1984 Pot Black

January 2025 August 2016 Pot Black 84 1983 12 28 1983 12 30 y(broadcast 1984 01 4 1984 04 11 y) Pebble Mill Studios Birmingham England WPBSA Non-Ranking event £41,250 £5,000 NIR Dennis Taylor (81) WAL Terry Griffiths ENG John Spencer 2–1 1983 1985 The 1984 Pot Black was the sixteenth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place between 28 and 30 December 1983 but was broadcast in early 1984. The tournament was held at Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham.Everton Clive Davis aims for hat-trick The Guardian London 9 November 1983 25 For the first time since the inaugural tournament in 1969, the championship was reverted to a knockout format and players risen from 8 to 16. This change was made at the request of the players, who asked for a competition, in which more of them could take part.Pot Black changes format on cue https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002139/19831118/053/0053 subscription Birmingham Mail 18 November 1983 53 All matches until the final were one-frame shoot-outs, the final being contested over the best of three frames. Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Wednesday 4 January 1984BBC Television – 4 January 1984 – Pot Black http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1984-01-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20141017105539/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1984-01-04 dead 17 October 2014 BBC Genome Project 26 February 2017 Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and John Williams as referee. With the tournament now risen to 16 players, there were Pot Black debuts for Tony Meo, Silvino Francisco and Mark Wildman and original series player John Spencer played for the first time since 1980. Terry Griffiths who also last played in 1980 won the event, his ninth professional title, beating Spencer 2–1 in the final.BBC Television – 11 April 1984 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1984-04-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20141017222914/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1984-04-11 dead 17 October 2014 BBC Genome Project 25 February 2017http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/PotBlack.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120216154927/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/PotBlack.html 16 February 2012 Pot Black, Junior Pot Black Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 20 January 2023 Main draw no Last 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Aggregate score of 2 frames Final Best of 3 frames ENG John Spencer 110 NIR Alex Higgins 9 AUS Eddie Charlton 1 ENG Tony Meo 0 ENG Jimmy White 94 ENG David Taylor 12 ENG Steve Davis 1 ENG Mark Wildman 0 ENG Willie Thorne 55 ENG Tony Knowles 42 NIR Dennis Taylor 1 CAN Kirk Stevens 0 South Africa 1982 Silvino Francisco 1 WAL Ray Reardon 0 WAL Terry Griffiths 81 WAL Doug Mountjoy 40 ENG John Spencer 70 AUS Eddie Charlton 26 ENG Jimmy White 71 ENG Steve Davis 9 ENG Willie Thorne 65 NIR Dennis Taylor 34 South Africa 1982 Silvino Francisco 16 WAL Terry Griffiths 106 ENG John Spencer 142 ENG Jimmy White 80 ENG Willie Thorne 0 WAL Terry Griffiths 1 ENG John Spencer 1 WAL Terry Griffiths 2 Match dates of transmission Player 1Player 2Broadcast DateENG John SpencerNIR Alex Higgins4 January 1984ENG Willie ThorneENG Tony Knowles11 January 1984ENG Jimmy WhiteENG David Taylor18 January 1984WAL Terry GriffithsWAL Doug Mountjoy 25 January 1984AUS Eddie CharltonENG Tony Meo 1 February 1984NIR Dennis TaylorCAN Kirk Stevens 8 February 1984ENG Steve DavisENG Mark Wildman 15 February 1984South Africa 1982 Silvino FranciscoWAL Ray Reardon 22 February 1984ENG John SpencerAUS Eddie Charlton 29 February 1984ENG Willie ThorneNIR Dennis Taylor 7 March 1984ENG Jimmy WhiteENG Steve Davis 14 March 1984WAL Terry GriffithsSouth Africa 1982 Silvino Francisco 21 March 1984ENG John SpencerENG Jimmy White28 March 1984WAL Terry GriffithsENG Willie Thorne 4 April 1984WAL Terry GriffithsENG John Spencer11 April 1984 Final Final: Best of 3 frames.Pebble Mill Studios, Birmingham, England, 30 December 1983 (Broadcast 11 April 1984). Terry Griffiths 2–1 John Spencer References Category:Pot Black Pot Black Pot Black Pot Black