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    • 1981 Pot Black

    Tournament Info

    Status: Professional Invitational
    Season: 1980-1981
    Dates: December 28th 1980 - December 31st 1980
    Qualifying dates: No qualifier dates available
    Location: England Pebble Mill Studios, Birmingham, England
    Sponsor: None
    Broadcaster: None
    Breaks 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s Total
    Amount - - - - - - -
    Frame rate - - - - - - 0
    Note: Played and recorded in December 1980, but broadcast in Spring 1981. Commonly referred to as Pot Black 1981, hence the year above.
    Players:
    Professional Amateur Total
    9 0 9
    Matches: 17
    Frames: 18
    Centuries:
    Qualifiers Venue Total
    0 0 0
    Prize fund: GBP 0
    Points scored: 468

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    Final
    Canada Cliff Thorburn
    2 (3) 0
    Canada Jim Wych
    View head-to-head
    Referee
    Wales John Williams
    Broadcast
    Match was broadcast
    Frame scores
    68-39; 85-50
    Match progress
    1-0, 2-0
    Thorburn
    Wych
    Total
    50+ Breaks
    Points Scored
    153
    89
    242
    Avg. points/frame
    76.5
    44.5
    121
    Breaks
    50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s Total
    Thorburn - - - - - - 0
    Wych - - - - - - 0
    3rd Place Playoff
    Australia Eddie Charlton
    1 (1) 0
    Wales Ray Reardon
    View head-to-head
    Referee
    Wales John Williams
    Broadcast
    Match was broadcast
    Semi-final
    Canada Cliff Thorburn
    1 (1) 0
    Australia Eddie Charlton
    View head-to-head
    Referee
    Wales John Williams
    Broadcast
    Match was broadcast
    Semi-final
    Canada Jim Wych
    1 (1) 0
    Wales Ray Reardon
    View head-to-head
    Referee
    Wales John Williams
    Broadcast
    Match was broadcast
    Group
    Australia Eddie Charlton
    1 (1) 0
    England David Taylor
    View head-to-head
    Referee
    Wales John Williams
    Broadcast
    Match was broadcast
    Group
    Australia Eddie Charlton
    1 (1) 0
    Northern Ireland Alex Higgins
    View head-to-head
    Referee
    Wales John Williams
    Broadcast
    Match was broadcast
    Group
    Northern Ireland Alex Higgins
    1 (1) 0
    England David Taylor
    View head-to-head
    Referee
    Wales John Williams
    Broadcast
    Match was broadcast
    Frame scores
    60-46
    Match progress
    1-0
    Higgins
    Taylor
    Total
    50+ Breaks
    Points Scored
    60
    46
    106
    Avg. points/frame
    60
    46
    106
    Breaks
    50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s Total
    Higgins - - - - - - 0
    Taylor - - - - - - 0
    Group
    Wales Ray Reardon
    1 (1) 0
    Canada Kirk Stevens
    View head-to-head
    Referee
    Wales John Williams
    Broadcast
    Match was broadcast
    Group
    Wales Ray Reardon
    1 (1) 0
    England Steve Davis
    View head-to-head
    Referee
    Wales John Williams
    Broadcast
    Match was broadcast
    Group
    Wales Ray Reardon
    1 (1) 0
    Canada Cliff Thorburn
    View head-to-head
    Referee
    Wales John Williams
    Broadcast
    Match was broadcast
    Frame scores
    101-19
    Match progress
    1-0
    Reardon
    Thorburn
    Total
    50+ Breaks
    Points Scored
    101
    19
    120
    Avg. points/frame
    101
    19
    120
    Breaks
    50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s Total
    Reardon - - - - - - 0
    Thorburn - - - - - - 0
    Group
    Canada Kirk Stevens
    1 (1) 0
    England Steve Davis
    View head-to-head
    Referee
    Wales John Williams
    Broadcast
    Match was broadcast
    Group
    England David Taylor
    1 (1) 0
    Canada Jim Wych
    View head-to-head
    Referee
    Wales John Williams
    Broadcast
    Match was broadcast
    Group
    Canada Cliff Thorburn
    1 (1) 0
    England Steve Davis
    View head-to-head
    Referee
    Wales John Williams
    Broadcast
    Match was broadcast
    Group
    Canada Cliff Thorburn
    1 (1) 0
    Canada Kirk Stevens
    View head-to-head
    Referee
    Wales John Williams
    Broadcast
    Match was broadcast
    Group
    Canada Jim Wych
    1 (1) 0
    Australia Eddie Charlton
    View head-to-head
    Referee
    Wales John Williams
    Broadcast
    Match was broadcast
    Group
    Canada Jim Wych
    1 (1) 0
    Northern Ireland Alex Higgins
    View head-to-head
    Referee
    Wales John Williams
    Broadcast
    Match was broadcast