1983 Pot Black

The 1983 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. The matches are one-frame shoot-outs in the group stages, 2 frame aggregate scores in the semi-finals and the best of 3 frames in the final.

Pot Black 83
Tournament information
Dateslate December 1982 (Broadcast 10 January – 11 April 1983 (1983-01-10 – 1983-04-11))
VenuePebble Mill Studios
CityBirmingham
CountryEngland
FormatNon-Ranking event
Winner's share£2500
Highest breakWales Ray Reardon (91)
Final
ChampionEngland Steve Davis
Runner-upWales Ray Reardon
Score2–0
← 1982
1984 →

Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Monday 10 January 1983 [1] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and John Williams as referee.

First time in Pot Black this year are Tony Knowles who failed to make the semi-finals and Jimmy White who managed it before losing to Steve Davis. Davis went on to win the title beating twice champion Ray Reardon 2–0 to win his second title and the fourth man to retain it.[2][3]

Main draw

Group 1
Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
England Steve Davis1–0Wales Ray Reardon10 January 1983
Canada Kirk Stevens0–1England Willie Thorne17 January 1983
England Steve Davis0–1Canada Kirk Stevens24 January 1983
Wales Ray Reardon1–0England Willie Thorne14 February 1983
England Steve Davis1–0England Willie Thorne28 February 1983
Wales Ray Reardon0–1Canada Kirk Stevens14 March 1983

Group 2
Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Northern Ireland Alex Higgins0–1England Tony Knowles14 January 1983
Australia Eddie Charlton1–0England Jimmy White21 January 1983
Australia Eddie Charlton1–0Northern Ireland Alex Higgins7 February 1983
England Tony Knowles0–1England Jimmy White21 February 1983
Northern Ireland Alex Higgins0–1England Jimmy White7 March 1983
England Tony Knowles0-1Australia Eddie Charlton21 March 1983

Knockout stage
Semi-finals 28 March and 4 April 1983) Final (11 April 1983)
      
England Steve Davis 1
England Jimmy White 0
England Steve Davis 2
Wales Ray Reardon 0
Wales Ray Reardon 1
Australia Eddie Charlton 0

References
  1. "BBC Television – 10 January 1983 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. "BBC Television – 11 April 1983 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  3. "CueTracker - 1983 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics". cuetracker.net. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
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