Mark James Julian Faber (15 August 1950 – 10 December 1991) was an English cricketer who played for Oxford University and Sussex from 1970 to 1976.
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| Full name | Mark James Julian Faber | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 August 1950 Horsted Keynes, Sussex, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 December 1991 (aged 41) Marylebone, London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Julian Faber (father) David Faber (brother) Harold Macmillan (grandfather) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1970–1972 | Oxford University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1976 | Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 16 November 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faber attended Summer Fields School.[1] He appeared in 78 first-class matches as a right-handed batsman. He scored 3,009 runs with a highest score of 176 among three centuries.[2]
In 1976, Faber requested a release from his contract to join his family's insurance business.[3]
Faber died in 1991 from complications following a leg operation (from an old cricket injury during the early 1980s).[4]
References
edit- ^ Turbervill, Huw, ed. (December 2022). "Summer Fields". The Cricketer Schools Guide 2023. The Cricketer: 149. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
- ^ "Mark Faber". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ "Majid alleges interference and resigns". The Times. London, England. 24 July 1976. Retrieved 18 March 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ Woodcock, John (12 December 1991). "Sportsman born out of his time". The Times. London, England. Retrieved 18 March 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
External links
edit- Mark Faber at CricketArchive
- Mark Faber at Cricinfo
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