1974 Pot Black

http://cuetracker.net/tournaments/pot-black/1974/898 Triggered by \bcuetracker\.net\b on the local blacklist Cyberbot II false August 2016 August 2016 1974 Pot Black 1973 12 29 1974 01 1 y(broadcast 1974 02 5 1974 05 21 y) Pebble Mill Studios Birmingham England Non-ranking event £1,000 ENG Graham Miles (68) ENG Graham Miles ENG John Spencer Aggregate score (147–86) 1973 1975 The 1974 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place between 29 December 1973 and 1 January 1974 in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and featured eight professional players.World champ cues off snooker series Worcester News Worcester 5 February 1974 3 All matches were one-frame shoot-outs. Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Tuesday 5 February 1974 BBC Television – 5 February 1974 – Pot Black http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1974-02-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20141017172157/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1974-02-05 dead 17 October 2014 BBC Genome Project BBC 24 February 2017 Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee. The tournament was contested by 8 players in two round-robin groups of 4 with the top two players from each group qualifying for the semi-finals. This year's tournament featured the debuts of Cliff Thorburn and Graham Miles who went on to win the Pot Black title at the first attempt beating John Spencer in the final. For the first time the final was decided on aggregate score over two frames, shown on 14 and 21 May, Miles won both frames, 77–37 and 70–49, winning by a score of 147–86.BBC Television – 14 May 1974 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1974-05-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20141017171821/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1974-05-14 dead 17 October 2014 BBC Genome Project BBC 24 February 2017BBC Television – 21 May 1974 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1974-05-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20141017172805/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1974-05-21 dead 17 October 2014 BBC Genome Project BBC 24 February 2017http://cuetracker.net/tournaments/pot-black/1974/898 CueTracker - 1974 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database Main draw League 1 Player 1ScorePlayer 2Broadcast DateAUS Eddie Charlton1–0WAL Ray Reardon5 February 1974ENG John Spencer0–1ENG Rex Williams19 February 1974WAL Ray Reardon0–1ENG John Spencer5 March 1974AUS Eddie Charlton1–0ENG Rex Williams19 March 1974WAL Ray Reardon1–0ENG Rex Williams2 April 1974AUS Eddie Charlton0–1ENG John Spencer16 April 1974 League 2 Player 1ScorePlayer 2Broadcast DateCAN Cliff Thorburn0–1ENG John Pulman12 February 1974NIR Jackie Rea1–0ENG Graham Miles26 February 1974CAN Cliff Thorburn0–1ENG Graham Miles12 March 1974ENG John Pulman1–0NIR Jackie Rea26 March 1974CAN Cliff Thorburn1–0NIR Jackie Rea9 April 1974ENG John Pulman0–1ENG Graham Miles23 April 1974 Knockout stage yes Semi-finals (30 April and 7 May 1974) Final (14 and 21 May 1974) AUS Eddie Charlton 0 ENG Graham Miles 1 ENG John Pulman 0 ENG John Spencer 1 ENG Graham Miles 147 ENG John Spencer 86 References Category:Pot Black Category:1974 in snooker Category:1974 in English sport