Lives in Cricket No 42 - Frank and George Mann

125 Index attends Eton College 79 attends Sandhurst 81 attends Wellesley House School 73, (74), 79 awarded degree 80 best-known six hit 98 birth 21 bowling 80 captains Old England XI 105, 106, (106) chairman ICC 112 chairman TCCB 110 chairs ‘throwing’ committee 106-108 character 81, 96, 97, 113 children 104f death following illness 112 declines captaincy of England in Australia 102, 103 director Extel 110, 110f director Watney Mann 105, 109 enlists in Scots Guards 81 erroneous declaration ‘incident’ 98,99 fielding 86 first first-class match 79 gains Army commission 81 handling of rebel tours issue 110, 112 highest first-class score 95, 96 honorary secretary (etc) Middlesex C.C.C 104, 110, 111 injures ankle on tube 1946 83 last club matches 105, 106 last first-class match 104 marries Margaret Clark 101, 102, (102) master Brewers’ Company 105 military services and decorations 81, 82 plays Eton Wall Game 79 plays first-class cricket in UK 1938 79, 80 1939 80 1947 84-86 1948 86, 87 1949 98-100 1950 103, 104 1951 104 plays first-class cricket in South Africa 90-96 plays for Cambridge U. 79, 80 plays for Eton College 79 plays for schools representative XIs 79 plays Test cricket 90-99 president MCC 111,112 president ‘Pop’ (Eton) 79 ski-ing holiday 1938 81 views on professionals as captains 103 war-time cricket 81, 82 wildlife interest 113, 113f Mann, Francis Thomas (‘Frank’) appointed England captain 45 ‘apprentice’ at Maidstone brewery 17, 18, 39 attends Cambridge University 14-17 attends Malvern College 14, 15 big hitting 20, 30f, 42f, (47), 49, 65, 67, 67f, 68, 72f, 73 character 39, 43, 44, 104, 105 completes record run of chsp wins 41 death 105 director Mann, Crossman 73 enlists in Hussars 20 fathers’ match at Broadstairs 73, 74, (74) fielding 19, 49 first first-class match 15 highest first-class score 71 hits misdelivery at Leyton 45, 46 horse show interest 59, 60 joins Scots Guards 20 marries Enid Agnes Tilney 23, (23) military service 20 ‘musician’ 75 ‘nippy’ incident 71f plays first-class cricket in South Africa 52-58 plays first-class cricket in UK 1908 15, 16 1909 (15), 16 1910 16 1911 16, 17 1912 18 1913 18, 19 1914 19 1919 25, 26 1920 26-37, (35), (36) 1921 39-44, (42), (43) 1922 45-47 1923 61-63 1924 65-68 1925 69, 70 1926 70, 71 1927 71, 72 1928 72, 73 1929 73 1930 75-77 1931-1934 78 plays rugby union for Cambridge U and Blackheath 17 ‘plucked’ in University exams 15 president Middlesex C.C.C. 34 returns to Mann, Crossman brewery 23 role in Yorkshire dispute 67 Test selector 61, 63, 75 wounded in action 21, 22 Mann, James 4, 7, 8 Mann, James jun 8 Mann, James 109