Michael Mence
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| Full name | Michael David Mence | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 April 1944 Newbury, Berkshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 May 2014 (aged 70) Newport, Isle of Wight, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Joe Mence (father) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1968–1982 | Minor Counties South | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1967 | Gloucestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966 | Marylebone Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1962–1965 | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1961 | Berkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 2 October 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michael David Mence (13 April 1944 – 15 May 2014) was an English
batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Newbury, Berkshire
.
A highly regarded schoolboy cricketer at
Minor Counties Championship in 1961 against Devon. During the season he played all 10 Championship matches for the county. In 1962 he was selected for the Public Schools XI at Lords, taking 8 for 34 against the Combined Services.[2] Writing in Wisden, E.M. Wellings said, "For a schoolboy he was an all-rounder quite out of the ordinary, as were his school figures – 846 runs, average 70.5, and 84 wickets, average 10.62, both being records for the School. Of his three centuries one was hit before lunch."[3]
He was signed by
List-A match for the county against Northamptonshire in the 1963 Gillette Cup
.
In 1966, he appeared for the
half centuries and a highest score of 78. With the ball he had taken 86 wickets at an average of 35.46, with two five-wicket hauls
and best figures of 5 for 26.
In 1968, he rejoined Berkshire, where between 1968 and 1982, he represented the county in 49 matches, the last of which came against
Benson and Hedges Cup from 1973 to 1975.[9]
In the 1976–77 season, Mence was a member of
the MCC team
that was the first international cricket team to tour Bangladesh.
Family
His father Joe also played Minor counties cricket for Berkshire, including playing alongside his son in the 1961 season. He also played a single List-A match for Berkshire, as well as captaining the county from 1954 to 1955.
References
- ^ "MENCE - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements".
- ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
- ^ Wisden 1963, pp. 801-2.
- ^ First-class Bowling For Each Team by Michael Mence
- ^ Derbyshire v Warwickshire 1964
- ^ First-Class Matches played by Michael Mence
- ^ Sussex v Gloucestershire 1967
- ^ Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Michael Mence
- ^ List-A Matches played by Michael Mence
External links
- Michael Mence at Cricinfo
- Michael Mence at CricketArchive