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{{Short description|English cricketer and British Army officer (1878–1914)}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
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| country = England
| fullname = Bruce Edward Alexander Manson
| birth_date = 7 December 1878
| birth_place = [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1914|11|4|1878|12|7}}
| death_place = [[Tanga, Tanzania|Tanga]], [[German East Africa]]
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1903/04
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 8
| bat avg1 = 4.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 7
| deliveries1 = 132
| wickets1 = 3
| bowl avg1 = 18.00
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 3/54
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 25 March
| year = 2021
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/31140.html Cricinfo
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'''Bruce Edward Alexander Manson''' (7 December 1878 – 4 November 1914) was an [[English people|English]] first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Indian Army]] officer.

Manson was born in [[British India]] in December 1878 to F. B. Manson of the [[Indian Forest Service|Imperial Forest Service]], and his wife, Emily.<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book|last=McCrery|first=Nigel|title=Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6mphCgAAQBAJ|date=30 July 2015|publisher=[[Pen and Sword]]|isbn=978-1473864191|pages=34–5}}</ref> He joined the [[British Indian Army]] in July 1898 as an unattached [[Second_lieutenant#United_Kingdom_and_other_Commonwealth_countries|second lieutenant]], having graduated from the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26990|date=26 July 1898|page=4509}}</ref> The following year he was appointed to the [[Indian Staff Corps]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27145|date=19 December 1899|page=8472}}</ref> He saw action in [[Qing dynasty|China]] in 1900 during the [[Boxer Rebellion]], for which he was decorated by the United States with the [[Military Order of the Dragon]]. In October 1900, he was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]].<ref name="BOOK"/> While serving in British India, he played in a [[first-class cricket]] match in 1903 for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Parsees cricket team|Parsees]] at [[Deccan Gymkhana Ground|Poona]] in the [[Bombay Quadrangular|Bombay Presidency Match]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14020/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Bruce Manson|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=26 March 2021 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for a single run in the Europeans first innings by [[Maneksha Bulsara]], while in their second innings he was dismissed by the same bowler for 7 runs. As a bowler, he took 3 wickets in the Parsees first innings.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6363.html|title=Europeans v Parsees, 1903/04|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=26 March 2021 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> By 1907, Manson was serving with the [[61st Pioneers]] and was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in July of the same year.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28066|date=4 October 1907|page=6669}}</ref> [[George V]] visited India in 1911, with Manson appointed his ''[[aide-de-camp]]'' during the [[Delhi Durbar]].<ref name="BOOK"/> He later served in the [[First World War]] and was part of the [[Indian_Army_during_World_War_I#Expeditionary_Forces|Indian Expeditionary Force]] tasked with capturing [[German East Africa]]. Landing ashore near [[Tanga, Tanzania|Tanga]] on the evening of 3 November 1914, the following day the Expeditionary Force [[Battle of Tanga|marched on the city proper]]. However, the advance quickly turned into a disaster, with the Expeditionary Force forced to withdraw following heavy casualties. Amongst them was Manson, killed in action during the fighting on 4 November.<ref name="BOOK"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Renshaw |first1=Andrew |title=Wisden on the Great War: The Lives of Cricket's Fallen 1914-1918 |page=88 |date=2011 |publisher=Pen and Sword |volume=2nd |isbn=978-1526706980 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RYQwDwAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=31140}}

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[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]
[[Category:Indian Staff Corps officers]]
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[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
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