1975 Pot Black

1975 Pot Black

Tournament information
Dates	28–31 December 1974 (1974-12-28 – 1974-12-31) (broadcast 4 January – 19 April 1975 (1975-01-04 – 1975-04-19))
Venue	Pebble Mill Studios
City	Birmingham
Country	England
Format	Non-ranking event
Winner's share	£1,000
Highest break	Fred Davis (87)
Final
Champion	Graham Miles
Runner-up	Dennis Taylor
Score	81–27
← 1974 1976 →

The 1975 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place between 28 and 31 December 1974 in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and featured eight professional players. ^[1] All matches were one-frame shoot-outs.

Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 19:50 on Saturday 4 January 1975. ^[2] 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, ^[3] making him the third player in a row to win back to back titles after John Spencer and Eddie Charlton. ^[4]

Main draw

Champions League

Player 1	Score	Player 2	Broadcast Date
Graham Miles	111–35	Ray Reardon	4 January 1975
John Spencer	0–1	Eddie Charlton	18 January 1975
Ray Reardon	0–1	John Spencer	1 February 1975
Eddie Charlton	1–0	Graham Miles	15 February 1975
John Spencer	1–0	Graham Miles	1 March 1975
Ray Reardon	0–1	Eddie Charlton	15 March 1975

Challengers League

Player 1	Score	Player 2	Broadcast Date
Dennis Taylor	1–0	John Pulman	11 January 1975
Fred Davis	1–0	Rex Williams	25 January 1975
Dennis Taylor	0–1	Fred Davis	8 February 1975
John Pulman	1–0	Rex Williams	22 February 1975
Fred Davis	1–0	John Pulman	8 March 1975
Rex Williams	0–1	Dennis Taylor	22 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. Baker, Harry (4 January 1975). "The men with a secret.". Birmingham Evening Mail. p. 15.
2. "BBC Television – 4 January 1975 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project . BBC . Retrieved 24 February 2017.
3. "BBC Television – 19 April 1975 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project . BBC . Retrieved 24 February 2017.
4. "CueTracker - 1975 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".