1982 Pot Black Explained

Tournament Name:Pot Black 82
Dates:
(Broadcast)
Venue:Pebble Mill Studios
Location:Birmingham
Country:England
Format:Non-Ranking event
Winners Share:£2,500
Highest Break: Eddie Charlton (98)
Winner: Steve Davis
Runner Up: Eddie Charlton
Score:2–0
Previous:1981
Next:1983

The 1982 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held between 28 and 31 December 1981 in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham.[1] 8 players were competing in 2 four player groups. The matches are one-frame shoot-outs in the group stages, 2 frame aggregate scores in the semi-finals and the best of 3 frames in the final.

Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Tuesday 5 January 1982 [2] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and John Williams as referee.

World snooker champion Steve Davis won his first Pot Black title beating show veteran Eddie Charlton 2–0.[3] [4]

Main draw

Group 1

Player 1ScorePlayer 2Broadcast Date
Cliff Thorburn1–0 Doug Mountjoy5 January 1982
Alex Higgins0–1 David Taylor19 January 1982
Cliff Thorburn1–0 David Taylor2 February 1982
Doug Mountjoy1–0 Alex Higgins16 February 1982
Doug Mountjoy1–0 David Taylor2 March 1982
Cliff Thorburn0–1 Alex Higgins16 March 1982

Group 2

Player 1ScorePlayer 2Broadcast Date
Eddie Charlton1–0 Ray Reardon12 January 1982
Steve Davis1–0 Dennis Taylor26 January 1982
Eddie Charlton1–0 Dennis Taylor9 February 1982
Ray Reardon1–0 Steve Davis23 February 1982
Ray Reardon1–0 Dennis Taylor9 March 1982
Steve Davis1–0 Eddie Charlton23 March 1982

Knockout stage

Notes and References

  1. News: Too late for Jimmy. subscription. 12 December 1981. Belfast Telegraph. 17.
  2. Web site: BBC Television – 5 January 1982 – Pot Black . BBC Genome Project. . 26 February 2017.
  3. Web site: BBC Television – 20 April 1982 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition . BBC Genome Project. . 26 February 2017.
  4. Web site: CueTracker - 1982 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics. cuetracker.net. 26 February 2017.