Information AboutAlfred Mynn |
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| english cricketers of 1816 to 1863 | |
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Alfred Mynn ( 19 January 1807 - 1 November 1861 ) was a famous English Cricket er during the game's "Roundarm Era" . He was a genuine all-rounder, being both an attacking right-handed batsman and a formidable right arm fast bowler. The noted cricket writer John Woodcock ranked him as the fourth greatest cricketer of all time. {Link without Title} Mynn was born at Twisden, near Goudhurst in Kent , the fourth son of a gentleman farmer. He was a hop farmer, and was married in 1828. Five of his daughters survived to adulthood. He was a very large man by any standard, bearing comparison with WG Grace . He was well over six feet tall and weighed more than 300 pounds (21 stones). He was known as "the Lion of Kent" and it was for Kent that most of his greatest feats occurred, though he also played a substantial number of matches for Sussex , MCC and the All-England Eleven (AEE). His brother, Walter Parker Mynn , was also an early cricketer with the Kent team. {Link without Title} Alfred Mynn's "first-class" career, which excludes most of his AEE appearances, was from 1832 to 1859. He played in 213 first-class matches.
Even with that in mind, Mynn's ''known'' bowling figures are still impressive. He took at least 1,038 wickets for 3,261 known runs at the outstanding average of 10.22. The number of overs and maidens he bowled is unknown and neither is his best analysis except that it was a 9 wicket haul. Mynn is known to have taken five wickets in an innings on 93 occasions and 10 wickets in a match 34 times. He was bankrupted several times, and once imprisoned for debt. He died at Newington near Southwark . William Jeffrey Prowse wrote what was to become one of the most famous pieces of Cricket Poetry in his memory. The first six stanzas compare Mynn with his contemporaries. The poem closes with these lines: :With his tall and stately presence, with his nobly moulded form, :His broad hand was ever open, his brave heart was ever warm; :All were proud of him, all loved him. As the changing seasons pass, :As our champion lies a-sleeping underneath the Kentish grass, :Proudly, sadly will we name him - to forget him were a sin. :Lightly lie the turf upon thee, kind and manly Alfred Mynn! REFERENCES
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