1978 Pot Black

Pot Black 78
Tournament information
Dates late December 1977 (Broadcast 6 January-14 April 1978)
Venue Pebble Mill Studios
City Birmingham
Country England
Format Non-Ranking event
Winner's share £1000
Highest break Wales Doug Mountjoy (101)
Final
Champion Wales Doug Mountjoy
Runner-up England Graham Miles
Score 2–1
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The 1978 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and this year, the tournament returned to 8 players competing in 2 four player groups. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs but the final this year was played in the best of 3 frames on a one-hour programme.

Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Friday 6 January 1978 [1] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.

The previous year's finalist Doug Mountjoy beat twice Pot Black Champion Graham Miles in the first final to have a best of 3 frames format 2-1.[2][3]

Main draw

The draw for the group stages was made by comedian Eric Morecambe and shown before the first match.

Group 1

Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Wales Doug Mountjoy1–0Northern Ireland Alex Higgins6 January 1978
Wales Ray Reardon1–0Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor20 January 1978
Wales Ray Reardon1–0Wales Doug Mountjoy3 February 1978
Northern Ireland Alex Higgins0–1Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor17 February 1978
Wales Ray Reardon0–1Northern Ireland Alex Higgins3 March 1978
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor0–1Wales Doug Mountjoy17 March 1978

Group 2

Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
England John Spencer0–1Australia Eddie Charlton13 January 1978
Canada Cliff Thorburn0–1England Graham Miles27 January 1978
England John Spencer0–1England Graham Miles10 February 1978
Australia Eddie Charlton1–0Canada Cliff Thorburn24 February 1978
England John Spencer1–0Canada Cliff Thorburn10 March 1978
England Graham Miles1–0Australia Eddie Charlton24 March 1978

Knockout stage

Semi-finals (31 March and 7 April 1978) Final (14 April 1978)
      
Wales Doug Mountjoy 1
Australia Eddie Charlton 0
Wales Doug Mountjoy 2
England Graham Miles 1
Wales Ray Reardon 0
England Graham Miles 1

References

  1. ↑ "BBC Television – 6 January 1978 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "BBC Television – 14 April 1978 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  3. ↑ http://cuetracker.net/tournaments/pot-black/1978/872
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