David Mantell

David Norman Mantell (22 July 1934 – 26 January 2017) was an English cricketer. Mantell was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Acton, Middlesex.

David Mantell

Personal information
Full name	David Norman Mantell
Born	22 July 1934 Acton, Middlesex, England
Died	26 January 2017 (aged 82) Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1954–1958	Sussex
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 26 Runs scored 150 Batting average 6.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 34 Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 28/2
Source: Cricinfo, 13 March 2012

Mantell made his first-class debut for Sussex against Cambridge University in 1954. He made 25 further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Essex in the 1958 County Championship.[1] In his 26 first-class matches for Sussex, he scored a total of 150 runs at an average of 6.00, with a high score of 34. Behind the stumps he took 28 catches and made 2 stumpings.[2] Mantell found his opportunities limited, and when the regular Sussex wicketkeeper Rupert Webb announced he would retire from full-time cricket at the end of the 1958 season, Sussex encouraged Jim Parks, a far better batsman than Mantell, to take up wicketkeeping; that led Mantell to leave the county at the end of the 1958 season.

He died on 26 January 2017 at the age of 82.[3]

References

1. "First-Class Matches played by David Mantell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
2. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by David Mantell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
3. David Mantell : Obituary

External links

• David Mantell at ESPNcricinfo
• David Mantell at CricketArchive