1970 Pot Black

The 1970 Pot Black event was the second edition of Pot Black, a professional invitational snooker tournament which was first broadcast in 1969. The event was recorded in early 1970 at the BBC TV Studios in Gosta Green, Birmingham. The tournament featured eight professional players. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs.

1970 Pot Black
Tournament information
DatesRecorded early 1970 (broadcast 23 March – 6 July 1970)
VenueBBC Studios
CityBirmingham
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Highest break Fred Davis (54)
Final
Champion John Spencer
Runner-up Ray Reardon
Score88–27
← 1969
1971 →

Broadcasts were on BBC2, starting with an introductory programme at 9:45 pm on Monday 23 March 1970.[1] This year, the tournament moved to a round-robin format with two groups of four players, the top two players from each group qualifying for a place in the semi-finals. Alan Weeks took over as presenter, with Ted Lowe remaining as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.

The two finalists were the same as the previous year but the result was in reverse. John Spencer defeated Ray Reardon 88–27 in the one-frame final which was broadcast on 6 July 1970.[2][3]

Main draw

League 1
Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Fred Davis0–1 Rex Williams30 March 1970
John Spencer1–0 Kingsley Kennerley13 April 1970
Fred Davis0–1 John Spencer27 April 1970
Rex Williams1–0 Kingsley Kennerley11 May 1970
Fred Davis1–0 Kingsley Kennerley25 May 1970
Rex Williams1–0 John Spencer8 June 1970

League 2
Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Gary Owen0–1 John Pulman6 April 1970
Ray Reardon1–0 Jackie Rea20 April 1970
Gary Owen0–1 Ray Reardon4 May 1970
John Pulman1–0 Jackie Rea18 May 1970
Gary Owen1–0 Jackie Rea1 June 1970
John Pulman1–0 Ray Reardon15 June 1970

Knockout stage
Semi-finals (22 and 29 June 1970) Final (6 July 1970)
John Spencer 1
John Pulman 0 John Spencer 1
Rex Williams 0 Ray Reardon 0
Ray Reardon 1

References
  1. "BBC Television – 23 March 1970 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  2. "BBC Television – 6 July 1970 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  3. http://cuetracker.net/tournaments/pot-black/1970/915
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