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.

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

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

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Qualifying Group

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Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
  John Spencer 0–1   Eddie Charlton 12 April 1972
  Ray Reardon 1–0   John Pulman 19 April 1972
  Fred Davis 0–1   Rex Williams 26 April 1972
  John Spencer 0–1   Ray Reardon 3 May 1972
  Eddie Charlton 1–0   Fred Davis 10 May 1972
  John Pulman 0–1   Rex Williams 17 May 1972
  John Spencer 1–0   Fred Davis 24 May 1972
  Ray Reardon 1–0   Rex Williams 31 May 1972
  Eddie Charlton 0–1   John Pulman 7 June 1972

Round-Robin

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Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
  Rex Williams 1–0   John Spencer 14 June 1972
  Eddie Charlton 0–1   Ray Reardon 21 June 1972
 Rex Williams 0–1   Ray Reardon 28 June 1972
  Eddie Charlton 1–0   John Spencer 5 July 1972
  John Spencer 1–0   Ray Reardon 12 July 1972
  Eddie Charlton 1–0   Rex Williams 19 July 1972

Final

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26 July 1972
   
  Ray Reardon 0
  Eddie Charlton 1

References

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  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".