1969 Pot Black

1969 Pot Black
Tournament information
Dates (Broadcast 23 July-10 September 1969)
Venue BBC Studios
City Birmingham
Country England
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Non-Ranking event
Highest break Wales Ray Reardon (99)
Final
Champion Wales Ray Reardon
Runner-up England John Spencer
Score 88–29
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The 1969 Pot Black was the first edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which was broadcast in July, August and September 1969. The tournament was held at Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and featured eight professional players. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs.

Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started with an introductory program at 8:50pm on Wednesday 23 July 1969[1] The first match, between John Spencer and Jackie Rea, was broadcast on 30 July,[2] followed by weekly broadcasts until the final on 10 September.[3] The programmes were presented by Keith Macklin with Ted Lowe as the commentator.

Ray Reardon won the event beating John Spencer 88–29 in the one-frame final and won the BBC2 Pot Black Trophy.[4]

Main draw

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
England John Spencer 1
Northern Ireland Jackie Rea 0 England John Spencer 1
England Rex Williams 0 England Kingsley Kennerley 0
England Kingsley Kennerley 1 England John Spencer 0
England John Pulman 1 Wales Ray Reardon 1
Wales Gary Owen 0 England John Pulman 0
England Fred Davis 0 Wales Ray Reardon 1
Wales Ray Reardon 1

References

  1. ↑ "BBC Television – 23 July 1969 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "BBC Television – 30 July 1969 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "BBC Television – 10 September 1969 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  4. ↑ http://cuetracker.net/Tournaments/Pot-Black/1969/917
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