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Full name | Dunlop Crawford John Manners | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 24 August 1916 Kuala Lumpur, Federated Malay States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 14 August 1994 Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | (aged 77)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 23 May 2019 |
Dunlop Crawford John Manners (24 August 1916 – 14 August 1994) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. Manners served with the Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) from 1936–1961, during which he served in the Second World War and played first-class cricket for the British Army cricket team.
Manners was born at Kuala Lumpur in the Federated Malay States, before coming to England where was educated at Lancing College. [1] After completing his education, he chose a career in the British Army and enlisted with the Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) as a second lieutenant in December 1936. [2] He made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the British Army cricket team against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1939. [3] Batting once in the match, Manners scored 33 not out in the Army first-innings, while with the ball he took a single wicket, that of Patrick Dickinson in the Cambridge University first-innings. [4]
He served with the Buffs in the Second World War, during which he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in January 1941. [5] Following the war, he was promoted to the rank of captain in July 1946, [6] with promotion to the rank of major coming in January 1952. [7] He was made a brevet lieutenant colonel in November 1956, [8] and achieved the full rank in December 1959. [9] Manners retired from active service in August 1961. [10] He later emigrated to South Africa, where he died at Durban in August 1994.