Francis Thomas Mann (3 March 1888 – 6 October 1964) was an English cricketer. He played for the Malvern XI, Cambridge University, Middlesex and England. Mann captained England on the 1922–23 tour of South Africa, winning the five match series 2–1. Mann was born in Winchmore Hill, Middlesex. During World War I he was an officer of the Scots Guards and was three times wounded and three times mentioned in dispatches. He died, aged 76, in Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire. His son, George Mann, also captained Middlesex County Cricket Club and England, making them the first father and son to have each captained Middlesex and, moreover, the first to have each captained England, at cricket. Simon Mann, the security expert and mercenary, is his grandson. References Frank Mann, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-07-29. Hodgson D (2001) Obituary of George Mann, The Independent, 16 August 2001. Retrieved 2020-07-29. Keating F (2009) The spinner who saved the day for 'Jim' Swanton, The Guardian, 16 December 2009. Retrieved 2020-07-29. Club History. Cranbourne Cricket Club. External links 1888 births 1964 deaths Scots Guards officers British Army personnel of World War I Cambridge University cricketers England Test cricket captains Middlesex cricket captains Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Gentlemen cricketers North v South cricketers People educated at Malvern College Presidents of Middlesex County Cricket Club People from Winchmore Hill England cricket team selectors English cricketers of 1919 to 1945 Cricketers from Greater London English cricketers Military personnel from Middlesex H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI cricketers Demobilised Officers cricketers Middlesex cricketers P. F. Warner's XI cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club South African Touring Team cricketers England Test cricketers