1979 Pot Black

The 1979 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham. 8 players were competing in 2 four player groups. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs except the final which was played in the best of 3 frames on a one-hour programme.

1979 Pot Black
Tournament information
DatesRecorded late Dec 1978 (broadcast 29 December 1978 – 6 April 1979 (1978-12-29 – 1979-04-06))
VenuePebble Mill Studios
CityBirmingham
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share£1000
Highest breakWales Doug Mountjoy (82)
Final
ChampionWales Ray Reardon
Runner-upWales Doug Mountjoy
Score2–1
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Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Friday 29 December 1978[1] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.

This tournament had the TV debut of Steve Davis who played veteran namesake Fred Davis on the programme transmitted 19 January[2] and won the frame 83-23 but failed to reach the semi-finals. The first Pot Black champion Ray Reardon regained the title 10 years after his first beating reigning champion Doug Mountjoy 2–1.[3][4]

Main draw

Group 1
Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Wales Ray Reardon1–0England John Spencer29 December 1978
Australia Eddie Charlton0–1England Graham Miles12 January 1979
Wales Ray Reardon1–0Australia Eddie Charlton26 January 1979
England John Spencer0–1England Graham Miles9 February 1979
Wales Ray Reardon0–1England Graham Miles23 February 1979
England John Spencer0–1Australia Eddie Charlton9 March 1979

Group 2
Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Wales Doug Mountjoy0–1South Africa Perrie Mans5 January 1979
England Fred Davis0–1England Steve Davis19 January 1979
South Africa Perrie Mans1–0England Fred Davis2 February 1979
Wales Doug Mountjoy1–0England Steve Davis16 February 1979
South Africa Perrie Mans1–0England Steve Davis2 March 1979
Wales Doug Mountjoy1–0England Fred Davis16 March 1979

Knockout stage
Semi-finals (23 and 30 March 1979) Final (6 April 1979)
      
England Graham Miles 0
Wales Doug Mountjoy 1
Wales Ray Reardon 2
Wales Doug Mountjoy 1
Wales Ray Reardon 1
South Africa Perrie Mans 0

References
  1. "BBC Television – 29 December 1978 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  2. "BBC Television – 19 January 1979 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  3. "BBC Television – 6 April 1979 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  4. "CueTracker - 1978 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".
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