1979 Pot Black

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1979 Pot Black
Tournament information
DatesRecorded late Dec 1978 (broadcast 29 December 1978 – 6 April 1979 (1978-12-29 – 1979-04-06))
VenuePebble Mill Studios
CityBirmingham
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share£1000
Highest breakWales Doug Mountjoy (82)
Final
ChampionWales Ray Reardon
Runner-upWales Doug Mountjoy
Score2–1
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The 1979 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham. 8 players were competing in 2 four player groups. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs except the final which was played in the best of 3 frames on a one-hour programme.

Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Friday 29 December 1978[1] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.

This tournament had the TV debut of Steve Davis who played veteran namesake Fred Davis on the programme transmitted 19 January[2] and won the frame 83-23 but failed to reach the semi-finals. The first Pot Black champion Ray Reardon regained the title 10 years after his first beating reigning champion Doug Mountjoy 2–1.[3][4]

Main draw[]

Group 1[]

Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Wales Ray Reardon 1–0 England John Spencer 29 December 1978
Australia Eddie Charlton 0–1 England Graham Miles 12 January 1979
Wales Ray Reardon 1–0 Australia Eddie Charlton 26 January 1979
England John Spencer 0–1 England Graham Miles 9 February 1979
Wales Ray Reardon 0–1 England Graham Miles 23 February 1979
England John Spencer 0–1 Australia Eddie Charlton 9 March 1979

Group 2[]

Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Wales Doug Mountjoy 0–1 South Africa Perrie Mans 5 January 1979
England Fred Davis 0–1 England Steve Davis 19 January 1979
South Africa Perrie Mans 1–0 England Fred Davis 2 February 1979
Wales Doug Mountjoy 1–0 England Steve Davis 16 February 1979
South Africa Perrie Mans 1–0 England Steve Davis 2 March 1979
Wales Doug Mountjoy 1–0 England Fred Davis 16 March 1979

Knockout stage[]

Semi-finals (23 and 30 March 1979) Final (6 April 1979)
      
England Graham Miles 0
Wales Doug Mountjoy 1
Wales Ray Reardon 2
Wales Doug Mountjoy 1
Wales Ray Reardon 1
South Africa Perrie Mans 0

References[]

  1. ^ "BBC Television – 29 December 1978 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  2. ^ "BBC Television – 19 January 1979 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  3. ^ "BBC Television – 6 April 1979 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  4. ^ "CueTracker - 1978 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".
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