Frank Mann (cricketer)

This article is about the English cricketer. For the former mayor of Alexandria, Virginia, see Frank E. Mann.

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.

Frank Mann

Mann in about 1924
Personal information
Full name	Francis Thomas Mann
Born	(1888-03-03)3 March 1888 Winchmore Hill, Middlesex, England
Died	6 October 1964(1964-10-06) (aged 76) Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm slow
Relations	George Mann (son) John Pelham Mann, (son)
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 209)	23 December 1922 v South Africa
Last Test	22 February 1923 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1908–1911	Cambridge University
1909–1931	Middlesex
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 5 398 Runs scored 281 13,235 Batting average 35.12 23.42 100s/50s 0/2 9/68 Top score 84 194 Balls bowled 0 236 Wickets – 3 Bowling average – 83.00 5 wickets in innings – 0 10 wickets in match – 0 Best bowling – 1/7 Catches/stumpings 4/– 174/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 November 2008

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, was his grandson.

References

• 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.

External links

Frank Mann at ESPNcricinfo

Sporting positions
Preceded by Lionel Tennyson	English national cricket captain 1922/3	Succeeded by Arthur Gilligan
Preceded by Pelham Warner	Middlesex County Cricket Captain 1921–1928	Succeeded by Nigel Haig