William Horace Mann (28 July 1878 – 24 February 1938) was an English

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er who played a single first-class match, for

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against

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in July 1924. Batting near the bottom of the

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he made 4 in the first innings and 3 in the second. Mann was born in Trowbridge,

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; he died in

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at the age of 59. He was commissioned a

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in the

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on 16 July 1902.

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* 1878 births 1938 deaths English cricketers Worcestershire cricketers Sportspeople from Trowbridge Cricketers from Wiltshire {{England-cricket-bio-1870s-stub