Lives in Cricket No 42 - Frank and George Mann

23 Frank Mann had not allowed the conflict to interfere with his private life and despite the dangers he faced in Flanders fields, he found time to get married and become a father. On 8 November 1916 at St George’s Church, Hanover Square in central London, a fashionable venue even in wartime, he married Enid Agnes Tilney, a young lady originally from South Africa, on 6 September 1917. 12 Their first son, Francis George, was born at Weybridge, in Surrey, but he later secured a qualification to play for Middlesex through family residence in Westminster. When the war ended both Edward John Mann and Frank Mann would be able to return to work with Mann, Crossman and Paulin, but they would find a business that had been seriously affected by the impact of Government restrictions on the brewing industry. Emergency measures had been introduced within a few weeks of the outbreak of hostilities, intended to reduce the volume of beer brewed for public consumption and the number of hours in which it could be consumed. The Intoxicating Liquor (Temporary Restrictions) Act gave powers to licensing authorities to control drinking hours. Public houses had previously been allowed to remain open for as long as they wished between 5.30 am to after midnight, but this was now reduced to a maximum of six hours each day, usually from midday to 2.30 pm and then a compulsory afternoon break until 6.30 pm before ‘time gentlemen please’ had to be called at 9.30 pm. Opening 12 She had returned to Britain when still a baby and did not think of herself as South African. She was apparently descended from Edward Tilney, the Master of the Revels at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, and from both Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard. The Great War: 1914 to 1918 Frank, in uniform, with his bride, Enid Agnes Tilney of Cadogan Place, Chelsea, leaving St George’s Church, Hanover Square, after their wedding on 8 November 1916. Frank was later wounded in action.