1974 Pot Black
Tournament information
DatesRecorded Christmas 1973 (broadcast 5 February – 21 May 1974 (1974-02-05 – 1974-05-21))
VenuePebble Mill Studios
CityBirmingham
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share£1000
Highest breakEngland Graham Miles (68)
Final
ChampionEngland Graham Miles
Runner-upEngland John Spencer
ScoreAggregate score (147–86)
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The 1974 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.

Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Tuesday 5 February 1974 [1] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.

The tournament was contested by 8 players in two round-robin groups of 4 with the top two players from each group qualifying for the semi-finals. This year's tournament featured the debuts of Cliff Thorburn and Graham Miles who went on to win the Pot Black title at the first attempt beating John Spencer in the final. For the first time the final was decided on aggregate score over two frames, shown on 14 and 21 May, Miles won both frames, 77–37 and 70–49, winning by a score of 147–86.[2][3][4]

Main draw

League 1

Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Australia Eddie Charlton1–0Wales Ray Reardon5 February 1974
England John Spencer0–1England Rex Williams19 February 1974
Wales Ray Reardon0–1England John Spencer5 March 1974
Australia Eddie Charlton1–0England Rex Williams19 March 1974
Wales Ray Reardon1–0England Rex Williams2 April 1974
Australia Eddie Charlton0–1England John Spencer16 April 1974

League 2

Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Canada Cliff Thorburn0–1England John Pulman12 February 1974
Northern Ireland Jackie Rea1–0England Graham Miles26 February 1974
Canada Cliff Thorburn0–1England Graham Miles12 March 1974
England John Pulman1–0Northern Ireland Jackie Rea26 March 1974
Canada Cliff Thorburn1–0Northern Ireland Jackie Rea9 April 1974
England John Pulman0–1England Graham Miles23 April 1974

Knockout stage

Semi-finals (30 April and 7 May 1974) Final (14 and 21 May 1974)
Australia Eddie Charlton 0
England Graham Miles 1 England Graham Miles 2
England John Pulman 0 England John Spencer 0
England John Spencer 1

References

  1. ↑ "BBC Television – 5 February 1974 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "BBC Television – 14 May 1974 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "BBC Television – 21 May 1974 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "CueTracker - 1974 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".
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