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1976 Pot Black

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1976 Pot Black
Tournament information
DatesRecorded early 1976 (broadcast 21 May – 17 September 1976 (1976-05-21 – 1976-09-17))
VenuePebble Mill Studios
CityBirmingham
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share£1000
Highest breakAustralia Eddie Charlton (64)
Final
ChampionEngland John Spencer
Runner-upNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor
Score69–42
1975
1977

The 1976 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 Friday 21 May 1976 [1] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.

Willie Thorne made his debut in this year's tournament against Fred Davis in the first show of the series. John Spencer won his third title beating Dennis Taylor 69-42 [2][3]

Main draw

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Challengers League

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Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
England Fred Davis 1–0 England Willie Thorne 21 May 1976
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 0–1 England Rex Williams 4 June 1976
England Willie Thorne 0–1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 18 June 1976
England Fred Davis 0–1 England Rex Williams 2 July 1976
England Willie Thorne 0–1 England Rex Williams 30 July 1976
England Fred Davis 0–1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 13 August 1976

Champions League

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Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Australia Eddie Charlton 1–0 England Graham Miles 28 May 1976
England John Spencer 0–1 Wales Ray Reardon 11 June 1976
Wales Ray Reardon 0–1 Australia Eddie Charlton 25 June 1976
England Graham Miles 0–1 England John Spencer 23 July 1976
Australia Eddie Charlton 0–1 England John Spencer 6 August 1976
Wales Ray Reardon 0–1 England Graham Miles 20 August 1976

Knockout stage

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Semi-finals (27 August and 3 September 1976) Final (17 September 1976)
      
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 1
England Rex Williams 0
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 0
England John Spencer 1
England John Spencer 1
Australia Eddie Charlton 0 3rd place Play-off (10 September 1976)
England Rex Williams 1
Australia Eddie Charlton 0

References

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  1. ^ "BBC Television – 21 May 1976 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  2. ^ "BBC Television – 17 September 1976 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  3. ^ "CueTracker - 1976 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".