1974 Pot Black

The 1974 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and featured eight professional players. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs.

1974 Pot Black
Tournament information
DatesRecorded Christmas 1973 (broadcast 5 February – 21 May 1974)
VenuePebble Mill Studios
CityBirmingham
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share£1000
Highest break Graham Miles (68)
Final
Champion Graham Miles
Runner-up John Spencer
ScoreAggregate score (147–86)
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1975 →

Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Tuesday 5 February 1974 [1] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.

The tournament was contested by 8 players in two round-robin groups of 4 with the top two players from each group qualifying for the semi-finals. This year's tournament featured the debuts of Cliff Thorburn and Graham Miles who went on to win the Pot Black title at the first attempt beating John Spencer in the final. For the first time the final was decided on aggregate score over two frames, shown on 14 and 21 May, Miles won both frames, 77–37 and 70–49, winning by a score of 147–86.[2][3][4]

Main draw

League 1
Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Eddie Charlton1–0 Ray Reardon5 February 1974
John Spencer0–1 Rex Williams19 February 1974
Ray Reardon0–1 John Spencer5 March 1974
Eddie Charlton1–0 Rex Williams19 March 1974
Ray Reardon1–0 Rex Williams2 April 1974
Eddie Charlton0–1 John Spencer16 April 1974

League 2
Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Cliff Thorburn0–1 John Pulman12 February 1974
Jackie Rea1–0 Graham Miles26 February 1974
Cliff Thorburn0–1 Graham Miles12 March 1974
John Pulman1–0 Jackie Rea26 March 1974
Cliff Thorburn1–0 Jackie Rea9 April 1974
John Pulman0–1 Graham Miles23 April 1974

Knockout stage
Semi-finals (30 April and 7 May 1974) Final (14 and 21 May 1974)
Eddie Charlton 0
Graham Miles 1 Graham Miles 2
John Pulman 0 John Spencer 0
John Spencer 1

References
  1. "BBC Television – 5 February 1974 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  2. "BBC Television – 14 May 1974 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  3. "BBC Television – 21 May 1974 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  4. http://cuetracker.net/tournaments/pot-black/1974/898
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