Frank Mann

Cricket Player

1888 – 1964

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Who was Frank Mann?

Francis Thomas "Frank" Mann was an English cricketer. He played for the Malvern XI, Cambridge University, Middlesex and England. Mann captained England on the 1922-23 tour of South Africa, winning the five match series 2-1.

Mann was born in Winchmore Hill, Middlesex. During World War I he was an officer of the Scots Guards and was three times wounded and three times mentioned in dispatches. He died, aged 76, in Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire.

His son, George Mann, also captained Middlesex CCC and England, making them the first father and son to have each captained Middlesex and, moreover, the first to have each captained England, at cricket. Simon Mann, the security expert and mercenary, is his grandson.

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Born
Mar 3, 1888
Winchmore Hill
Nationality
  • England
Died
Oct 6, 1964
Milton Lilbourne

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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