1972 Pot Black

The 1972 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was broadcast in 1972. The tournament was held in Birmingham, and featured six professional players. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs.

1972 Pot Black
Tournament information
DatesRecorded early 1972 (broadcast 12 April – 26 July 1972)
VenueBBC Studios
CityBirmingham
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Highest break John Spencer (66)
Final
Champion Eddie Charlton
Runner-up Ray Reardon
Score75–43
← 1971
1973 →

Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Wednesday 12 April 1972[1] The tournament this year was reduced to 6 players. There was a qualifying stage in which each competitor played three matches. The leading four then played in a round-robin group with the top two players qualifying 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 making his TV debut, Australia's Eddie Charlton who went on to win the tournament beating Ray Reardon 88–27 in the final broadcast on 26 July.[2][3]

Main draw

Qualifying Group
Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
John Spencer0–1 Eddie Charlton12 April 1972
Ray Reardon1–0 John Pulman19 April 1972
Fred Davis0–1 Rex Williams26 April 1972
John Spencer0–1 Ray Reardon3 May 1972
Eddie Charlton1–0 Fred Davis10 May 1972
John Pulman0–1 Rex Williams17 May 1972
John Spencer1–0 Fred Davis24 May 1972
Ray Reardon1–0 Rex Williams31 May 1972
Eddie Charlton0–1 John Pulman7 June 1972

Round-Robin
Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Rex Williams1–0 John Spencer14 June 1972
Eddie Charlton0–1 Ray Reardon21 June 1972
Rex Williams0–1 Ray Reardon28 June 1972
Eddie Charlton1–0 John Spencer5 July 1972
John Spencer1–0 Ray Reardon12 July 1972
Eddie Charlton1–0 Rex Williams19 July 1972

Final
26 July 1972
   
Ray Reardon 0
Eddie Charlton 1

References
  1. "BBC Television – 12 April 1972 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  2. "BBC Television – 26 July 1972 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  3. http://cuetracker.net/tournaments/pot-black/1972/907
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