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David Mantell

1934 – 2017

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Lived 1934 – 2017 (aged 82). David Mantell was a British cricketer.

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.

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. 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. 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.

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Who was David Mantell?

cricketer (1934-2017)

When was David Mantell born?

David Mantell was born on 22 July 1934 in Acton.

When did David Mantell die?

David Mantell died on 26 January 2017 in Bexhill-on-Sea.

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David Mantell was a cricketer.

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David Mantell was British.

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· Wikidata: Q5237109

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