1975 Pot Black

The 1975 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.

1975 Pot Black
Tournament information
DatesRecorded Christmas 1974 (broadcast 4 January – 19 April 1975)
VenuePebble Mill Studios
CityBirmingham
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share£1000
Highest break Fred Davis (87)
Final
Champion Graham Miles
Runner-up Dennis Taylor
Score81–27
← 1974
1976 →

Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 19:50 on Saturday 4 January 1975 [1] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.

Dennis Taylor made his debut in this year's tournament and went on to reach the final losing to defending champion Graham Miles 81-27 [2] making him the third player in a row to win back to back titles after John Spencer and Eddie Charlton.[3]

Main draw

Champions League
Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Graham Miles1–0 Ray Reardon4 January 1975
John Spencer0–1 Eddie Charlton18 January 1975
Ray Reardon0–1 John Spencer1 February 1975
Eddie Charlton1–0 Graham Miles15 February 1975
John Spencer1–0 Graham Miles1 March 1975
Ray Reardon0–1 Eddie Charlton15 March 1975

Challengers League
Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Dennis Taylor1–0 John Pulman11 January 1975
Fred Davis1–0 Rex Williams25 January 1975
Dennis Taylor0–1 Fred Davis8 February 1975
John Pulman1–0 Rex Williams22 February 1975
Fred Davis1–0 John Pulman8 March 1975
Rex Williams0–1 Dennis Taylor22 March 1975

Knockout stage
  Semi-finals (29 March and 5 April 1975)     Final (19 April 1975)
                 
  Graham Miles 1  
  Ray Reardon 0    
      Graham Miles 1
      Dennis Taylor 0
  Dennis Taylor 1    
  Fred Davis 0   3rd place Play-off (12 April 1975)
 
Ray Reardon 1
  Fred Davis 0

References
  1. "BBC Television – 4 January 1975 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  2. "BBC Television – 19 April 1975 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  3. http://cuetracker.net/tournaments/pot-black/1975/893
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