Phil Mead
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| Full name | Charles Philip Mead | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 March 1887 Battersea, London | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 March 1958 (aged 71) Boscombe, Bournemouth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 174) | 15 December 1911 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 30 November 1928 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1905–1936 | Hampshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1910–1929 | Marylebone Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1938–1939 | Suffolk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 3 January 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Charles Phillip Mead (9 March 1887 – 26 March 1958) was an English first-class cricketer. He played as a left-handed batsman for Hampshire and England between 1905 and 1936. He was born at 10 Ashton Buildings (since pulled down), second eldest of seven children. As a child he played for South London Schools, attending Shillingstone Street School.
Mead holds many batting records, notably that of scoring the most runs in the County Championship and the fourth-highest total in all first-class matches. His number of runs for Hampshire, 48,892, is the greatest number any batsman has scored for a single team. He also exceeded one thousand runs in every season of first-class cricket except his first – when he only played one match. He was also a fine fieldsman, holding 675 catches.