Lives in Cricket No 42 - Frank and George Mann

66 The Title Race Turns Nasty: 1924 Frank Mann, Nigel Haig and Harry Lee in cheery mode at the Middlesex pre-season nets in 1924. Middlesex finished second in the Championship in this season, a great improvement on eighth in 1923. The pavilion at Lord’s in 2014. Frank drove two successive deliveries from Wilfred Rhodes into the top tier during the Middlesex v Yorkshire match in 1924, hitting the stonework almost 50 ft above the ground at a distance of about 110 yards from his stumps.

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