1971 Pot Black

August 2016 August 2016 1971 Pot Black Recorded early 1971 (broadcast 1971 02 17 1971 06 2 y) BBC Studios Birmingham England Non-ranking event ENG Fred Davis (73) ENG John Spencer ENG Fred Davis 61–40 1970 1972 http://cuetracker.net/tournaments/pot-black/1971/912 Triggered by \bcuetracker\.net\b on the local blacklist Cyberbot II false The 1971 Pot Black event was the third edition of Pot Black, a professional invitational snooker tournament which was first broadcast in 1969. The event was recorded in early 1971 at the BBC TV Studios in Gosta Green, Birmingham. The tournament featured eight professional players. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs. Broadcasts were on BBC2, starting with an introductory programme at 9:00 pm on Wednesday 17 February 1971BBC Television – 17 February 1971 – Pot Black http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1971-02-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20141017150447/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1971-02-17 dead 17 October 2014 BBC Genome Project BBC 23 February 2017 The tournament again used a round-robin format with two groups of four players, the top two from each group qualifying for a place in the semi-finals. The players in this event were mainly the same as the previous two, but Ray Reardon was replaced by David Taylor who was making his television debut. Alan Weeks presented the programme, with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee. John Spencer retained his Pot Black title, beating Fred Davis 88–27 in the one-frame final which was broadcast on 2 June 1971.BBC Television – 2 June 1971 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1971-06-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20141017150524/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1971-06-02 dead 17 October 2014 BBC Genome Project BBC 23 February 2017http://cuetracker.net/tournaments/pot-black/1971/912 CueTracker - 1971 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database Main draw League 1 Player 1ScorePlayer 2Broadcast DateENG John Spencer1–0ENG David Taylor24 February 1971ENG John Pulman0–1ENG Rex Williams10 March 1971ENG John Spencer0–1ENG John Pulman24 March 1971ENG David Taylor0–1ENG Rex Williams7 April 1971ENG John Spencer1–0ENG Rex Williams21 April 1971ENG David Taylor0–1ENG John Pulman5 May 1971 League 2 Player 1ScorePlayer 2Broadcast DateENG Kingsley Kennerley0–1NIR Jackie Rea3 March 1971WAL Gary Owen1–0ENG Fred Davis17 March 1971ENG Kingsley Kennerley0–1WAL Gary Owen31 March 1971NIR Jackie Rea0–1ENG Fred Davis14 April 1971ENG Kingsley Kennerley1–0ENG Fred Davis28 April 1971NIR Jackie Rea0–1WAL Gary Owen12 May 1971 Knockout stage yes Semi-finals (19 and 26 May 1971) Final (2 June 1971) ENG John Spencer 1 WAL Gary Owen 0 ENG Rex Williams 0 ENG Fred Davis 1 ENG John Spencer 1 ENG Fred Davis 0 References Category:Pot Black Category:1971 in snooker Category:1971 in English sport