Perrie Mans v Alex Higgins - 1979 Masters final frame
mjt_snooker
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50 breaks are overrated.
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@seethelizards3628 3 years ago
RIP Perrie Mans - he's pushing the baulk colours against the cushions in heaven now...
@stephendavies8510 2 years ago
The full table screw back shot against ray reardon in the 1978 world championship final is one of the greatest shots in the history of snooker.
@Charlie_Crown 2 years ago
Higgins absolutely drunk as F here, didn't even bother with orange in the vodka, just straight up 🤣🤣🤣
@italialainentapa 4 years ago (edited)
As a 26 years old snooker's lover, I was fascinated from the begininning by the evolution that the game had during the years. I discovered about Perrie Mans after the famous statment "Won the Masters without a 50+ break." When I wanted to know more about this man, I found out that there is basically nothing about him. Discover informations was quite difficult, but in some of the books I purchased in the last year, I realized why he was able to create problems for the other players.
Fred Davis, eight time world champion, in his book "Talking Snooker":
"I found Perrie an awkward opponent. He is an exceptionally good single ball potter and if there was a ball on, even at a long distance, he invariably knocked it in. His positional play is comparatively weak - which is pheraps as well for the rest of us - but the tactical side of his game was much better than I expected from simply observing him as spectator. In his matches, too, the colours seem to spend more time away from their respective spots than in usual top class snooker and many of the frames tend to develop in a way which suits his style. When the yellow, green and brown are disturbed from their spots it often means that the cue ball has no colour to "hide" behind. As Perrie is such a good long potter, there where many situations in which I felt that it was impossible to leave the cue ball safe."
Featured in Jean Rafferty's "The Cruel Game":
"Perrie Mans, the man Steve Davis once said was the only player who could destroy him because he could play the way he does and know what he's doing. [...] Perrie treats snooker as a game, a dangerous attitude for a professional player. He's got a couple of car, a couple of houses and his life is much easier than it used to be, when he was working as well playing snooker. "You enjoy it. If you get beat you take it like a man. Crying and complaining are not going to help. You make enemies and people will say: "What a bloody bad loser he is." Wheter you win or lose to me it's only a game."
I'd still love to talk with Perrie and understand more of his personal way of considering snooker, I think a book about him will be fascinating. I do understand people that probably will not appreciate his style, especially because of the modern standard. But still, the South African did something special on the baize.
Thank you mjt_snooker, hope to see more Perrie's footages!
Fred Davis, eight time world champion, in his book "Talking Snooker":
"I found Perrie an awkward opponent. He is an exceptionally good single ball potter and if there was a ball on, even at a long distance, he invariably knocked it in. His positional play is comparatively weak - which is pheraps as well for the rest of us - but the tactical side of his game was much better than I expected from simply observing him as spectator. In his matches, too, the colours seem to spend more time away from their respective spots than in usual top class snooker and many of the frames tend to develop in a way which suits his style. When the yellow, green and brown are disturbed from their spots it often means that the cue ball has no colour to "hide" behind. As Perrie is such a good long potter, there where many situations in which I felt that it was impossible to leave the cue ball safe."
Featured in Jean Rafferty's "The Cruel Game":
"Perrie Mans, the man Steve Davis once said was the only player who could destroy him because he could play the way he does and know what he's doing. [...] Perrie treats snooker as a game, a dangerous attitude for a professional player. He's got a couple of car, a couple of houses and his life is much easier than it used to be, when he was working as well playing snooker. "You enjoy it. If you get beat you take it like a man. Crying and complaining are not going to help. You make enemies and people will say: "What a bloody bad loser he is." Wheter you win or lose to me it's only a game."
I'd still love to talk with Perrie and understand more of his personal way of considering snooker, I think a book about him will be fascinating. I do understand people that probably will not appreciate his style, especially because of the modern standard. But still, the South African did something special on the baize.
Thank you mjt_snooker, hope to see more Perrie's footages!
@sah3173. 4 years ago
Great vid.
Just a pity about the constant snooker interruptions during the world coughing championships.
Just a pity about the constant snooker interruptions during the world coughing championships.
@ManvsCue 4 years ago
Pierre mans played me in a local league match...what an honor...my highest break at that time was 64... Pierre mans made an amazing 134 in his last frame against my friend... one of those times when it inspires a person to practice more.
Everytime I played the nationals he would show up and watch the players compete... always fun to see these old masters in action.
Everytime I played the nationals he would show up and watch the players compete... always fun to see these old masters in action.
@iaindouglas5927 2 years ago
One of the nicest guys you could possibly meet. I played Perrie several times as a professional in South Africa in the early 90s. He was a consumate professional and whilst not a superb break builder by modern standards he could certainly play the game.
@scottfraser9615 2 weeks ago
Higgins got me into snooker and looking back at how he played I don’t think iv seen anyone play like he did he was very animated could never keep his head still
@terrydonegan1622 2 years ago
Wonderful. What a lovely gentleman Perrie Mans appears. Alex is pleasant form also
@darrenmcgowan3932 4 years ago
A great watch and great vid. Never see that before. Alex could not get going.
@marcojoserevilla7600 3 years ago
South Africa 🇿🇦
The only time a player from the Rainbow Nation has ever won a Triple Crown event
The only time a player from the Rainbow Nation has ever won a Triple Crown event
Perrie Mans v Alex Higgins - 1979 Masters final frame
mjt_snooker
44,330 views
50 breaks are overrated.
For a lot of modern snooker viewers, someone like Perrie Mans is an enigma simply based on his stats. "Never made a century, but still beat Reardon, Spencer, Higgins, Thorburn etc. and even won stuff? How?" Well, watch this and now you know why.