1977 Pot Black

August 2016 August 2016 1977 Pot Black Recorded late December 1976 (broadcast 1977 01 7 1977 04 22 y) Pebble Mill Studios Birmingham England Non-ranking event £1000 South Africa 1928 Perrie Mans (59) South Africa 1928 Perrie Mans WAL Doug Mountjoy 90–21 1976 1978 http://cuetracker.net/tournaments/pot-black/1977/880 Triggered by \bcuetracker\.net\b on the local blacklist Cyberbot II false The 1977 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and this year, the tournament expanded from 8 to 12 players. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs. Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Friday 7 January 1977 BBC Television – 7 January 1977 – Pot Black http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1977-01-07 BBC Genome Project BBC 24 February 2017 Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee. With 12 players now competing in this series, the round robin format has now become 4 groups of 3 players. The two debutants Perrie Mans and Doug Mountjoy faced each other in the final which Mans won 90–21.BBC Television – 29 April 1977 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1977-04-29 BBC Genome Project BBC 24 February 2017http://cuetracker.net/tournaments/pot-black/1977/880 CueTracker - 1977 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database Main draw The draw for the group stages was done by Denis Howell, the Minister of Sport and shown before the first match. Group 1 Player 1ScorePlayer 2Broadcast DateAUS Eddie Charlton1–0ENG Rex Williams7 January 1977CAN Cliff Thorburn1–0ENG Rex Williams4 February 1977AUS Eddie Charlton0–1CAN Cliff Thorburn4 March 1977 Group 2 Player 1ScorePlayer 2Broadcast DateENG John Spencer0–1WAL Doug Mountjoy14 January 1977WAL Doug Mountjoy1–0ENG John Pulman11 February 1977ENG John Spencer0–1ENG John Pulman11 March 1977 Group 3 Player 1ScorePlayer 2Broadcast DateENG Fred Davis1–0WAL Ray Reardon21 January 1977South Africa 1928 Perrie Mans1–0ENG Fred Davis18 February 1977WAL Ray Reardon0–1South Africa 1928 Perrie Mans18 March 1977 Group 4 Player 1ScorePlayer 2Broadcast DateENG Graham Miles1–0NIR Dennis Taylor28 January 1977ENG Willie Thorne1–0NIR Dennis Taylor25 February 1977ENG Graham Miles0–1ENG Willie Thorne25 March 1977 Knockout stage Semi-finals (1 and 8 April 1977) Final (22 April 1977) 3rd place Play-off (15 April 1977) CAN Cliff Thorburn 0 WAL Doug Mountjoy 1 South Africa 1928 Perrie Mans 1 ENG Willie Thorne 0 WAL Doug Mountjoy 0 South Africa 1928 Perrie Mans 1 CAN Cliff Thorburn 1 ENG Willie Thorne 0 References Category:Pot Black Category:1977 in snooker Category:1977 in English sport