1969 Pot Black

1984 Pot Black

Tournament information
Dates	(Broadcast Summer 1969)
Venue	Pebble Mill Studios
City	Birmingham
Country	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Non-Ranking event
Final
Champion	Ray Reardon
Runner-up	John Spencer
Score	1–0
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The 1969 Pot Black was the first edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which was broadcast in July, August and September 1969. The tournament was held at Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and featured eight professional players. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs.

Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started with an introductory program at 8:50pm on Wednesday 23 July 1969^[1] The first match, between John Spencer and Jackie Rea, was broadcast on 30 July,^[2] followed by weekly broadcasts until the final on 10 September.^[3] The programmes were presented by Keith Macklin with Ted Lowe as the commentator.

Ray Reardon won the event beating John Spencer 88–29 in the one-frame final and won the BBC2 Pot Black Trophy.^[4]

Main Draw

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
		John Spencer	1
		Jackie Rea	0				John Spencer	1
		Rex Williams	0				Kingsley Kennerley	0
		Kingsley Kennerley	1									John Spencer	0
		John Pulman	1									Ray Reardon	1
		Gary Owen	0				John Pulman	0
		Fred Davis	0				Ray Reardon	1
		Ray Reardon	1

References

1. "BBC Television – 23 July 1969 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
2. "BBC Television – 30 July 1969 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
3. "BBC Television – 10 September 1969 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
4. http://cuetracker.net/Tournaments/Pot-Black/1969/917