Colin McManus (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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| country = England

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| fullname = Colin Alan McManus

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|9|19|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Norwich, Norfolk, England

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| batting = Right-handed

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| role = Wicket-keeper

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| club1 = Minor Counties North

| year1 = 1975

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| club2 = Norfolk

| year2 = 1966–1975

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| columns = 1

| column1 = List A

| matches1 = 3

| runs1 = 27

| bat avg1 = 9.00

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| top score1 = 16

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| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–

| date = 29 June

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17775.html Cricinfo

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Colin Alan McManus (born 19 September 1943) is a former English cricketer. McManus was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Norwich, Norfolk.

McManus made his debut for Norfolk in the 1966 Minor Counties Championship against Staffordshire. McManus played Minor counties cricket for Norfolk from 1966 to 1975, which included 56 Minor Counties Championship matches.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34742/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Colin McManus|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=29 June 2011}} He made his List A debut for Norfolk against Cheshire in the 1968 Gillette Cup. In this match, he was dismissed for 16 runs by Arthur Sutton.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/29/29349.html|title=Cheshire v Norfolk, 1968 Gillette Cup|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=29 June 2011}} He made a further List A for the county appearance against Yorkshire in the 1969 Gillette Cup.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30005.html|title=List A Matches played by Colin McManus|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=29 June 2011}} In this match, he was dismissed for 10 runs by Brian Close.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30005.html|title=Norfolk v Yorkshire, 1969 Gillette Cup|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=29 June 2011}}

In 1975, he made a single List A appearance for Minor Counties North in the Benson & Hedges Cup against Yorkshire. In this match, McManus was dismissed for a single run by Arthur Robinson.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/35/35046.html|title=Minor Counties North v Yorkshire, 1975 Benson & Hedges Cup|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=29 June 2011}}