The 1983 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham. 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.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | late December 1982 (Broadcast 10 January – 11 April 1983) |
| Venue | Pebble Mill Studios |
| City | Birmingham |
| Country | England |
| Format | Non-Ranking event |
| Winner's share | £2500 |
| Highest break |  Ray Reardon (91) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Steve Davis |
| Runner-up | Ray Reardon |
| Score | 2–0 |
← 1982 1984 → | |
Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Monday 10 January 1983 [1] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and John Williams as referee.
First time in Pot Black this year are Tony Knowles who failed to make the semi-finals and Jimmy White who managed it before losing to Steve Davis. Davis went on to win the title beating twice champion Ray Reardon 2–0 to win his second title and the fourth man to retain it.[2][3]
Main draw
editGroup 1
edit| Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Broadcast Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Steve Davis |
1–0 |  Ray Reardon |
10 January 1983 |
 Kirk Stevens |
0–1 | Willie Thorne |
17 January 1983 |
| Steve Davis |
0–1 | Kirk Stevens |
24 January 1983 |
| Ray Reardon |
1–0 | Willie Thorne |
14 February 1983 |
| Steve Davis |
1–0 | Willie Thorne |
28 February 1983 |
| Ray Reardon |
1–0 | Kirk Stevens |
14 March 1983 |
Group 2
edit| Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Broadcast Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Alex Higgins |
0–1 | Tony Knowles |
14 January 1983 |
 Eddie Charlton |
1–0 | Jimmy White |
21 January 1983 |
| Eddie Charlton |
1–0 | Alex Higgins |
7 February 1983 |
| Tony Knowles |
0–1 | Jimmy White |
21 February 1983 |
| Alex Higgins |
0–1 | Jimmy White |
7 March 1983 |
| Tony Knowles |
0-1 | Eddie Charlton |
21 March 1983 |
Knockout stage
edit| Semi-finals 28 March and 4 April 1983) | Final (11 April 1983) | ||||||||
| Steve Davis
| 1 | ||||||||
| Jimmy White
| 0 | ||||||||
| Steve Davis
| 2 | ||||||||
| Ray Reardon
| 0 | ||||||||
| Ray Reardon
| 1 | ||||||||
| Eddie Charlton
| 0 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "BBC Television – 10 January 1983 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ "BBC Television – 11 April 1983 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "CueTracker - 1983 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics". cuetracker.net. Retrieved 25 February 2017.