Percy Neville Frank Mansell MBE (16 March 1920 – 9 May 1995[1]) was a Rhodesian cricketer who played in thirteen Tests for South Africa from 1951 to 1955. Mansell was a bespectacled middle-order batsman, slips fieldsman, and leg-break and googly bowler who sometimes bowled medium-pace.
 The South African touring team in 1952–53. Mansell is seated at the right. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Percy Neville Frank Mansell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 March 1920 St George's, Shropshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 May 1995 (aged 75) Somerset West, Cape Province, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg-break googly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
editBorn in England, Mansell moved to Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) as an infant. He was educated at Milton High School and first played first-class cricket for Rhodesia at the age of 16 against Transvaal in 1936–37.
Career
editHe represented Rhodesia 55 times before retiring after the 1961–62 season, having played his last match just before his 42nd birthday.[2]
His best first-class bowling figures were 7 for 43 (13 for 120 in the match) in Rhodesia's two-run victory over the touring Surrey team in 1959–60.[3] His two highest scores were 148 and 154, which he made in Rhodesia's two innings victories over Griqualand West in the B Section of the Currie Cup in 1955–56.[4]
After retiring from the game he served as a cricket administrator in Rhodesia. He was awarded the MBE "for services to cricket in Southern Rhodesia" in the 1962 New Year Honours.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Obituaries in 1995". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. 1996. Retrieved 21 June 2024 – via ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ Jonty Winch (1983), Cricket's Rich Heritage: A History of Rhodesian and Zimbabwean Cricket 1890–1982, Bulawayo: Books of Zimbabwe, p. 220
- ^ "Rhodesia v Surrey 1959–60". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ Wisden 1957, pp. 874–75.
- ^ Supplement to the London Gazette, 1 January 1962, p. 23.
External links
edit- Portrait and brief biography of Percy Mansell (scroll down)
- Percy Mansell at Cricinfo
- Percy Mansell at Cricket Archive
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