The 1974 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and featured eight professional players. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs.

1974 Pot Black
Tournament information
DatesRecorded Christmas 1973 (broadcast 5 February – 21 May 1974 (1974-02-05 – 1974-05-21))
VenuePebble Mill Studios
CityBirmingham
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share£1000
Highest breakEngland Graham Miles (68)
Final
ChampionEngland Graham Miles
Runner-upEngland John Spencer
ScoreAggregate score (147–86)
1973
1975

Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Tuesday 5 February 1974 [1] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.

The tournament was contested by 8 players in two round-robin groups of 4 with the top two players from each group qualifying for the semi-finals. This year's tournament featured the debuts of Cliff Thorburn and Graham Miles who went on to win the Pot Black title at the first attempt beating John Spencer in the final. For the first time the final was decided on aggregate score over two frames, shown on 14 and 21 May, Miles won both frames, 77–37 and 70–49, winning by a score of 147–86.[2][3][4]

Main draw

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League 1

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Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
  Eddie Charlton 1–0   Ray Reardon 5 February 1974
  John Spencer 0–1   Rex Williams 19 February 1974
  Ray Reardon 0–1   John Spencer 5 March 1974
  Eddie Charlton 1–0   Rex Williams 19 March 1974
  Ray Reardon 1–0   Rex Williams 2 April 1974
  Eddie Charlton 0–1   John Spencer 16 April 1974

League 2

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Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
  Cliff Thorburn 0–1   John Pulman 12 February 1974
  Jackie Rea 1–0   Graham Miles 26 February 1974
  Cliff Thorburn 0–1   Graham Miles 12 March 1974
  John Pulman 1–0   Jackie Rea 26 March 1974
  Cliff Thorburn 1–0   Jackie Rea 9 April 1974
  John Pulman 0–1   Graham Miles 23 April 1974

Knockout stage

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Semi-finals (30 April and 7 May 1974) Final (14 and 21 May 1974)
  Eddie Charlton 0
  Graham Miles 1   Graham Miles 2
  John Pulman 0   John Spencer 0
  John Spencer 1

References

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  1. ^ "BBC Television – 5 February 1974 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  2. ^ "BBC Television – 14 May 1974 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  3. ^ "BBC Television – 21 May 1974 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  4. ^ "CueTracker - 1974 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".