Ray Reardon vs Perrie Mans
| 1977/1978 | |||||||||||
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| World Championship (17-29 Apr 1978) | |||||||||||
| Final |  |
Ray Reardon (a) | 25 | - | 18 |  |
Perrie Mans (a) |
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  In between, Reardon led only 18-17. He became the oldest ever World Champion at the age of 45 years and 203 days, a record that lasted until 2022 when Ronnie O'Sullivan won the title aged 46 years and 148 days. | ||
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74-49 (62), 32-80, 58-17, 62-68, 106-8, 80-60, 112-14 (71), 34-83 (67), 32-96, 9-54, 71-24, 122-6 (87), 15-85 (65), 94-14, 34-84, 8-75, 51-74, 68-56, 50-70 (65), 78-29, 67-40, 87-26, 16-83, 96-28 (64), 75-33, 67-33 (66), 71-76 (RR 62), 76-48, 82-28, 44-60, 42-68, 84-39, 54-80 (RR 54), 42-64, 31-82, 107-12 (100), 86-26, 89-15, 16-64, 92-50 (53), 82-43 (81), 75-44, 60-49 Referee: John Williams |
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| 1978/1979 | |||||||||||
| Masters (22-26 Jan 1979) | |||||||||||
| SF | |
Ray Reardon (a) | 3 | - | 5 | |
Perrie Mans (a) |
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