1991 Junior Pot Black

The 1991 Junior Pot Black was the fourth staging of the junior snooker tournament and the first since 1983 which was held in the Trentham Gardens at Stoke-on-Trent and was played alongside the senior competition which also got revived this year. 8 young players were competing in a knockout format. The matches are one-frame shoot-outs, a two frame aggregate score in the semi-final and best of three frames in the final.

Junior Pot Black 91
Tournament information
Dates18–20 August 1991 (Broadcast 20–30 August 1991)
VenueTrentham Gardens
CityStoke-on-Trent
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatNon-Ranking event
Highest break Ronnie O'Sullivan (92)?
Final
Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up Declan Murphy
Score2–0
← 1983
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Broadcast during school holiday mornings on BBC1 on the first week and BBC2 during the second, the series started at 11:05 on Tuesday 20 August 1991.[1] Eammon Holmes presented the programme with Ted Lowe and John Spencer as commentators and John Williams as referee.

Future professional players in this revived series include Ronnie O'Sullivan, Matthew Stevens and Lee Walker. O'Sullivan won the series beating Ireland's Declan Murphy 2–0 with a 92 break in the first frame.[2]

Main draw
Quarter-finals 20–23 August 1991 Semi-finals 28 and 29 August 1991 Final 30 August 1991
Ronnie O'Sullivan 1
Evan Munro 0 Ronnie O'Sullivan 1
Gary Crawford 1 Gary Crawford 0
Lee Walker 0 Ronnie O'Sullivan 2
Daniel Buskin 0 Declan Murphy 0
Matthew Stevens 1 Matthew Stevens 0
Declan Murphy 1 Declan Murphy 1
Alan Burnett 0

References
  1. "BBC Television – 20 August 1991 – Junior Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  2. "BBC Television – 30 August 1991 – Junior Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
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