George Mann (cricketer)

George Mann

Personal information

Full name

Francis George Mann

Born

6 September 1917
Byfleet, Surrey, England

Died

8 August 2001 (aged 83)
Stockcross, Berkshire, England

Batting style

Right-handed batsman (RHB)

Bowling style

n/a

International information

National side

English

Career statistics

Competition	Tests	First-class
Matches	7	166
Runs scored	376	6350
Batting average	37.60	25.91
100s/50s	1/–	7/32
Top score	136*	136*
Balls bowled	–	414
Wickets	–	3
Bowling average	n/a	129.66
5 wickets in innings	–	–
10 wickets in match	–	–
Best bowling	n/a	2/16
Catches/stumpings	3/–	72/–

Source:

Francis George Mann CBE, DSO, MC (6 September 1917 – 8 August 2001) was an English cricketer, who played for Cambridge University, Middlesex and England.^[1] He was born at Byfleet, Surrey and died at Stockcross, Berkshire.

Life and career

As a cricketer, George Mann was a right-handed middle-order batsman. His father, Frank Mann, also captained England, making them the first father and son to both captain England.^[2] Colin and Chris Cowdrey are the only other father and son to have done this for England.

Mann captained England in each of his seven Test matches, winning two, and drawing the other five; his father had also been captain in every Test he played in. Wisden said of Mann: "as a captain he was ideal, zealous to a degree, and considerate in all things at all times". After leading England in South Africa in 1948/49, Mann led his side for two Tests in the following summer, before he stood down, citing inability to participate regularly due to his family's brewing business commitments (Mann, Crossman & Paulin). Mann was a main board director and retained his position on the new company board when the brewery merged with Watney Combe & Reid in 1958.^[3]

F.G. Mann was chairman of the Test and County Cricket Board (TCCB) from 1978–83; most notably during the controversy over the rebel tour which Geoff Boycott and Graham Gooch led to South Africa in 1982.

His son, Simon, was sentenced for thirty-four years in Equatorial Guinea in 2008, on charges related to an attempted coup in 2004, but was pardoned on 2 November 2009.

References

↑ "George Mann". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
↑ Bateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. p. 116. ISBN 1-869833-21-X.
↑ Janes, Hurford (1963). The Red Barrel: A History of Watney Mann. John Murray. p. 175. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

External links

Cricinfo page on George Mann

Sporting positions
Preceded by Norman Yardley	English national cricket Captain 1948/9–1949	Succeeded by Freddie Brown
Preceded by Walter Robins	Middlesex County Cricket Captain 1948–1949	Succeeded by Walter Robins

England Test cricket captains

1876/77: Lillywhite 1878/79–1884: Harris 1881/82: Shaw 1882; 1884: Hornby 1882/83: Bligh 1884/85–1886/87: Shrewsbury 1886; 1888: Steel 1887/88–1891/92: Read 1888–1896; 1899: Grace 1888/89: C. A. Smith 1888/89: Bowden 1893; 1894/95–1897/98: Stoddart 1895/96: O'Brien 1895/96–1898/99: Hawke 1897/98; 1899–1909: MacLaren 1903/04–1905/06: Warner 1905: Jackson 1907: Foster 1907/08; 1909/10: Fane 1907/08: Jones 1909/10: Leveson Gower 1911/12–1920/21; 1921; 1924: Douglas 1912: Fry 1921: Tennyson 1922/23: F. Mann 1924–1924/25: A. Gilligan 1926; 1929: A. Carr 1926; 1928–1930/31: Chapman 1927/28: Stanyforth 1927/28: Stevens 1928/29; 1929: White 1929/30: H. Gilligan 1929/30: Calthorpe 1930; 1932/33; 1933; 1934–1935: Wyatt 1931–1933/34: Jardine 1934: Walters 1936–1947/48: Allen 1937: Robins 1938–1946/47: Hammond 1946/47; 1947–1950: Yardley 1947/48: Cranston 1948/49–1949: G. Mann 1949; 1950; 1950/51–1951: Brown 1951/52: Howard 1951/52: D. Carr 1952–1954/55: Hutton 1954: Sheppard 1955–1961: May 1959; 1959/60; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1966–1968/69: M. Cowdrey 1961/62–1964: Dexter 1963/64–1965/66; 1966: M. Smith 1966; 1967: Close 1968: Graveney 1969–1973: Illingworth 1972/73: Lewis 1973/74–1974/75; 1975: Denness 1974/75: Edrich 1975–1976/77: Greig 1977–1981: Brearley 1977/78; 1977/78: Boycott 1980–1980/81; 1981: Botham 1981/82: Fletcher 1982–1983/84; 1983/84: Willis 1982; 1983/84–1985/86; 1986; 1989: Gower 1986–1987/88; 1988: Gatting 1988: Emburey 1988: C. Cowdrey 1988; 1988–1993: Gooch 1989/90; 1990/91: Lamb 1992/93; 1992/93–1998/99; 2000; 2001: Stewart 1993; 1993/94–1997/98; 2001: Atherton 1999–2003: Hussain 1999: Butcher 2003–2008: Vaughan 2004; 2005/06: Trescothick 2006–2006/07: Flintoff 2006; 2007; 2008/09–2012: Strauss 2008–2008/09: Pietersen 2010; 2012–: Cook

Italics denote deputised captaincy

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