1. Alfred Mynn was an English first-class cricketer during the game's "Roundarm Era".
19 Facts About Alfred Mynn
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Alfred Mynn was a genuine all-rounder, being both an attacking right-handed batsman and a formidable right arm fast bowler.
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Alfred Mynn was born at Twisden, near Goudhurst in Kent, the fourth son of a gentleman farmer.
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Alfred Mynn was a hop farmer, and was married to Sarah, in 1828.
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Alfred Mynn was a very large man by any standard, bearing comparison with W G Grace.
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Alfred Mynn was well over six feet tall and weighed more than 21 stones.
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Alfred Mynn was known as "the Lion of Kent" and it was for Kent that most of his greatest feats occurred, though he played a substantial number of matches for Sussex, Marylebone Cricket Club and the All-England Eleven.
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Alfred Mynn's brother, Walter Mynn, was an early cricketer with the Kent team.
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Alfred Mynn scored 4,955 runs at a batting average of 13.42 runs per innings with a highest score of 125 not out.
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Alfred Mynn made only one century, scored for South v North at Leicester in 1836.
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Alfred Mynn suffered an ankle injury before the famous 1836 match.
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Alfred Mynn batted with a runner and was unable to bowl.
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Alfred Mynn played as an amateur and a gentleman and risked social disgrace each time he accepted money for playing.
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Alfred Mynn was imprisoned several times for debts owed to John Wyatt, a money lender, in 1845.
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Alfred Mynn was an enthusiastic amateur actor, appearing for the Old Stagers during Canterbury Cricket Week.
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Alfred Mynn took regular minor roles from 1847 until his death.
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Alfred Mynn died suddenly at his brother Walter's house at 22 Merrick Square, Newington near Southwark, London.
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Alfred Mynn is buried in Thurnham churchyard next to two of his daughters.
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Alfred Mynn is commemorated in Bearsted Kent, where the house in which he lived, Mount Pleasant, can be found.