1977 Pot Black

The 1977 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and this year, the tournament expanded from 8 to 12 players. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs.

1977 Pot Black
Tournament information
DatesRecorded late December 1976 (broadcast 7 January – 22 April 1977 (1977-01-07 – 1977-04-22))
VenuePebble Mill Studios
CityBirmingham
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share£1000
Highest breakSouth Africa Perrie Mans (59)
Final
ChampionSouth Africa Perrie Mans
Runner-upWales Doug Mountjoy
Score90–21
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Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Friday 7 January 1977 [1] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.

With 12 players now competing in this series, The round robin format has now become 4 groups of 3 players. The two debutants Perrie Mans and Doug Mountjoy faced each other in the final which Mans won 90-21.[2][3]

Main draw

The draw for the group stages was done by Denis Howell, the Minister of Sport and shown before the first match.

Group 1
Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Australia Eddie Charlton1–0England Rex Williams7 January 1977
Canada Cliff Thorburn1–0England Rex Williams4 February 1977
Australia Eddie Charlton0–1Canada Cliff Thorburn4 March 1977

Group 2
Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
England John Spencer0–1Wales Doug Mountjoy14 January 1977
Wales Doug Mountjoy1–0England John Pulman11 February 1977
England John Spencer0–1England John Pulman11 March 1977

Group 3
Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
England Fred Davis1–0Wales Ray Reardon21 January 1977
South Africa Perrie Mans1–0England Fred Davis18 February 1977
Wales Ray Reardon0–1South Africa Perrie Mans18 March 1977

Group 4
Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
England Graham Miles1–0Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor28 January 1977
England Willie Thorne1–0Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor25 February 1977
England Graham Miles0–1England Willie Thorne25 March 1977

Knockout stage
Semi-finals (1 and 8 April 1977) Final (22 April 1977)
      
Canada Cliff Thorburn 0
Wales Doug Mountjoy 1
Wales Doug Mountjoy 0
South Africa Perrie Mans 1
South Africa Perrie Mans 1
England Willie Thorne 0 3rd place Play-off (15 April 1977)
Canada Cliff Thorburn 1
England Willie Thorne 0

References
  1. "BBC Television – 7 January 1977 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  2. "BBC Television – 29 April 1977 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  3. "CueTracker - 1977 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".
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