1975 Pot Black
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.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | Recorded Christmas 1974 (broadcast 4 January – 19 April 1975) |
| Venue | Pebble Mill Studios |
| City | Birmingham |
| Country | England |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Winner's share | £1000 |
| Highest break |  |
| Final | |
| Champion | |
| Runner-up |  |
| Score | 81–27 |
← 1974 1976 → | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–0 | .svg.png){kind=small} | 4 January 1975 |
| 0–1 | .svg.png){kind=small} | 18 January 1975 |
| 0–1 | | 1 February 1975 |
| 1–0 | | 15 February 1975 |
| 1–0 | | 1 March 1975 |
| 0–1 | | 15 March 1975 |
Challengers League
| Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Broadcast Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–0 | | 11 January 1975 |
| 1–0 | | 25 January 1975 |
| 0–1 | | 8 February 1975 |
| 1–0 | | 22 February 1975 |
| 1–0 | | 8 March 1975 |
| 0–1 | | 22 March 1975 |
Knockout stage
| Semi-finals (29 March and 5 April 1975) | Final (19 April 1975) | |||||||
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Graham Miles | 1 | ||||||
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Ray Reardon | 0 | ||||||
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Graham Miles | 1 | ||||||
|
Dennis Taylor | 0 | ||||||
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Dennis Taylor | 1 | ||||||
|
Fred Davis | 0 | 3rd place Play-off (12 April 1975) | |||||
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Ray Reardon | 1 | ||||||
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Fred Davis | 0 | ||||||
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References
- "BBC Television – 4 January 1975 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- "BBC Television – 19 April 1975 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- http://cuetracker.net/tournaments/pot-black/1975/893
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