The 1974 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.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | Recorded Christmas 1973 (broadcast 5 February – 21 May 1974) |
| Venue | Pebble Mill Studios |
| City | Birmingham |
| Country | England |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Winner's share | £1000 |
| Highest break |  Graham Miles (68) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Graham Miles |
| Runner-up | John Spencer |
| Score | Aggregate score (147–86) |
← 1973 1975 → | |
Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Tuesday 5 February 1974 [1] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.
The tournament was contested by 8 players in two round-robin groups of 4 with the top two players from each group qualifying for the semi-finals. This year's tournament featured the debuts of Cliff Thorburn and Graham Miles who went on to win the Pot Black title at the first attempt beating John Spencer in the final. For the first time the final was decided on aggregate score over two frames, shown on 14 and 21 May, Miles won both frames, 77–37 and 70–49, winning by a score of 147–86.[2][3][4]
Main draw
editLeague 1
edit| Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Broadcast Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Eddie Charlton |
1–0 |  Ray Reardon |
5 February 1974 |
| John Spencer |
0–1 | Rex Williams |
19 February 1974 |
| Ray Reardon |
0–1 | John Spencer |
5 March 1974 |
| Eddie Charlton |
1–0 | Rex Williams |
19 March 1974 |
| Ray Reardon |
1–0 | Rex Williams |
2 April 1974 |
| Eddie Charlton |
0–1 | John Spencer |
16 April 1974 |
League 2
edit| Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Broadcast Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Cliff Thorburn |
0–1 | John Pulman |
12 February 1974 |
 Jackie Rea |
1–0 | Graham Miles |
26 February 1974 |
| Cliff Thorburn |
0–1 | Graham Miles |
12 March 1974 |
| John Pulman |
1–0 | Jackie Rea |
26 March 1974 |
| Cliff Thorburn |
1–0 | Jackie Rea |
9 April 1974 |
| John Pulman |
0–1 | Graham Miles |
23 April 1974 |
Knockout stage
edit| Semi-finals (30 April and 7 May 1974) | Final (14 and 21 May 1974) | ||||||||
| Eddie Charlton
| 0 | ||||||||
| Graham Miles
| 1 | Graham Miles
| 2 | ||||||
| John Pulman
| 0 | John Spencer
| 0 | ||||||
| John Spencer
| 1 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "BBC Television – 5 February 1974 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "BBC Television – 14 May 1974 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "BBC Television – 21 May 1974 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "CueTracker - 1974 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".