1978 Pot Black

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1978 Pot Black
Tournament information
DatesRecorded late December 1977 (broadcast 6 January – 14 April 1978 (1978-01-06 – 1978-04-14))
VenuePebble Mill Studios
CityBirmingham
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share£1000
Highest breakWales Doug Mountjoy (101)
Final
ChampionWales Doug Mountjoy
Runner-upEngland Graham Miles
Score2–1
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The 1978 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and this year, the tournament returned to 8 players competing in 2 four player groups. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs but the final this year was played in the best of 3 frames on a one-hour programme.

Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Friday 6 January 1978 [1] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.

The previous year's finalist Doug Mountjoy beat twice Pot Black Champion Graham Miles in the first final to have a best of 3 frames format 2–1.[2][3]

Main draw[]

The draw for the group stages was made by comedian Eric Morecambe and shown before the first match.

Group 1[]

Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Wales Doug Mountjoy 1–0 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 6 January 1978
Wales Ray Reardon 1–0 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 20 January 1978
Wales Ray Reardon 1–0 Wales Doug Mountjoy 3 February 1978
Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 0–1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 17 February 1978
Wales Ray Reardon 0–1 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 3 March 1978
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 0–1 Wales Doug Mountjoy 17 March 1978

Group 2[]

Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
England John Spencer 0–1 Australia Eddie Charlton 13 January 1978
Canada Cliff Thorburn 0–1 England Graham Miles 27 January 1978
England John Spencer 0–1 England Graham Miles 10 February 1978
Australia Eddie Charlton 1–0 Canada Cliff Thorburn 24 February 1978
England John Spencer 1–0 Canada Cliff Thorburn 10 March 1978
England Graham Miles 1–0 Australia Eddie Charlton 24 March 1978

Knockout stage[]

Semi-finals (31 March and 7 April 1978) Final (14 April 1978)
      
Wales Doug Mountjoy 1
Australia Eddie Charlton 0
Wales Doug Mountjoy 2
England Graham Miles 1
Wales Ray Reardon 0
England Graham Miles 1

References[]

  1. ^ "BBC Television – 6 January 1978 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  2. ^ "BBC Television – 14 April 1978 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  3. ^ "CueTracker - 1978 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".
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