The 1971 Pot Black event was the third edition of Pot Black, a professional invitational snooker tournament which was first broadcast in 1969. The event was recorded in early 1971 at the BBC TV Studios in Gosta Green, Birmingham. The tournament featured eight professional players. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs.

1971 Pot Black
Tournament information
DatesRecorded early 1971 (broadcast 17 February – 2 June 1971 (1971-02-17 – 1971-06-02))
VenueBBC Studios
CityBirmingham
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Highest breakEngland Fred Davis (73)
Final
ChampionEngland John Spencer
Runner-upEngland Fred Davis
Score61–40
1970
1972

Broadcasts were on BBC2, starting with an introductory programme at 9:45 pm on Wednesday 17 February 1971[1] The tournament again used a round-robin format with two groups of four players, the top two from each group qualifying for a place in the semi-finals. The players in this event were mainly the same as the previous two, but Ray Reardon was replaced by David Taylor who was making his television debut. Alan Weeks presented the programme, with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.

John Spencer retained his Pot Black title, beating Fred Davis 88–27 in the one-frame final which was broadcast on 2 June 1971.[2][3]

Main draw

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League 1

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Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
  John Spencer 1–0   David Taylor 24 February 1971
  John Pulman 0–1   Rex Williams 10 March 1971
  John Spencer 0–1   John Pulman 24 March 1971
  David Taylor 0–1   Rex Williams 7 April 1971
  John Spencer 1–0   Rex Williams 21 April 1971
  David Taylor 0–1   John Pulman 5 May 1971

League 2

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Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
  Kingsley Kennerley 0–1   Jackie Rea 3 March 1971
  Gary Owen 1–0   Fred Davis 17 March 1971
  Kingsley Kennerley 0–1   Gary Owen 31 March 1971
  Jackie Rea 0–1   Fred Davis 14 April 1971
  Kingsley Kennerley 1–0   Fred Davis 28 April 1971
  Jackie Rea 0–1   Gary Owen 12 May 1971

Knockout stage

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Semi-finals (19 and 26 May 1971) Final (2 June 1971)
  John Spencer 1
  Gary Owen 0   John Spencer 1
  Rex Williams 0   Fred Davis 0
  Fred Davis 1

References

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  1. ^ "BBC Television – 17 February 1971 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  2. ^ "BBC Television – 2 June 1971 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  3. ^ "CueTracker - 1971 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".