The 1972 Men of the Midlands was a professional invitational snooker tournament, that took place from 3 January[1] to 20 March 1972.

[3] Higgins won 4–0 against Ray Reardon in one semi final,[4] and Spencer defeated Graham Miles 4–0 in the other.

The fourth frame saw both players miss changes to win, with Higgins eventually taking it with a break of 48.

[6] Playoff Due to "confusion over dates", Pulman was unable to play his scheduled matches against Miles and Rea.

[9] The match between Spencer and Miles was staged at Longbridge Social Club, and Higgins played Reardon at British Steel, Halesowen.