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Junior Pot Black 91
Tournament information
DatesSummer 1991 (Broadcast 20–30 August 1991)
VenuePebble Mill Studios
CityBirmingham
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-Ranking event
Highest breakEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan (92)?
Final
ChampionEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-upRepublic of Ireland Declan Murphy
Score2–0
1983
2006

The 1991 Junior Pot Black was the fourth staging of the junior snooker tournament and the first since 1983 which was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham. 8 young players were competing in a knockout format. The matches are one-frame shoot-outs, a two frame aggregate score in the semi-final and best of three frames in the final.

Broadcast during school holiday mornings on BBC1 on the first week and BBC2 during the second and the series started at 11:05 on Tuesday 20 August 1991.[1] Eammon Holmes presented the programme with Ted Lowe and John Spencer as commentators and John Williams as referee.

Future professional players in this revived series include Ronnie O'Sullivan, Matthew Stevens and Lee Walker. O'Sullivan won the series beating Ireland's Declan Murphy 2-0 with a 92 break in the first frame.[2]

Main draw

Quarter-finals 20–23 August 1991 Semi-finals 28 and 29 August 1991 Final 30 August 1991
England Ronnie O'Sullivan 1
Scotland Evan Munro 0 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 1
Northern Ireland Gary Crawford 1 United Kingdom Crawford/Walker 0
Wales Lee Walker 0 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 2
England Daniel Buskin 0 Republic of Ireland Declan Murphy 0
Wales Matthew Stevens 1 Wales Matthew Stevens 0
Republic of Ireland Declan Murphy 1 Republic of Ireland Declan Murphy 1
Scotland Alan Burnett 0

References

  1. ^ "BBC Television – 20 August 1991 – Junior Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  2. ^ "BBC Television – 30 August 1991 – Junior Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 26 February 2017.