David Mantell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

David Mantell

cricketer

Date of Birth: 22-Jul-1934

Place of Birth: Acton, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 26-Jan-2017

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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.