• Pierre "Perrie" Mans (25 October 1940 – 13 September 2023) was a South African professional snooker player. He first won the South African Professional...
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  • actress Maureen Perrie (born 1946), lecturer in Russian History Perrie Mans (born 1940), retired professional snooker player Perrie Edwards (born 1993)...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • South African Professional Championship winner Perrie Mans was defeated by Dennis Taylor 15–12. Mans was down by two frames after the first session,...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • poet, and mathematician Keith Mans (born 1946), British politician Mark Mans (born 1955), British military officer Perrie Mans (born 1940), South African...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    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)...
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  • groups of 3 players. The two debutants Perrie Mans and Doug Mountjoy faced each other in the final which Mans won 90-21. The draw for the group stages...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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"...
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    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)...
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