1971 Pot Black

The 1971 Pot Black event was the third edition of Pot Black, a professional invitational snooker tournament which was first broadcast in 1969. The event was recorded in early 1971 at the BBC TV Studios in Gosta Green, Birmingham. The tournament featured eight professional players. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs.

1971 Pot Black
Tournament information
DatesRecorded early 1971 (broadcast 17 February – 2 June 1971)
VenueBBC Studios
CityBirmingham
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Highest break Fred Davis (73)
Final
Champion John Spencer
Runner-up Fred Davis
Score61–40
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1972 →

Broadcasts were on BBC2, starting with an introductory programme at 9:45 pm on Wednesday 17 February 1971[1] The tournament again used a round-robin format with two groups of four players, the top two from each group qualifying for a place in the semi-finals. The players in this event were mainly the same as the previous two, but Ray Reardon was replaced by David Taylor who was making his television debut. Alan Weeks presented the programme, with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.

John Spencer retained his Pot Black title, beating Fred Davis 88–27 in the one-frame final which was broadcast on 2 June 1971.[2][3]

Main draw

League 1
Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
John Spencer1–0 David Taylor24 February 1971
John Pulman0–1 Rex Williams10 March 1971
John Spencer0–1 John Pulman24 March 1971
David Taylor0–1 Rex Williams7 April 1971
John Spencer1–0 Rex Williams21 April 1971
David Taylor0–1 John Pulman5 May 1971

League 2
Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Kingsley Kennerley0–1 Jackie Rea3 March 1971
Gary Owen1–0 Fred Davis17 March 1971
Kingsley Kennerley0–1 Gary Owen31 March 1971
Jackie Rea0–1 Fred Davis14 April 1971
Kingsley Kennerley1–0 Fred Davis28 April 1971
Jackie Rea0–1 Gary Owen12 May 1971

Knockout stage
Semi-finals (19 and 26 May 1971) Final (2 June 1971)
John Spencer 1
Gary Owen 0 John Spencer 1
Rex Williams 0 Fred Davis 0
Fred Davis 1
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References
  1. "BBC Television – 17 February 1971 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  2. "BBC Television – 2 June 1971 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  3. http://cuetracker.net/tournaments/pot-black/1971/912
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