Phil Mead

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Phil Mead

Personal information
Full name	Charles Philip Mead
Born	(1887-03-09)9 March 1887 Battersea, London
Died	26 March 1958(1958-03-26) (aged 71) Boscombe, Bournemouth
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 174)	15 December 1911 v Australia
Last Test	30 November 1928 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1905–1936	Hampshire
1910–1929	Marylebone Cricket Club
1938–1939	Suffolk
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 17 814 Runs scored 1,185 55,061 Batting average 49.37 47.67 100s/50s 4/3 153/258 Top score 182* 280* Balls bowled – 18,457 Wickets – 277 Bowling average – 34.70 5 wickets in innings – 5 10 wickets in match – 0 Best bowling – 7/18 Catches/stumpings 4/– 675/–
Source: Cricinfo, 3 January 2010
Association football career Position(s) Goalkeeper Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1907 Southampton 1 (0) *Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.^[1] 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.^[2] His number of runs for Hampshire, 48,892, is the greatest number any batsman has scored for a single team.^[2] 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.