Pierre "Perrie" Mans (25 October 1940 – 13 September 2023) was a South African professional snooker player. He first won the South African Professional...

actress Maureen Perrie (born 1946), lecturer in Russian History Perrie Mans (born 1940), retired professional snooker player Perrie Edwards (born 1993)...

the first round to Perrie Mans. The final was contested by Mans and Ray Reardon. Reardon led 5–2 after the first session, before Mans levelled the match...

recognised maximum break. He collapsed whilst watching his brother Fred play Perrie Mans in the semi-final of the 1978 World Snooker Championship. During his...

tournament. Perrie Mans of South Africa won the first Masters tournament held at the Wembley by defeating Alex Higgins 8–4 in the final. Notably Perrie Mans won...

the previous year, and Tony Knowles rose from fifteenth up to fourth. Perrie Mans and Willie Thorne both dropped out of the top sixteen, which meant they...

final session of the match. Defending champion John Spencer lost to Perrie Mans in the first round of the 1978 championship. The 1977 runner-up Cliff...

also won the Masters twice, in 1978 and in 1981, beating Cliff Thorburn (a man who, on one occasion, floored Higgins with "one swift punch") and Terry Griffiths...

1976/77 1978  Alex Higgins (NIR)  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 7–5 1977/78 1979  Perrie Mans (SAF)  Alex Higgins (NIR) 8–4 1978/79 Wembley Conference Centre, London...

top place in the rankings from the 1977/1978 listing, with 12 points. Perrie Mans, the 1978 World Championship runner-up, was second, eight places higher...

to 1952. Horace Lindrum played Mans in South Africa in 1947, and suggested that he make a playing tour of Australia. Mans arrived in Sydney in September...

Meadowcroft 9–6 (from 6–6), Griffiths defeated the previous year's runner-up Perrie Mans 13–8 in the first round and Alex Higgins 13–12 in the quarter-finals...

next six frames after leading Williams 9–5; and Miles lost 10–15 to Perrie Mans. According to article in The Times, Williams "struggled all through"...

South African Professional Championship winner Perrie Mans was defeated by Dennis Taylor 15–12. Mans was down by two frames after the first session,...

was Ray Reardon, who had won the title for a sixth time by defeating Perrie Mans by 25 frames to 18 in the 1978 final. Reardon was eliminated in the quarter-finals...

fifth world title, defeating John Dunning 15–7, Dennis Taylor 15–2 and Perrie Mans 20–10. During the final in Manchester against Higgins, Reardon complained...

10–7 against Hughes in a match that featured few breaks higher than 30. Perrie Mans and Tony Knowles both progressed with 10–3 wins, over Black and Miles...

defeat Spencer in World Championship matches were Reardon, Higgins and Perrie Mans; and from 1973 to 1977, he did not lose a match at the World Championship...

eliminated Maurice Parkin 8–5; Ian Anderson won only the second frame against Perrie Mans; Kingsley Kennerley lost 5–8 to Jim Meadowcroft; and John Dunning defeated...

quarter-final by beating Rex Williams 15–7, before he was beaten 8–15 by Perrie Mans. He also progressed to the quarter-final of the 1977 UK Championship...

circuit in the 1986–87 season. In the original list for the season, Perrie Mans was listed at 50th and George Ganim at 126th. There were 130 professionals...

made the highest break of their match, 78, to win the deciding frame. Perrie Mans won 10–8 over Tony Meo, his first win at the Crucible since the 1978...

poet, and mathematician Keith Mans (born 1946), British politician Mark Mans (born 1955), British military officer Perrie Mans (born 1940), South African...

November 2005. p. 7. Yates, Phil (10 October 2006). "Heartfelt tributes as man with the golden smile is mourned". The Times. Archived from the original...

Thorburn (CAN) 25–21 1976–77 Crucible Theatre, Sheffield 1978  Ray Reardon (WAL)  Perrie Mans (SAF) 25–18 1977–78 1979  Terry Griffiths (WAL)  Dennis Taylor (NIR)...

Ray Reardon started his first match on 9 October where he defeated Perrie Mans. Spencer made a break of 105 in his second win, over Norman Squire, which...

1–0 69–42  Eddie Charlton (AUS) (64) 1977  Perrie Mans (RSA)  Doug Mountjoy (WAL) 1–0 90–21  Perrie Mans (RSA) (59) 1978  Doug Mountjoy (WAL)  Graham...

John Campbell. In the other first-round matches, Doug Mountjoy beat Perrie Mans 10–3, qualifier John Parrott beat Tony Meo 10–4, Kirk Stevens beat Dean...

Higgins (NIR) (2/5)  Ray Reardon (WAL) (7/7) 1978/79  Doug Mountjoy (WAL) (2/3)  Perrie Mans (RSA) (1/1)  Terry Griffiths (WAL) (1/3) 1979/80  John Virgo (ENG) (1/1)...

final Score Runner-up 1. 1978 South African Professional Championship Perrie Mans 5–9 Runner-up 2. 1983 Pontins Brean Sands Tony Meo 7–9 Winner 1. 1986...