1978 Pot Black

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.

1978 Pot Black
Tournament information
DatesRecorded late December 1977 (broadcast 6 January – 14 April 1978)
VenuePebble Mill Studios
CityBirmingham
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share£1000
Highest break Doug Mountjoy (101)
Final
Champion Doug Mountjoy
Runner-up Graham Miles
Score2–1
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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
Doug Mountjoy1–0 Alex Higgins6 January 1978
Ray Reardon1–0 Dennis Taylor20 January 1978
Ray Reardon1–0 Doug Mountjoy3 February 1978
Alex Higgins0–1 Dennis Taylor17 February 1978
Ray Reardon0–1 Alex Higgins3 March 1978
Dennis Taylor0–1 Doug Mountjoy17 March 1978

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

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