Lives in Cricket No 42 - Frank and George Mann

121 Appendix Two Cricket-Playing Brewers The table below lists players who have appeared in the County Championship since 1890 who became directors of brewery businesses. H.W.Bainbridge (Warwickshire 1895-1907) Mitchells and Butlers E.H.R.Bedford (Derbyshire 1928) Cannon Brewery J.W.Bonner (Essex 1896-1898) Commercial Brewery Co (Stepney) m W.H.Brain (Gloucestershire 1893) S.A.Brain and Co c Hon W.S.Cornwallis (Kent 1919-1926) Whitbread Fremlins M.C.Cowdrey (Kent 1950-1976) Whitbread Fremlins M.C.Dempsey (Sussex 1919) H and G Simonds c Greene, King and Sons c W.S.Eadie (Derbyshire 1896-1899) James Eadie and Co S.H.Evershed (Derbyshire 1895-1901) Marston, Thompson & Evershed c B.H.Farr (Nottinghamshire 1949-1951) Home Brewery Co c P.H.Fussell (Somerset 1953-1956) A Fussell and Sons W.E.Harbord (Yorkshire 1932-1935) John Smith’s Tadcaster Brewery A.E.L.Hill (Hampshire 1920-1930) Devenish Brewery c A.J.L.Hill (Hampshire 1895-1921) Devenish Brewery Redruth Brewery T.V.Hollingworth (Hampshire 1929) Harman’s Uxbridge Brewery E.G.Holt (Somerset 1930) Starkey, Knight and Ford T.Horton (Northamptonshire 1905, 1906) Atkinson’s Brewery c C.E.Lucas (Sussex 1906) E.Lacon and Co F.G.Mann (Middlesex 1939-1954) Watney Mann F.T.Mann (Middlesex 1909-1931) Mann, Crossman and Paulin c m T.E.Manning (Northamptonshire 1906-1922) P.Phipps and Co N.S.Mitchell-Innes (Somerset 1931-1949) Vaux Breweries A.R.B.Neame (Kent 1956, 1957) Shepherd Neame M.C.Parry (Warwickshire 1908-1910) Beamish and Crawford H.R.J.Rhys (Glamorgan 1929, 1930) S.A.Brain and Co G.V.N.Ridley (Essex 1924-1926) T.D.Ridley and Sons J.Shields (Leicestershire 1906-1923) Offilers’ Brewery M.V.Spurway (Somerset 1929) Charrington Kinahan G.E.S.Woodhouse [Somerset 1946-1953] Hall and Woodhouse c m Notes: Some of these directorships were non-executive positions. Players who became company chairmen or managing directors are identified with c and m respectively. No doubt other players became employees of breweries; many others, of course, became publicans. Sources: Directory of Directors; Stock Exchange Official Year Book.