1984 Pot Black
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 28–30 December 1983 (broadcast 4 January – 11 April 1984 ) |
Venue | Pebble Mill Studios |
City | Birmingham |
Country | England |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Non-Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £41,250[1] |
Winner's share | £5,000[1] |
Highest break | Dennis Taylor (81) |
Final | |
Champion | Terry Griffiths |
Runner-up | John Spencer |
Score | 2–1 |
← 1983 1985 → |
The 1984 shoot-outs, the final being contested over the best of three frames.
Broadcasts were on
BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Wednesday 4 January 1984 [3] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and John Williams
as referee.
With the tournament now risen to 16 players, there were Pot Black debuts for Tony Meo, Silvino Francisco and Mark Wildman and original player John Spencer played for the first time since 1980. Terry Griffiths who also last played in 1980 won the event, his ninth professional title, beating Spencer 2–1 in the final.[4][5]
Main draw
Last 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final Best of 3 frames | ||||||||||||
John Spencer | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Alex Higgins | 0 | ||||||||||||||
John Spencer | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Eddie Charlton | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Eddie Charlton | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Tony Meo | 0 | ||||||||||||||
John Spencer | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Jimmy White | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Jimmy White | 1 | ||||||||||||||
David Taylor | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Jimmy White | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Steve Davis | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Steve Davis | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Mark Wildman | 0 | ||||||||||||||
John Spencer | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Terry Griffiths | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Willie Thorne | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Tony Knowles | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Willie Thorne | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Dennis Taylor | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Dennis Taylor | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Kirk Stevens | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Willie Thorne | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Terry Griffiths | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Silvino Francisco | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Ray Reardon | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Silvino Francisco | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Terry Griffiths | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Terry Griffiths | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Doug Mountjoy | 0 |
Final
Final: Best of 3 frames. Pebble Mill Studios, Birmingham, England, 30 December 1983 (Broadcast 11 April 1984). | ||
Terry Griffiths Wales |
2–1 | John Spencer England |
References
- ^ a b c Everton, Clive (9 November 1983). "Davis aims for hat-trick". The Guardian. London. p. 25.
- ^ "Pot Black changes format on cue". Birmingham Mail. 18 November 1983. p. 53.
- ^ "BBC Television – 4 January 1984 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ "BBC Television – 11 April 1984 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Pot Black, Junior Pot Black". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2023.