1977 Pot Black

1977 Pot Black
Tournament information
Dates	Recorded late December 1976 (broadcast 7 January – 22 April 1977)
Venue	Pebble Mill Studios
City	Birmingham
Country	England
Format	Non-ranking event
Winner's share	£1000
Highest break	Perrie Mans (59)
Final
Champion	Perrie Mans
Runner-up	Doug Mountjoy
Score	90–21
	← 1976 1978 →

The 1977 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and this year, the tournament expanded from 8 to 12 players. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs.

Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Friday 7 January 1977 ^[1] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.

With 12 players now competing in this series, The round robin format has now become 4 groups of 3 players. The two debutants Perrie Mans and Doug Mountjoy faced each other in the final which Mans won 90-21.^[2]^[3]

Main draw

The draw for the group stages was done by Denis Howell, the Minister of Sport and shown before the first match.

Group 1

Player 1	Score	Player 2	Broadcast Date
Eddie Charlton	1–0	Rex Williams	7 January 1977
Cliff Thorburn	1–0	Rex Williams	4 February 1977
Eddie Charlton	0–1	Cliff Thorburn	4 March 1977

Group 2

Player 1	Score	Player 2	Broadcast Date
John Spencer	0–1	Doug Mountjoy	14 January 1977
Doug Mountjoy	1–0	John Pulman	11 February 1977
John Spencer	0–1	John Pulman	11 March 1977

Group 3

Player 1	Score	Player 2	Broadcast Date
Fred Davis	1–0	Ray Reardon	21 January 1977
Perrie Mans	1–0	Fred Davis	18 February 1977
Ray Reardon	0–1	Perrie Mans	18 March 1977

Group 4

Player 1	Score	Player 2	Broadcast Date
Graham Miles	1–0	Dennis Taylor	28 January 1977
Willie Thorne	1–0	Dennis Taylor	25 February 1977
Graham Miles	0–1	Willie Thorne	25 March 1977

Knockout stage

Semi-finals (1 and 8 April 1977)		Final (22 April 1977)

Cliff Thorburn	0

Doug Mountjoy	1
		Doug Mountjoy	0

		Perrie Mans	1
Perrie Mans	1

Willie Thorne	0	3rd place Play-off (15 April 1977)


		Cliff Thorburn	1

		Willie Thorne	0

References

^ "BBC Television – 7 January 1977 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
^ "BBC Television – 29 April 1977 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
^ "CueTracker - 1977 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".

[1] "BBC Television – 7 January 1977 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.

[2] "BBC Television – 29 April 1977 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.

[3] "CueTracker - 1977 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".

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