Percy Mansell
Percy Neville Frank Mansell MBE (16 March 1920 – 9 May 1995) was a Rhodesian cricketer who played in thirteen Tests for South Africa from 1951 to 1955. Mansell was a bespectacled middle-order batsman, slips fieldsman, and leg-break and googly bowler who sometimes bowled medium-pace.
 The South African touring team in 1952-53. Mansell is seated at the right. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Percy Neville Frank Mansell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 March 1920 St George's, Shropshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 May 1995 (aged 75) Somerset West, Cape Province, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg-break googly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
Born in England, Mansell moved to Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) as an infant. He was educated at Milton High School and first played first-class cricket for Rhodesia at the age of 16 against Transvaal in 1936-37.
Career
He represented Rhodesia 55 times before retiring after the 1961-62 season, having played his last match just before his 42nd birthday.[1]
His best first-class bowling figures were 7 for 43 (13 for 120 in the match) in Rhodesia's two-run victory over the touring Surrey team in 1959-60.[2] His two highest scores were 148 and 154, which he made in Rhodesia's two innings victories over Griqualand West in the B Section of the Currie Cup in 1955-56.[3]
After retiring from the game he served as a cricket administrator in Rhodesia. He was awarded the MBE "for services to cricket in Southern Rhodesia" in the 1962 New Year Honours.[4]
References
- Jonty Winch (1983), Cricket's Rich Heritage: A History of Rhodesian and Zimbabwean Cricket 1890-1982, Bulawayo: Books of Zimbabwe, p. 220
- "Rhodesia v Surrey 1959-60". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- Wisden 1957, pp. 874-75.
- Supplement to the London Gazette, 1 January 1962, p. 23.