1971 Pot Black

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1971 Pot Black
Tournament information
DatesRecorded early 1971 (broadcast 17 February – 2 June 1971 (1971-02-17 1971-06-02))
VenueBBC Studios
City Birmingham
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Highest break Flag of England.svg Fred Davis (73)
Final
Champion Flag of England.svg John Spencer
Runner-up Flag of England.svg Fred Davis
Score61–40
1970
1972

The 1971 Pot Black event was the third edition of Pot Black , a professional invitational snooker tournament which was first broadcast in 1969. The event was recorded in early 1971 at the BBC TV Studios in Gosta Green, Birmingham. The tournament featured eight professional players. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs.

Contents

Broadcasts were on BBC2, starting with an introductory programme at 9:00 pm on Wednesday 17 February 1971 [1] The tournament again used a round-robin format with two groups of four players, the top two from each group qualifying for a place in the semi-finals. The players in this event were mainly the same as the previous two, but Ray Reardon was replaced by David Taylor who was making his television debut. Alan Weeks presented the programme, with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.

John Spencer retained his Pot Black title, beating Fred Davis 88–27 in the one-frame final which was broadcast on 2 June 1971. [2] [3]

Main draw

League 1

Player 1ScorePlayer 2Broadcast Date
Flag of England.svg John Spencer 1–0 Flag of England.svg David Taylor 24 February 1971
Flag of England.svg John Pulman 0–1 Flag of England.svg Rex Williams 10 March 1971
Flag of England.svg John Spencer 0–1 Flag of England.svg John Pulman 24 March 1971
Flag of England.svg David Taylor 0–1 Flag of England.svg Rex Williams 7 April 1971
Flag of England.svg John Spencer 1–0 Flag of England.svg Rex Williams 21 April 1971
Flag of England.svg David Taylor 0–1 Flag of England.svg John Pulman 5 May 1971

League 2

Player 1ScorePlayer 2Broadcast Date
Flag of England.svg Kingsley Kennerley 0–1 Ulster Banner.svg Jackie Rea 3 March 1971
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gary Owen 1–0 Flag of England.svg Fred Davis 17 March 1971
Flag of England.svg Kingsley Kennerley 0–1 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gary Owen 31 March 1971
Ulster Banner.svg Jackie Rea 0–1 Flag of England.svg Fred Davis 14 April 1971
Flag of England.svg Kingsley Kennerley 1–0 Flag of England.svg Fred Davis 28 April 1971
Ulster Banner.svg Jackie Rea 0–1 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gary Owen 12 May 1971

Knockout stage

Semi-finals (19 and 26 May 1971) Final (2 June 1971)
Flag of England.svg John Spencer 1
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gary Owen 0 Flag of England.svg John Spencer 1
Flag of England.svg Rex Williams 0 Flag of England.svg Fred Davis 0
Flag of England.svg Fred Davis 1

References

  1. "BBC Television – 17 February 1971 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project . BBC . Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  2. "BBC Television – 2 June 1971 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project . BBC . Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  3. "CueTracker - 1971 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".