Percy Mansell
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Full name | Percy Neville Frank Mansell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | St George's, Shropshire, England | 16 March 1920|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 9 May 1995 Somerset West, Cape Province, South Africa | (aged 75)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Leg-break googly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo |
Percy Neville Frank Mansell
MBE (16 March 1920 – 9 May 1995 [citation needed]) 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.
Background
Born in
Transvaal
in 1936–37.
Career
He represented Rhodesia 55 times before retiring after the 1961–62 season, having played his last match just before his 42nd birthday.[1]
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
Currie Cup in 1955–56.[3]
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.[4]
References
External links
- Portrait and brief biography of Percy Mansell (scroll down)
- Percy Mansell at Cricinfo
- Percy Mansell at Cricket Archive