England John Spencer 0
England John Spencer 1

References

  1. ^ "BBC Television – 5 February 1974 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  2. ^ "BBC Television – 14 May 1974 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  3. ^ "BBC Television – 21 May 1974 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  4. ^ "CueTracker - 1974 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".