The 1992 Pot Black was the second of the revived professional invitational snooker tournament and the 20th series altogether. It took place between 2 and 5 September 1992, and was broadcast in the autumn of the same year.[1] The tournament was held in Blackpool, and featured sixteen professional players in a knock-out system.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2–5 September 1992 (Broadcast 7 September – 14 October 1992) |
| Venue | Norbreck Hydro |
| City | Blackpool |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-Ranking event |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Neal Foulds |
| Runner-up |  James Wattana |
| Score | 252-176 points |
← 1991 1993 → | |
This year, the series had been changed into a "timeframe" system which players would play at least one or two frames of snooker against the clock (each show was at least 20 minutes), the final being longer.
Broadcasts were shown on Mondays and Wednesdays and the series started at 15:00 on Monday 7 September 1992.[2] Eamonn Holmes presented the series and Ted Lowe and Willie Thorne were the commentators with John Williams as referee.
Players in this year's series were the top 16 ranked players for the 1992–93 season except the No1 player Stephen Hendry and Darren Morgan. Replacing them were the first ever woman to play in series, Allison Fisher and the professional debut of the Junior Pot Black champion Ronnie O'Sullivan who beat defending Pot Black champion Steve Davis in the first show of the series. The final was won by Neal Foulds, beating debutant James Wattana[3]
Tournament draw
edit| Last 16 Points based 20 Minutes timeframe | Quarter-finals Points based 20 Minutes timeframe | Semi-finals Points based 20 Minutes timeframe | Final Points based 20 Minutes timeframe | ||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
| 117 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan
| 174 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan
| 83 | ||||||||||||||
| Gary Wilkinson
| 134 | ||||||||||||||
| Gary Wilkinson
| 114 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve James
| 93 | ||||||||||||||
| Gary Wilkinson
| 84 | ||||||||||||||
| Neal Foulds
| 103 | ||||||||||||||
| Neal Foulds
| 69 | ||||||||||||||
| Nigel Bond
| 57 | ||||||||||||||
| Neal Foulds
| 119 | ||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
| 79 | ||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
| 120 | ||||||||||||||
 Dennis Taylor
| 98 | ||||||||||||||
| Neal Foulds
| 252 | ||||||||||||||
| James Wattana
| 176 | ||||||||||||||
| John Parrott
| 103 | ||||||||||||||
| Allison Fisher
| 91 | ||||||||||||||
| John Parrott
| 99 | ||||||||||||||
 Alain Robidoux
| 96 | ||||||||||||||
 Terry Griffiths
| 73 | ||||||||||||||
| Alain Robidoux
| 124 | ||||||||||||||
| John Parrott
| 84 | ||||||||||||||
| James Wattana
| 128 | ||||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne
| 106 | ||||||||||||||
 Alan McManus
| 96 | ||||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne
| 74 | ||||||||||||||
| James Wattana
| 133 | ||||||||||||||
| Martin Clark
| 79 | ||||||||||||||
| James Wattana
| 116 | ||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ Everton, Clive (13 August 1992). "Time, gentlemen...". The Guardian. London. p. 12.
- ^ "BBC Television – 7 September 1992 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "BBC Television – 14 October 1992 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ West, Elliott (6 April 2022). "Up against the Clock". Snooker Loopy. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.