The 41-year-old will play another veteran in the next round after John Parrott beat Stephen Lee 5-4.

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Stephen Hendry, Steve Davis, John Parrott and Jimmy White have been honoured with MBEs previously, with Davis also receiving an OBE.

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Former world champions Ronnie O'Sullivan, Stephen Hendry, Steve Davis, John Parrott, Dennis Taylor, Mark Williams and John Higgins joined White among the mourners.

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In other matches John Parrott bowed out at the first hurdle after a 5-2 loss to Cambridgeshire cueman Joe Perry, who will now meet last season's UK champion Peter Ebdon.

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The qualification process has already seen the exit of 1991 world champion John Parrott, whose loss to China's Anda Zhang means he will drop out of the top 64, and a place on the main tour, next season.

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John and Hilary Parrott have gifted the final piece of land required to the borough council.

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When it finally ended, they kept their North Wales representative Aled Roberts, but had to switch John Dixon for Eluned Parrott.

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