1972 Pot Black
Tournament information
Dates29 December 1971 – 1 January 1972 (1971-12-29 – 1972-01-01)
(broadcast 12 April – 26 July 1972 (1972-04-12 – 1972-07-26))
VenuePebble Mill Studios
CityBirmingham
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Highest breakEngland John Spencer (66)
Final
ChampionAustralia Eddie Charlton
Runner-upWales Ray Reardon
Score75–43
← 1971
1973 →

The 1972 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was broadcast in 1972. The tournament was held between 29 December 1971 and 1 January 1972 in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and featured six professional players.[1] All matches were one-frame shoot-outs.

Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Wednesday 12 April 1972[2] The tournament this year was reduced to 6 players. There was a qualifying stage in which each competitor played three matches. The leading four then played in a round-robin group with the top two players qualifying for the final. Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.

The tournament featured its first overseas player making his TV debut, Australia's Eddie Charlton who went on to win the tournament beating Ray Reardon 88–27 in the final broadcast on 26 July.[3][4]

Main draw

Qualifying Group

Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
England John Spencer0–1Australia Eddie Charlton12 April 1972
Wales Ray Reardon1–0England John Pulman19 April 1972
England Fred Davis0–1England Rex Williams26 April 1972
England John Spencer0–1Wales Ray Reardon3 May 1972
Australia Eddie Charlton1–0England Fred Davis10 May 1972
England John Pulman0–1England Rex Williams17 May 1972
England John Spencer1–0England Fred Davis24 May 1972
Wales Ray Reardon1–0England Rex Williams31 May 1972
Australia Eddie Charlton0–1England John Pulman7 June 1972

Round-Robin

Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
England Rex Williams1–0England John Spencer14 June 1972
Australia Eddie Charlton0–1Wales Ray Reardon21 June 1972
EnglandRex Williams0–1Wales Ray Reardon28 June 1972
Australia Eddie Charlton1–0England John Spencer5 July 1972
England John Spencer1–0Wales Ray Reardon12 July 1972
Australia Eddie Charlton1–0England Rex Williams19 July 1972

Final

26 July 1972
   
Wales Ray Reardon 0
Australia Eddie Charlton 1

References

  1. ↑ "Charlton in Pot Black". Sports Argus. Birmingham. 25 September 1971. p. 3.
  2. ↑ "BBC Television – 12 April 1972 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "BBC Television – 26 July 1972 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "CueTracker - 1972 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".
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