Lives in Cricket No 42 - Frank and George Mann

119 Career Statistics First-Class Cricket: Batting and Fielding Season M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct 1937 1 2 0 59 59 29.50 - 1 - 1938 11 19 1 364 41 20.22 - - 4 1939 26 42 2 1201 128 30.02 1 8 10 1947 23 35 2 876 106 26.54 1 7 13 1948 33 53 4 1028 116 20.97 2 1 15 1948/49 19 24 2 673 136* 30.59 2 2 10 1949 33 55 2 1311 122 24.73 1 7 17 1950 6 10 1 337 77 37.44 - 4 - 1951 4 5 0 81 37 16.20 - - 1 1952 2 3 1 26 12* 13.00 - - - 1953 1 2 0 124 87 62.00 - 1 - 1954 3 6 1 130 52 26.00 - 1 1 1955 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 - - - 1956 1 1 0 43 43 43.00 - - - 1957 1 2 1 45 41 45.00 - - 1 1958 1 2 0 50 40 25.00 - -1 Totals 166 262 17 6350 136* 25.91 7 32 74 Notes: George Mann was dismissed 138 times caught (56%); 62 times bowled (25%); 21 times lbw (9%); 15 times stumped (6%); 9 times run out (4%), a significantly different pattern from his father. He was dismissed most often by D.V.P.Wright and A.V.Bedser five times, and by eight other bowlers, including N.B.F.Mann, four times. He played 94 matches for Middlesex, scoring 3,403 runs at 24.65 and taking 42 catches. All his first-class cricket was played in the British Isles apart from 1948/49 in South Africa. First-Class Cricket: Bowling Season O M R W BB Ave 5i 1938 36.5 1 212 0 - - - 1939 18.6 0 140 3 2-16 46.66 - 1948 2 0 7 0 - - - 1948/49 1 0 8 0 - - - 1949 3.5 0 22 0 - - - Totals 6-b 42.4 1) 8-b 19.6 0) 389 3 2.16 129.66 - Notes: George Mann took wickets at the rate of one per 138 balls and conceded runs at a rate equivalent to 5.63 runs per six-ball over. His wickets were one bowled, one caught and one stumped. Overs were of six balls in 1938, 1948 and 1949, and of eight in 1939 and 1948/49. First-Class Cricket: Centuries (7) Score For Opponent Venue Season 128 Cambridge Univ Leicestershire Fenner’s 1939 106 Middlesex Surrey Lord’s 1947 114 Middlesex Leicestershire Lord’s 1948 116 Middlesex Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge 1948 112 MCC Western Province Cape Town 1948/49 136* England South Africa Port Elizabeth 1948/49 122 Over-30 Under-30 Hastings 1949