1975 Pot Black

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1975 Pot Black
Tournament information
DatesRecorded Christmas 1974 (broadcast 4 January – 19 April 1974 (1974-01-04 – 1974-04-19))
VenuePebble Mill Studios
CityBirmingham
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share£1000
Highest breakEngland Fred Davis (87)
Final
ChampionEngland Graham Miles
Runner-upNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor
Score81–27
← 1974
1976 →

The 1975 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 19:50 on Saturday 4 January 1975 [1] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.

Dennis Taylor made his debut in this year's tournament and went on to reach the final losing to defending champion Graham Miles 81-27 [2] making him the third player in a row to win back to back titles after John Spencer and Eddie Charlton.[3]

Main draw[]

Champions League[]

Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
England Graham Miles 1–0 Wales Ray Reardon 4 January 1975
England John Spencer 0–1 Australia Eddie Charlton 18 January 1975
Wales Ray Reardon 0–1 England John Spencer 1 February 1975
Australia Eddie Charlton 1–0 England Graham Miles 15 February 1975
England John Spencer 1–0 England Graham Miles 1 March 1975
Wales Ray Reardon 0–1 Australia Eddie Charlton 15 March 1975

Challengers League[]

Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 1–0 England John Pulman 11 January 1975
England Fred Davis 1–0 England Rex Williams 25 January 1975
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 0–1 England Fred Davis 8 February 1975
England John Pulman 1–0 England Rex Williams 22 February 1975
England Fred Davis 1–0 England John Pulman 8 March 1975
England Rex Williams 0–1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 22 March 1975

Knockout stage[]

  Semi-finals (29 March and 5 April 1975)     Final (19 April 1975)
                 
  England Graham Miles 1  
  Wales Ray Reardon 0    
      England Graham Miles 1
      Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 0
  Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 1    
  England Fred Davis 0   3rd place Play-off (12 April 1975)
 
Wales Ray Reardon 1
  England Fred Davis 0

References[]

  1. ^ "BBC Television – 4 January 1975 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  2. ^ "BBC Television – 19 April 1975 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  3. ^ "CueTracker - 1975 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".
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