{{Short description|Argentine cricketer (1914–2001)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | fullname = Derek Francis Mendl | birth_date = 1 August 1914 | birth_place = Hurlingham, Buenos Aires,<br />Argentina | death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|7|18|1914|8|1|df=yes}} | death_place = North Ryde, New South Wales,<br />Australia | nickname = | family = Jack Mendl (brother) | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = | club1 = Marylebone Cricket Club | year1 = 1951 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 2 | runs1 = 59 | bat avg1 = 14.75 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 26 | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1 = 2/– | date = 30 May | year = 2019 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/17536.html Cricinfo }}
'''Derek Francis Mendl''' (1 August 1914 – 18 July 2001) was a first-class cricketer.
Mendl was born in the Buenos Aires suburb of Hurlingham, where his father was a grain trader.<ref name="NEWS">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1366348/Jack-Mendl.html|title=Jack Mendl|date=2001-12-27|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=2019-05-30}}</ref> He was sent to England, along with his brother Jack Mendl, where the two were educated at Repton School.<ref name="NEWS"/> Mendl made two appearances in first-class cricket in June 1951, playing for the Free Foresters against Oxford University at Oxford, followed by an appearance for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Cambridge University at Lord's.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31423/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Derek Mendl |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-05-30 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 59 runs in these two matches, with a high score of 26.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31423/31423.html |title=Player profile: Derek Mendl |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-05-30 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He later emigrated to Australia, where he worked for Courtaulds and later for Qantas as an airline sales manager in South Africa.<ref>{{cite book |title=The New South Wales Industrial Gazette |publisher=Department of Industrial Relations and Technology |volume=114 |year=1954 |page=384 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xVf4WOhmU2YC |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Who's who of Southern Africa |publisher=Ken Donaldson (Pty.) Limited |volume=54 |year=1959 |page=575 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WX1mAAAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> He died at North Ryde in Sydney in July 2001.<ref name="NEWS"/>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mendl, Derek}} Category:1914 births Category:2001 deaths Category:Cricketers from Buenos Aires Category:People educated at Repton School Category:Argentine cricketers Category:Free Foresters cricketers Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Category:Argentine emigrants to Australia
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