Alan William Mansell (19 May 1951 –22 April 2010) was an English cricketer. Mansell was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Redhill,Surrey. [1]
Starting his career when Jim Parks Jr. was still Sussex's first choice wicket-keeper,Mansell made his first-class debut for the county against Cambridge University in 1969 at the County Ground,Hove. In 1970,he made three first-class appearances,against Gloucestershire and Middlesex in the County Championship,as well as against the touring Jamaicans. [2] He made two further first-class appearances in the 1971 County Championship,both against Hampshire,as well as playing against Cambridge University. [2] His second appearance against Hampshire at the United Services Recreation Ground,Portsmouth,saw him record his maiden half century,with a score of 51. [3] He didn't feature in first-class cricket in the 1972 season,but did make his List A debut against Worcestershire in the first round of the 1972 Gillette Cup. [4]
He featured more in the 1973 season,with Jim Parks Jr. having left Sussex at the end of the previous season. He made eleven first-class appearances,ten of which came in that season's County Championship, [2] with Mansell scoring 98 runs at an average of 8.16,with a high score of 20 not out,while behind the stumps he took 17 catches and made a single stumping. [5] In List A cricket,he made five appearances,with three coming in the Benson &Hedges Cup and two in the John Player League. [4] Mansell made nineteen appearances in the 1974 County Championship,as well as playing a further first-class match against Oxford University. [2] He scored 470 runs at an average of 17.40,with a high score of 72 not out, [5] which came against Somerset at the County Ground,Hove. [6] He took 32 catches behind the stumps,as well as making 2 stumpings. [5] In List A cricket,he made sixteen appearances,spread across the Benson &Hedges Cup,John Player League and Gillette Cup, [4] scoring 84 runs at an average of 8.40,with a high score of 28,while behind the stumps he took 18 catches and made 2 stumpings. [7]
The 1975 season was to be his last with Sussex,with Mansell making twenty first-class appearances,the last of which came against Lancashire in that season's County Championship. [2] He scored 448 runs in his final season,which came at an average of 16.00,with a high score of 52. [5] One of two half centuries he made that season,this score came against Oxford University. [8] Behind the stumps he took 40 catches. [5] In List A cricket,he made seventeen appearances in that season which were spread across the Benson &Hedges Cup,John Player League and Gillette Cup,with his final appearance coming against Lancashire. [4] He scored 70 runs in his seventeen matches,which came at an average of 7.00,with a high score of 17. [7] In total,Mansell made 58 first-class appearances,scoring 1,098 runs at an average of 15.25,with a high score of 72 not out,which was one of four half centuries he made. Behind the stumps,he took 109 catches and 6 sumpings, [9] This makes him Sussex's fourteenth most successful wicket-keeper in first-class cricket. [10] In List A cricket,he made a total of 39 appearances,scoring 165 runs at an average of 7.17,with a high score of 28. Behind the stumps,he took 39 catches and made 5 stumpings. [11] He is the seventh most successful wicket-keeper for Sussex in List A cricket. [12] He left Sussex at the end of that season and was replaced with Surrey wicket-keeper Arnold Long.
He died at Cuckfield,Sussex,on 22 April 2010,following a battle with Parkinson's disease. [13]
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