Country: | Australia |
Fullname: | James Elliot Furneaux Mann |
Birth Date: | 2 December 1903 |
Birth Place: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Death Place: | Victoria, Australia |
Family: | Ian Mann (brother) |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Club1: | Cambridge University |
Year1: | 1924 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 6 |
Runs1: | 219 |
Bat Avg1: | 24.33 |
100S/50S1: | 1/– |
Top Score1: | 114 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 6/– |
Date: | 26 January |
Year: | 2022 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17305.html Cricinfo |
James Elliot Furneaux Mann (2 December 1903 — 25 June 1984) was an Australian first-class cricketer.
Mann was born at Melbourne in December 1903. He was educated at Geelong Grammar School, before matriculating in 1923 to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.[1] While studying at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1925 and 1926, making four appearances.[2] Playing in the Cambridge side as a middle order batsman, he scored 219 runs at an average of 24.33;[3] he made one century, a score of 114 against Sussex at Hove.[4] Mann later returned to Australia, where he died in June 1984. His brother, Ian, also played first-class cricket for Cambridge.