1976 Pot Black

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1976 Pot Black
Tournament information
DatesRecorded early 1976 (broadcast 21 May – 17 September 1976 (1976-05-21 1976-09-17))
Venue Pebble Mill Studios
City Birmingham
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share£1000
Highest break Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eddie Charlton (64)
Final
Champion Flag of England.svg John Spencer
Runner-up Ulster Banner.svg Dennis Taylor
Score69–42
1975
1977

The 1976 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.

Contents

Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Friday 21 May 1976 [1] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.

Willie Thorne made his debut in this year's tournament against Fred Davis in the first show of the series. John Spencer won his third title beating Dennis Taylor 69-42 [2] [3]

Main draw

Challengers League

Player 1ScorePlayer 2Broadcast Date
Flag of England.svg Fred Davis 1–0 Flag of England.svg Willie Thorne 21 May 1976
Ulster Banner.svg Dennis Taylor 0–1 Flag of England.svg Rex Williams 4 June 1976
Flag of England.svg Willie Thorne 0–1 Ulster Banner.svg Dennis Taylor 18 June 1976
Flag of England.svg Fred Davis 0–1 Flag of England.svg Rex Williams 2 July 1976
Flag of England.svg Willie Thorne 0–1 Flag of England.svg Rex Williams 30 July 1976
Flag of England.svg Fred Davis 0–1 Ulster Banner.svg Dennis Taylor 13 August 1976

Champions League

Player 1ScorePlayer 2Broadcast Date
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eddie Charlton 1–0 Flag of England.svg Graham Miles 28 May 1976
Flag of England.svg John Spencer 0–1 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ray Reardon 11 June 1976
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ray Reardon 0–1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eddie Charlton 25 June 1976
Flag of England.svg Graham Miles 0–1 Flag of England.svg John Spencer 23 July 1976
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eddie Charlton 0–1 Flag of England.svg John Spencer 6 August 1976
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ray Reardon 0–1 Flag of England.svg Graham Miles 20 August 1976

Knockout stage

Semi-finals (27 August and 3 September 1976) Final (17 September 1976)
      
Ulster Banner.svg Dennis Taylor 1
Flag of England.svg Rex Williams 0
Ulster Banner.svg Dennis Taylor 0
Flag of England.svg John Spencer 1
Flag of England.svg John Spencer 1
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eddie Charlton 0 3rd place Play-off (10 September 1976)
Flag of England.svg Rex Williams 1
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eddie Charlton 0

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