George Mann (cricketer)
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| Full name | Francis George Mann | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 September 1917 Byfleet, Surrey, England |
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| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Stockcross, Berkshire, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman (RHB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Francis George Mann CBE, DSO, MC (6 September 1917 – 8 August 2001) was an English cricketer, who played for Cambridge University, Middlesex and England.[1] He was born at Byfleet, Surrey and died at Stockcross, Berkshire.
Life and career
As a cricketer, George Mann was a right-handed middle-order batsman. His father, Frank Mann, also captained England, making them the first father and son to both captain England.[2] Colin and Chris Cowdrey are the only other father and son to have done this for England.[citation needed]
Mann captained England in each of his seven Test matches, winning two, and drawing the other five; his father had also been captain in every Test he played in. Wisden said of Mann: "as a captain he was ideal, zealous to a degree, and considerate in all things at all times".[citation needed] After leading England in South Africa in 1948/49, Mann led his side for two Tests in the following summer, before he stood down, citing inability to participate regularly due to his family's brewing business commitments (Mann, Crossman & Paulin). Mann was a main board director and retained his position on the new company board when the brewery merged with Watney Combe & Reid in 1958.[3]
F.G. Mann was chairman of the Test and County Cricket Board (TCCB) from 1978–83; most notably during the controversy over the rebel tour which Geoff Boycott and Graham Gooch led to South Africa in 1982.
His 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.
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| Preceded by | English national cricket Captain 1948/9–1949 |
Succeeded by Norman Yardley |
| Preceded by | Middlesex County Cricket Captain 1948–1949 |
Succeeded by Walter Robins |
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