Michael Mence
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| Full name | Michael David Mence | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
13 April 1944 Newbury, Berkshire, England |
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| Died | 15 May 2014 (aged 70) Newport, Isle of Wight, England |
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| Batting style | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Joe Mence (father) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1968–1982 | Berkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1975 | Minor Counties South | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1967 | Gloucestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966 | Marylebone Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1962–1965 | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1961 | Berkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 2 October 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michael David Mence (13 April 1944 – 15 May 2014) was an English cricketer. Mence was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Newbury, Berkshire.
A highly regarded schoolboy cricketer at Bradfield College, Mence made his debut for Berkshire in the Minor Counties Championship in 1961 against Devon. During the season he played all 10 Championship matches for the county. In 1962 he was selected for the Public Schools XI at Lords, taking 8 for 34 against the Combined Services. Writing in Wisden, E.M. Wellings said, "For a schoolboy he was an all-rounder quite out of the ordinary, as were his school figures – 846 runs, average 70.5, and 84 wickets, average 10.62, both being records for the School. Of his three centuries one was hit before lunch."
He was signed by Warwickshire and made his first-class debut in the 1962 County Championship against Middlesex. From 1962 to 1965, he represented Warwickshire in 31 first-class matches, the last of which came against Lancashire. In his 31 first-class matches for Warwickshire he scored 467 runs at a batting average of 13.34. With the ball he took 61 wickets for the county at a bowling average of 32.50, with best figures of 5 for 26 against Derbyshire in 1964. He also played a single List-A match for the county against Northamptonshire in the 1963 Gillette Cup.
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