1978 Pot Black

http://cuetracker.net/tournaments/pot-black/1978/872 Triggered by \bcuetracker\.net\b on the local blacklist Cyberbot II false August 2016 August 2016 1978 Pot Black Recorded late December 1977 (broadcast 1978 01 6 1978 04 14 y) Pebble Mill Studios Birmingham England Non-ranking event £1000 WAL Doug Mountjoy (101) WAL Doug Mountjoy ENG Graham Miles 2–1 1977 1979 The 1978 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and this year, the tournament returned to 8 players competing in 2 four player groups. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs but the final this year was played in the best of 3 frames on a one-hour programme. Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Friday 6 January 1978 BBC Television – 6 January 1978 – Pot Black http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1978-01-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20141017105759/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1978-01-06 dead 17 October 2014 BBC Genome Project BBC 25 February 2017 Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee. The previous year's finalist Doug Mountjoy beat twice Pot Black Champion Graham Miles in the first final to have a best of 3 frames format 2–1.BBC Television – 14 April 1978 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1978-04-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20141018161119/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1978-04-14 dead 18 October 2014 BBC Genome Project BBC 25 February 2017http://cuetracker.net/tournaments/pot-black/1978/872 CueTracker - 1978 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database Main draw The draw for the group stages was made by comedian Eric Morecambe and shown before the first match. Group 1 Player 1ScorePlayer 2Broadcast DateWAL Doug Mountjoy1–0NIR Alex Higgins6 January 1978WAL Ray Reardon1–0NIR Dennis Taylor20 January 1978WAL Ray Reardon1–0WAL Doug Mountjoy3 February 1978NIR Alex Higgins0–1NIR Dennis Taylor17 February 1978WAL Ray Reardon0–1NIR Alex Higgins3 March 1978NIR Dennis Taylor0–1WAL Doug Mountjoy17 March 1978 Group 2 Player 1ScorePlayer 2Broadcast DateENG John Spencer0–1AUS Eddie Charlton13 January 1978CAN Cliff Thorburn0–1ENG Graham Miles27 January 1978ENG John Spencer0–1ENG Graham Miles10 February 1978AUS Eddie Charlton1–0CAN Cliff Thorburn24 February 1978ENG John Spencer1–0CAN Cliff Thorburn10 March 1978ENG Graham Miles1–0AUS Eddie Charlton24 March 1978 Knockout stage Semi-finals (31 March and 7 April 1978) Final (14 April 1978) WAL Doug Mountjoy 1 AUS Eddie Charlton 0 WAL Ray Reardon 0 ENG Graham Miles 1 WAL Doug Mountjoy 2 ENG Graham Miles 1 References Category:Pot Black Category:1978 in snooker Category:1978 in English sport