1977 Pot Black

1977 Pot Black
Tournament information
DatesRecorded late December 1976 (broadcast 7 January – 22 April 1977 (1977-01-07 – 1977-04-22))
VenuePebble Mill Studios
CityBirmingham
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share£1000
Highest breakSouth Africa Perrie Mans (59)
Final
ChampionSouth Africa Perrie Mans
Runner-upWales Doug Mountjoy
Score90–21
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The 1977 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and this year, the tournament expanded from 8 to 12 players. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs.

Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Friday 7 January 1977 [1] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.

With 12 players now competing in this series, The round robin format has now become 4 groups of 3 players. The two debutants Perrie Mans and Doug Mountjoy faced each other in the final which Mans won 90-21.[2][3]

Main draw

The draw for the group stages was done by Denis Howell, the Minister of Sport and shown before the first match.

Group 1

Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Australia Eddie Charlton 1–0 England Rex Williams 7 January 1977
Canada Cliff Thorburn 1–0 England Rex Williams 4 February 1977
Australia Eddie Charlton 0–1 Canada Cliff Thorburn 4 March 1977

Group 2

Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
England John Spencer 0–1 Wales Doug Mountjoy 14 January 1977
Wales Doug Mountjoy 1–0 England John Pulman 11 February 1977
England John Spencer 0–1 England John Pulman 11 March 1977

Group 3

Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
England Fred Davis 1–0 Wales Ray Reardon 21 January 1977
South Africa Perrie Mans 1–0 England Fred Davis 18 February 1977
Wales Ray Reardon 0–1 South Africa Perrie Mans 18 March 1977

Group 4

Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
England Graham Miles 1–0 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 28 January 1977
England Willie Thorne 1–0 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 25 February 1977
England Graham Miles 0–1 England Willie Thorne 25 March 1977

Knockout stage

Semi-finals (1 and 8 April 1977) Final (22 April 1977)
      
Canada Cliff Thorburn 0
Wales Doug Mountjoy 1
Wales Doug Mountjoy 0
South Africa Perrie Mans 1
South Africa Perrie Mans 1
England Willie Thorne 0 3rd place Play-off (15 April 1977)
Canada Cliff Thorburn 1
England Willie Thorne 0

References

  1. ^ "BBC Television – 7 January 1977 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  2. ^ "BBC Television – 29 April 1977 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  3. ^ "CueTracker - 1977 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".