1979_Pot_Black

1979 Pot Black

1979 Pot Black

Snooker tournament

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.

Quick Facts Tournament information, Dates ...

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

More information Player 1, Score ...

Group 2

More information Player 1, Score ...

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