Percy Mansell

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Percy Mansell
The South African touring team in 1952–53.
Mansell is seated at the right.
Personal information
Full name
Percy Neville Frank Mansell
Born(1920-03-16)16 March 1920
St George's, Shropshire, England
Died9 May 1995(1995-05-09) (aged 75)
Somerset West, Cape Province, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeg-break googly
International information
National side
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 13 113
Runs scored 355 4598
Batting average 17.75 29.66
100s/50s 0/2 5/33
Top score 90 154
Balls bowled 1506 18176
Wickets 11 299
Bowling average 66.90 26.08
5 wickets in innings 0 21
10 wickets in match 0 5
Best bowling 3/58 7/43
Catches/stumpings 15/- 156/-
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

  1. ^ Jonty Winch (1983), Cricket's Rich Heritage: A History of Rhodesian and Zimbabwean Cricket 1890–1982, Bulawayo: Books of Zimbabwe, p. 220
  2. ^ "Rhodesia v Surrey 1959–60". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  3. ^ Wisden 1957, pp. 874–75.
  4. ^ Supplement to the London Gazette, 1 January 1962, p. 23.

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