Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Mansfield (cricketer)


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The result was delete. Daniel (talk) 14:05, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

John Mansfield (cricketer)

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Non-notable cricketer about whom there are no in-depth sources. Did not play first-class cricket and so fair CRIC spectacularly. There are no realistic options for any other sources given the time frame in which he played.

Ashley-Cooper (source can be viewed here) lists the name J Mansfield in four lists of players who played in specific matches in 1749, but has no other information at all about him and he does not feature in the brief biographies Ashley-Cooper produced of some players. Haygarth does no more and the information in the other source (self-published by the article creator) is simply extrapolated from these. No where does either source say that he was a "good batsman" or "adept" at single-wicket cricket and he does not give any sides for the match in 1747 (pg. 51) and there is no list on CricketArchive, for example. This is despite Ashley-Cooper being specifically cited as a source for this by a sock of the article creator. Has no profile on either CricInfo or CricketArchive, we know nothing about him, he never played in a notable match and there is no hope of finding anything else out about him. Blue Square Thing (talk) 21:31, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Blue Square Thing (talk) 21:31, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Cricket-related deletion discussions. Blue Square Thing (talk) 21:31, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 21:32, 5 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete. Another in a long line of articles which would have a place on a specialist Fandom site, but not here.  RobinCarmody (talk) 15:37, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete As per RobinCarmody. Doesn't have significant notability to be kept on Wikipedia. Pilean (talk) 17:08, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, as he did not play in a first-class match.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 09:33, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete another in a very long line of articles on non-notable cricket players.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:35, 10 February 2021 (UTC)


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