Michael Mence, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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cricketer
Date of Birth: 13-Apr-1944
Place of Birth: Newbury, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 05-May-2014
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Michael Mence
- 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. In 1966, he appeared for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Surrey at Lord's, having joined Gloucestershire.
- He made his first-class debut for the county against Hampshire.
- In 1966 and 1967, he represented the county in 22 first-class matches, the last of which came against Middlesex.
- In his 22 first-class matches for the county, he scored 482 runs at an average of 17.21, making his career-high score of 78 against Sussex in 1967.
- With the ball he took 25 wickets at a bowling average of 42.68, with best figures of 4 for 27.
- He resigned from the county staff after the 1968 season, which brought an end to his first-class career.
- In his 54 first-class matches he had scored 949 runs at an average of 15.06, with four half centuries and a highest score of 78.
- With the ball he had taken 86 wickets at an average of 35.46, with two five-wicket hauls and best figures of 5 for 26. In 1968, he rejoined Berkshire, where between 1968 and 1982, he represented the county in 49 matches, the last of which came against Oxfordshire in 1982.
- He also represented Berkshire in List-A cricket during this period.
- His debut List-A match for the county came against Hertfordshire in the 1976 Gillette Cup, with his second and final List-A appearance for the county coming against Durham in the 1979 Gillette Cup.
- Mence captained Berkshire from 1976 to 1978. Mence also represented Minor Counties South in six List-A matches in the Benson and Hedges Cup from 1973 to 1975.
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