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.

1976 Pot Black
Tournament information
DatesRecorded early 1976 (broadcast 21 May – 17 September 1976)
VenuePebble Mill Studios
CityBirmingham
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share£1000
Highest break Eddie Charlton (64)
Final
Champion John Spencer
Runner-up Dennis Taylor
Score69–42
← 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
Fred Davis1–0 Willie Thorne21 May 1976
Dennis Taylor0–1 Rex Williams4 June 1976
Willie Thorne0–1 Dennis Taylor18 June 1976
Fred Davis0–1 Rex Williams2 July 1976
Willie Thorne0–1 Rex Williams30 July 1976
Fred Davis0–1 Dennis Taylor13 August 1976

Champions League
Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Eddie Charlton1–0 Graham Miles28 May 1976
John Spencer0–1 Ray Reardon11 June 1976
Ray Reardon0–1 Eddie Charlton25 June 1976
Graham Miles0–1 John Spencer23 July 1976
Eddie Charlton0–1 John Spencer6 August 1976
Ray Reardon0–1 Graham Miles20 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

References
  1. "BBC Television – 21 May 1976 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  2. "BBC Television – 17 September 1976 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  3. http://cuetracker.net/tournaments/pot-black/1976/887
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