1985 Pot Black

http://www.cuetracker.net/Tournaments/Pot-Black/1985/722 Triggered by \bcuetracker\.net\b on the local blacklist Cyberbot II false January 2025 August 2016 Pot Black 85 December 1984 (broadcast weekly 1985 01 8 1985 04 9 y) Pebble Mill Studios Birmingham England WPBSA Non-Ranking event ENG Jimmy White (80) WAL Doug Mountjoy ENG Jimmy White 2–0 1984 1986 The 1985 Pot Black was the seventeenth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place in December 1984 but was broadcast in 1985. The tournament was held at Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and featured sixteen professional players in a knock-out system. All matches until the semi-final were one-frame shoot-outs, the semi-final was aggregate score of two frames and the final being contested over the best of three frames. Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Tuesday 8 January 1985BBC Television – 8 January 1985 – Pot Black http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1985-01-08 BBC Genome Project 26 February 2017 David Icke took over from Alan Weeks as presenter with Ted Lowe remaining as commentator and John Williams as referee. The 16 players competing were all the last 16 players from the 1984 World Snooker Championship. Debuts include John Parrott and Neal Foulds who previously played in Junior Pot Black and Bill Werbeniuk. Doug Mountjoy won the event, his thirteenth professional title, beating Jimmy White 2–0 in the final.BBC Television – 3 April 1985 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1985-04-03 BBC Genome Project 25 February 2017http://www.cuetracker.net/Tournaments/Pot-Black/1985/722 CueTracker – 1985 Pot Black – Snooker Results & Statistics Database This was also Mountjoy's second Pot Black title; previously, he had won the 1978 edition. Main draw no Last 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Aggregate score of 2 frames Final Best of 3 frames ENG Jimmy White 1 ENG John Parrott 0 ENG Steve Davis 1 ENG John Spencer 0 CAN Cliff Thorburn 72 ENG David Taylor 45 ENG Willie Thorne 1 AUS Eddie Charlton 0 NIR Dennis Taylor 79 CAN Bill Werbeniuk 56 WAL Terry Griffiths 1 South Africa 1982 Silvino Francisco 0 ENG Neal Foulds 1 WAL Ray Reardon 0 WAL Doug Mountjoy 110 CAN Kirk Stevens 16 ENG Jimmy White 1 ENG Steve Davis 0 CAN Cliff Thorburn 1 ENG Willie Thorne 0 NIR Dennis Taylor 1 WAL Terry Griffiths 0 ENG Neal Foulds 0 WAL Doug Mountjoy 1 ENG Jimmy White 1 CAN Cliff Thorburn 0 NIR Dennis Taylor 0 WAL Doug Mountjoy 1 ENG Jimmy White 0 WAL Doug Mountjoy 2 Match dates of transmission Player 1Player 2Broadcast DateWAL Doug MountjoyCAN Kirk Stevens8 January 1985CAN Cliff ThorburnENG David Taylor15 January 1985NIR Dennis TaylorCAN Bill Werbeniuk22 January 1985ENG Jimmy WhiteENG John Parrott 29 January 1985ENG Neal FouldsWAL Ray Reardon 5 February 1985ENG Willie ThorneAUS Eddie Charlton 12 February 1985WAL Terry GriffithsSouth Africa 1982 Silvino Francisco 19 February 1985ENG Steve DavisENG John Spencer 26 February 1985WAL Doug MountjoyENG Neal Foulds 5 March 1985CAN Cliff ThorburnENG Willie Thorne 12 March 1985NIR Dennis TaylorWAL Terry Griffiths 19 March 1985ENG Jimmy WhiteENG Steve Davis 26 March 1985WAL Doug MountjoyNIR Dennis Taylor2 April 1985ENG Jimmy WhiteENG Cliff Thorburn 3 April 1985WAL Doug MountjoyENG Jimmy White9 April 1985 Final Final: Best of 3 frames.Pebble Mill Studios, Birmingham, England, 20 December 1984 (Broadcast 9 April 1985). Doug Mountjoy 2–0 Jimmy White References Category:Pot Black Category:1985 in snooker Category:1985 in English sport