1972 Pot Black

August 2016 April 2025 1972 Pot Black 1971 12 29 1972 01 1 y(broadcast 1972 04 12 1972 07 26 y) Pebble Mill Studios Birmingham England Non-ranking event ENG John Spencer (66) AUS Eddie Charlton WAL Ray Reardon 75–43 1971 1973 http://cuetracker.net/tournaments/pot-black/1972/907 Triggered by \bcuetracker\.net\b on the local blacklist Cyberbot II false The 1972 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament that was broadcast in 1972. The tournament was held between 29 December 1971 and 1 January 1972 in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and featured six professional players.Charlton in Pot Black Sports Argus Birmingham, UK 25 September 1971 3 All matches were one-frame shoot-outs. Broadcasts were on BBC2 and began at 21:00 on Wednesday 12 April 1972.BBC Television – 12 April 1972 – Pot Black http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1972-04-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20141019091113/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1972-04-12 dead 19 October 2014 BBC Genome Project 23 February 2017 The tournament in this year was reduced to six players. There was a qualifying stage in which each competitor played three matches. The leading four then played in a round-robin group, from which the top two players qualified for the final. Alan Weeks presented the programme, with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee. The tournament featured its first overseas player, Australia's Eddie Charlton (making his TV debut), who went on to win the tournament by beating Ray Reardon 75–43 in the final, broadcast on 26 July.BBC Television – 26 July 1972 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1972-07-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20141019084336/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1972-07-26 dead 19 October 2014 BBC Genome Project 23 February 2017CueTracker – 1972 Pot Black –– Snooker Results & Statistics Database http://cuetracker.net/tournaments/pot-black/1972/907 Main draw Qualifying group Player 1ScorePlayer 2Broadcast DateENG John Spencer0–1AUS Eddie Charlton12 April 1972WAL Ray Reardon1–0ENG John Pulman19 April 1972ENG Fred Davis0–1ENG Rex Williams26 April 1972ENG John Spencer0–1WAL Ray Reardon3 May 1972AUS Eddie Charlton1–0ENG Fred Davis10 May 1972ENG John Pulman0–1ENG Rex Williams17 May 1972ENG John Spencer1–0ENG Fred Davis24 May 1972WAL Ray Reardon1–0ENG Rex Williams31 May 1972AUS Eddie Charlton0–1ENG John Pulman7 June 1972 Round-robin Player 1ScorePlayer 2Broadcast DateENG Rex Williams1–0ENG John Spencer14 June 1972AUS Eddie Charlton0–1WAL Ray Reardon21 June 1972ENG Rex Williams0–1WAL Ray Reardon28 June 1972AUS Eddie Charlton1–0ENG John Spencer5 July 1972ENG John Spencer1–0WAL Ray Reardon12 July 1972AUS Eddie Charlton1–0ENG Rex Williams19 July 1972 Final 26 July 1972 WAL Ray Reardon 0 AUS Eddie Charlton 1 References Category:Pot Black Category:1972 in snooker Category:1972 in English sport