![]() Mann in about 1924 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Francis Thomas Mann | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Winchmore Hill, Middlesex, England | 3 March 1888|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 October 1964 Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire, England | (aged 76)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right arm slow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | George Mann (son) John Pelham Mann, (son) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National side | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Test debut (cap 209) | 23 December 1922 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 22 February 1923 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1908–1911 | Cambridge University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1909–1931 | Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 13 November 2008 |
Francis Thomas Mann (3 March 1888 – 6 October 1964) was an English cricketer. He played for the Malvern XI, Cambridge University, Middlesex and England. Mann captained England on the 1922–23 tour of South Africa, winning the five match series 2–1.
Mann was born in Winchmore Hill, Middlesex. During World War I he was an officer of the Scots Guards and was three times wounded and three times mentioned in dispatches. He died, aged 76, in Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire.
His son, George Mann, also captained Middlesex County Cricket Club and England, making them the first father and son to have each captained Middlesex and, moreover, the first to have each captained England, at cricket. Simon Mann, the security expert and mercenary, is his grandson.
References
[edit]- Frank Mann, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-07-29. (subscription required)
- Hodgson D (2001) Obituary of George Mann, The Independent, 16 August 2001. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- Keating F (2009) The spinner who saved the day for 'Jim' Swanton, The Guardian, 16 December 2009. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- Club History. Cranbourne Cricket Club.