Percy Mansell

Percy Mansell
Personal information
Born (1920-03-16)16 March 1920
St George's, Shropshire, England
Died 9 May 1995(1995-05-09) (aged 75)
Somerset West, Cape Province
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
International information
National side
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 13 113
Runs scored 355 4598
Batting average 17.75 29.66
100s/50s 0/2 5/33
Top score 90 154
Balls bowled 1506 18176
Wickets 11 299
Bowling average 66.90 26.08
5 wickets in innings 0 21
10 wickets in match 0 5
Best bowling 3/58 7/43
Catches/stumpings 15/- 156/-
Source: Cricinfo

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. Born in England, Mansell moved to Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) as an infant. He was educated at Milton High School and first played for Rhodesia aged 18 against the MCC in Bulawayo, scoring 62. [1] He represented Rhodesia 55 times before retiring in 1960.[2]

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.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Glen Byrom, ed. (1980), Rhodesian Sports Profiles 1907- 1979, Bulawayo: Books of Zimbabwe, pp. 18–23.
  2. ↑ Jonty Winch (1983), Cricket's Rich Heritage: a History of Rhodesian and Zimbabwean Cricket 1890-1982, Bulawayo: Books of Zimbabwe, p. 220
  3. ↑ Supplement to the London Gazette, 1 January 1962, p. 23.
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