George Mann (cricketer)
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Full name | Francis George Mann | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Byfleet, Surrey, England | 6 September 1917|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 8 August 2001 Stockcross, Berkshire, England | (aged 83)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Frank Mann (father) John Pelham Mann (brother) Simon Mann (son) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut | 16 December 1948 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 28 June 1949 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 29 July 2020 |
Francis George Mann,
As a cricketer, George Mann was a right-handed middle-order batsman. His father,
Early life and education
Mann was born on 6 September 1917 in
Military service
Mann served in the
Mann maintained his links with the army after the war. On 8 July 1949, he was moved from the Supplementary Reserve of Officers to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers, and was granted the
Cricketing career
Mann captained England in each of his seven
Mann was chairman of the
Later life
Mann was a main board director and retained his position on the new company board when his family brewery merged with Watney Combe & Reid in 1958.[13] He was also a non-executive Deputy Chairman of the Extel Group from 1980 to 1986.
Mann died on 8 August 2001 in Stockcross, Berkshire, England.[5]
Personal life
In 1949, Mann married Margaret Hildegarde Marshall Clark. Together they had four children: three sons and one daughter. His wife predeceased him, dying in 1995.[4]
Mann's 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.
- ISBN 1-869833-21-X.
- ^ Eden, Richard (27 October 2013). "England cricket star Chris Cowdrey suffers new heartache". The Telegraph. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 24 Nov 2017
- ^ a b c d Hodgson, Derek (16 August 2001). "George Mann". The Independent. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ a b c "George Mann". The Daily Telegraph. 13 August 2001. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ a b "No. 34643". The London Gazette. 7 July 1939. p. 4667.
- ^ "No. 34809". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 March 1940. p. 1464.
- ^ "No. 37151". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 June 1945. p. 3375.
- ^ "No. 38659". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 July 1949. pp. 3337–3338.
- ^ "No. 44401". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 September 1967. p. 9668.
- ^ "M.C.C Team in South Africa, 1948-49". ESPNcricinfo. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. 15 April 1950. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ a b Janes, Hurford (1963). The Red Barrel: A History of Watney Mann. John Murray. p. 175.