1986 Pot Black

Pot Black 86

Tournament information
Dates	December 1985 (broadcast weekly, 16 January – 17 April 1986 (1986-01-16 – 1986-04-17))
Venue	Pebble Mill Studios
City	Birmingham
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-Ranking event
Highest break	Jimmy White (106)
Final
Champion	Jimmy White
Runner-up	Kirk Stevens
Score	2–0
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The 1986 Pot Black was the eighteenth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, and the last of its original run. It took place in December 1985, but was broadcast in 1986. The tournament was held at Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and featured sixteen professional players in a knock-out system. All matches until the semi-final were one-frame shoot-outs, the semi-final was won by aggregate score over two frames, and the final was decided by the best of three frames.

Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 22:10 on Thursday 16 January 1986, ^[1] later than in previous series. David Icke presented, with Ted Lowe as commentator and John Williams as referee.

The only Pot Black debut in this series was that of Patsy Fagan. All the competitors in this series were 1985 World Championship last-16 players. Jimmy White won the event, beating Kirk Stevens 2–0 with a break of 106 in the last frame. ^{[2] [3]}

Main draw

	Last 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals Aggregate score of 2 frames				Final Best of 3 frames
	Doug Mountjoy	62
	Patsy Fagan	67
					Patsy Fagan	0
					Jimmy White	1
	Jimmy White	76
	Terry Griffiths	47
									Jimmy White	1
									Cliff Thorburn	0
	Cliff Thorburn	58
	David Taylor	38
					Cliff Thorburn	1
					Tony Knowles	0
	Tony Knowles	100
	Eddie Charlton	13
													Jimmy White	2
													Kirk Stevens	0
	Steve Davis	45
	Bill Werbeniuk	65
					Bill Werbeniuk	0
					Kirk Stevens	1
	Kirk Stevens	62
	Tony Meo	54
									Kirk Stevens	1
									Dennis Taylor	0
	Ray Reardon	1
	Alex Higgins	0
					Ray Reardon	0
					Dennis Taylor	1
	Dennis Taylor	1
	John Parrott	0

Final

Final: Best of 3 frames. Referee: John Williams. Pebble Mill Studios, Birmingham, England, December 1985 (Broadcast 17 April 1986).
Jimmy White   England	2–0	Kirk Stevens   Canada
60–46, 106–21 (106)
106	Highest break	45
1	Century breaks	0
1	50+ breaks	1

References

1. "BBC Television – 16 January 1986 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 27 February 2017.
2. "BBC Television – 17 April 1986 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project . Retrieved 25 February 2017.
3. "CueTracker – 1989 Norwich Union Grand Prix – Snooker Results & Statistics Database".