# Derek Mendl
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{{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](/source/Hurlingham%2C_Buenos_Aires), [Buenos Aires](/source/Buenos_Aires_Province),
Argentina
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|7|18|1914|8|1|df=yes}}
| death_place = [North Ryde](/source/North_Ryde%2C_New_South_Wales), [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales),
Australia
| nickname =
| family = [Jack Mendl](/source/Jack_Mendl) (brother)
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
| role =
| club1 = [Marylebone Cricket Club](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club)
| year1 = 1951
| columns = 1
| column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
| 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](/source/Buenos_Aires) suburb of [Hurlingham](/source/Hurlingham%2C_Buenos_Aires), where his father was a grain trader.[{{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](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)|accessdate=2019-05-30}}] He was sent to England, along with his brother [Jack Mendl](/source/Jack_Mendl), where the two were educated at [Repton School](/source/Repton_School).[{{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}}] He scored 59 runs in these two matches, with a high score of 26.[{{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}}] He later emigrated to Australia, where he worked for [Courtaulds](/source/Courtaulds) and later for [Qantas](/source/Qantas) as an airline sales manager in South Africa.[{{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}}][{{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}}] He died at [North Ryde](/source/North_Ryde%2C_New_South_Wales) in [Sydney](/source/Sydney) in July 2001.