1976 Pot Black
The 1976 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 | |
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Dates | Recorded early 1976 (broadcast 21 May – 17 September 1976) |
Venue | Pebble Mill Studios |
City | Birmingham |
Country | England |
Format | Non-ranking event |
Winner's share | £1000 |
Highest break | |
Final | |
Champion | |
Runner-up | |
Score | 69–42 |
← 1975 1977 → |
Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Friday 21 May 1976 [1] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.
Willie Thorne made his debut in this year's tournament against Fred Davis in the first show of the series. John Spencer won his third title beating Dennis Taylor 69-42 [2][3]
Main draw
Challengers League
Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Broadcast Date |
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1–0 | 21 May 1976 | ||
0–1 | 4 June 1976 | ||
0–1 | 18 June 1976 | ||
0–1 | 2 July 1976 | ||
0–1 | 30 July 1976 | ||
0–1 | 13 August 1976 |
Champions League
Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Broadcast Date |
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1–0 | 28 May 1976 | ||
0–1 | 11 June 1976 | ||
0–1 | 25 June 1976 | ||
0–1 | 23 July 1976 | ||
0–1 | 6 August 1976 | ||
0–1 | 20 August 1976 |
Knockout stage
Semi-finals (27 August and 3 September 1976) | Final (17 September 1976) | |||||||
Dennis Taylor | 1 | |||||||
Rex Williams | 0 | |||||||
Dennis Taylor | 0 | |||||||
John Spencer | 1 | |||||||
John Spencer | 1 | |||||||
Eddie Charlton | 0 | 3rd place Play-off (10 September 1976) | ||||||
Rex Williams | 1 | |||||||
Eddie Charlton | 0 |
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References
- "BBC Television – 21 May 1976 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- "BBC Television – 17 September 1976 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- http://cuetracker.net/tournaments/pot-black/1976/887
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