1978 Pot Black
 |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | Recorded late December 1977 (broadcast 6 January – 14 April 1978) |
| Venue | Pebble Mill Studios |
| City | Birmingham |
| Country | England |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Winner's share | £1000 |
| Highest break |  Doug Mountjoy (101) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Doug Mountjoy |
| Runner-up |  Graham Miles |
| Score | 2–1 |
← 1977 1979 → | |
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.
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
[edit]The draw for the group stages was made by comedian Eric Morecambe and shown before the first match.
Group 1
[edit]| Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Broadcast Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Mountjoy |
1–0 |  Alex Higgins |
6 January 1978 |
| Ray Reardon |
1–0 | Dennis Taylor |
20 January 1978 |
| Ray Reardon |
1–0 | Doug Mountjoy |
3 February 1978 |
| Alex Higgins |
0–1 | Dennis Taylor |
17 February 1978 |
| Ray Reardon |
0–1 | Alex Higgins |
3 March 1978 |
| Dennis Taylor |
0–1 | Doug Mountjoy |
17 March 1978 |
Group 2
[edit]| Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Broadcast Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Spencer |
0–1 |  Eddie Charlton |
13 January 1978 |
 Cliff Thorburn |
0–1 | Graham Miles |
27 January 1978 |
| John Spencer |
0–1 | Graham Miles |
10 February 1978 |
| Eddie Charlton |
1–0 | Cliff Thorburn |
24 February 1978 |
| John Spencer |
1–0 | Cliff Thorburn |
10 March 1978 |
| Graham Miles |
1–0 | Eddie Charlton |
24 March 1978 |
Knockout stage
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ^ "BBC Television – 6 January 1978 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "BBC Television – 14 April 1978 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "CueTracker - 1978 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".