1979 Pot Black

http://cuetracker.net/tournaments/pot-black/1979/859 Triggered by \bcuetracker\.net\b on the local blacklist Cyberbot II false June 2020 August 2016 1979 Pot Black Recorded late Dec 1978 (broadcast 1978 12 29 1979 04 6 y) Pebble Mill Studios Birmingham England Non-ranking event £1000 WAL Doug Mountjoy (82) WAL Ray Reardon WAL Doug Mountjoy 2–1 1978 1980 The 1979 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham. 8 players were competing in 2 four player groups. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs except the final which was played in the best of 3 frames on a one-hour programme. Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Friday 29 December 1978BBC Television – 29 December 1978 – Pot Black http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1978-12-29 BBC Genome Project BBC 25 February 2017 Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee. This tournament had the TV debut of Steve Davis who played veteran namesake Fred Davis on the programme transmitted 19 JanuaryBBC Television – 19 January 1979 – Pot Black http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1979-01-19 BBC Genome Project BBC 25 February 2017 and won the frame 83-23 but failed to reach the semi-finals. The first Pot Black champion Ray Reardon regained the title 10 years after his first beating reigning champion Doug Mountjoy 2–1.BBC Television – 6 April 1979 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1979-04-06 BBC Genome Project BBC 25 February 2017http://cuetracker.net/tournaments/pot-black/1979/859 CueTracker - 1978 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database Main draw Group 1 Player 1ScorePlayer 2Broadcast DateWAL Ray Reardon1–0ENG John Spencer29 December 1978AUS Eddie Charlton0–1ENG Graham Miles12 January 1979WAL Ray Reardon1–0AUS Eddie Charlton26 January 1979ENG John Spencer0–1ENG Graham Miles9 February 1979WAL Ray Reardon0–1ENG Graham Miles23 February 1979ENG John Spencer0–1AUS Eddie Charlton9 March 1979 Group 2 Player 1ScorePlayer 2Broadcast DateWAL Doug Mountjoy0–1South Africa 1928 Perrie Mans5 January 1979ENG Fred Davis23–83ENG Steve Davis19 January 1979South Africa 1928 Perrie Mans1–0ENG Fred Davis2 February 1979WAL Doug Mountjoy97–26ENG Steve Davis16 February 1979South Africa 1928 Perrie Mans60–45ENG Steve Davis2 March 1979WAL Doug Mountjoy1–0ENG Fred Davis16 March 1979 Knockout stage Semi-finals (23 and 30 March 1979) Final (6 April 1979) ENG Graham Miles 0 WAL Doug Mountjoy 1 WAL Ray Reardon 1 South Africa 1928 Perrie Mans 0 WAL Ray Reardon 2 WAL Doug Mountjoy 1 References Category:Pot Black Category:1979 in snooker Category:1979 in English sport