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.
| 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 → | |
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
editThe draw for the group stages was done by Denis Howell, the Minister of Sport and shown before the first match.
Group 1
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit- ^ "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".