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 nameDavid Norman Mantell
Born(1934-07-22)22 July 1934
Acton, Middlesex, England
Died26 January 2017(2017-01-26) (aged 82)
Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1954–1958Sussex
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
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