Tournament Name: | 1975 Pot Black |
Dates: | (broadcast) |
Venue: | Pebble Mill Studios |
Location: | Birmingham |
Country: | England |
Format: | Non-ranking event |
Winners Share: | £1,000 |
Highest Break: | Fred Davis (87) |
Winner: | Graham Miles |
Runner Up: | Dennis Taylor |
Score: | 81–27 |
Previous: | 1974 |
Next: | 1976 |
The 1975 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place between 28 and 31 December 1974 in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and featured eight professional players.[1] All matches were one-frame shoot-outs.
Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 19:50 on Saturday 4 January 1975.[2] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.
Dennis Taylor made his debut in this year's tournament and went on to reach the final losing to defending champion Graham Miles 81-27,[3] making him the third player in a row to win back to back titles after John Spencer and Eddie Charlton.[4]
Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Broadcast Date | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Graham Miles | 1–0 | Ray Reardon | 4 January 1975 | |
John Spencer | 0–1 | Eddie Charlton | 18 January 1975 | |
Ray Reardon | 0–1 | John Spencer | 1 February 1975 | |
Eddie Charlton | 1–0 | Graham Miles | 15 February 1975 | |
John Spencer | 1–0 | Graham Miles | 1 March 1975 | |
Ray Reardon | 0–1 | Eddie Charlton | 15 March 1975 |
Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Broadcast Date | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dennis Taylor | 1–0 | John Pulman | 11 January 1975 | |
Fred Davis | 1–0 | Rex Williams | 25 January 1975 | |
Dennis Taylor | 0–1 | Fred Davis | 8 February 1975 | |
John Pulman | 1–0 | Rex Williams | 22 February 1975 | |
Fred Davis | 1–0 | John Pulman | 8 March 1975 | |
Rex Williams | 0–1 | Dennis Taylor | 22 March 1975 |