| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | David Kenneth Fasken |
| Birth Date: | 23 March 1932 |
| Birth Place: | Batu Gajah, Perak, Federated Malay States |
| Death Place: | London, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium-fast |
| Club1: | Oxfordshire |
| Year1: | 1950 - 1955 |
| Club2: | Oxford University |
| Year2: | 1953 - 1955 |
| Club3: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
| Year3: | 1956 - 1959 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 36 |
| Runs1: | 559 |
| Bat Avg1: | 12.42 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/1 |
| Top Score1: | 61 |
| Deliveries1: | 5,715 |
| Wickets1: | 71 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 40.30 |
| Fivefor1: | 1 |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | 5/108 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 21/– |
| Date: | 3 June |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/13008.html Cricinfo |
David Kenneth Fasken (23 March 1932 – 24 May 2006) was an English first-class cricketer and businessman. Fasken played first-class cricket for several teams between 1953 - 1962, though he played predominantly for Oxford University. After graduating from the University of Oxford, he became a director for the Earls Court and Olympia exhibition centres, helping them become world leading exhibition venues.
Fasken was born into a military family at Batu Gajah in British Malaya in March 1932.[1] His family moved back to England in 1937, where he attended the Dragon School at Oxford, before attending Wellington College.[1] From Wellington he went up to Trinity College, Oxford, where he studied languages.[1] He had debuted for Oxfordshire in minor counties cricket in the 1950 Minor Counties Championship.[2] While studying at Oxford he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Lancashire at Oxford in 1953.[3] He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1955, making 27 appearances and gaining a blue.[3] [1] Playing as a right-arm medium-fast bowler, he took 58 wickets for the university at an average of 35.94, with best figures of 5 for 108 against the touring Australians in 1953.[4] [5] With the bat he scored 403 runs with a high score of 61.[6] In addition to playing first-class cricket for Oxford University, Fasken also played three matches apiece for the Marylebone Cricket Club from 1956 - 59, and for the Free Foresters from 1959 - 62. He also played at first-class level for D. R. Jardine's XI and L. C. Stevens' XI.[3] He played his final minor counties match for Oxfordshire in 1955.[2]
After graduating from Oxford, Fasken decided not to take up a career as a cricketer, stating that "the life" never appealed to him.[1] Instead he took up a career managing exhibition centres, including Earls Court and Olympia, both of which he was vice-president until his retirement in 1993.[1] During his tenure he helped Olympia to become one of the world's leading exhibition venues. He was also a major factor in the development of Earls Court Two in the late 1980s.[1] When he was 69 he was diagnosed with hydrocephalus, which required several shunts to slow the progression of the condition.[1] He spent four months in hospital with a kidney infection shortly before his death. He returned home for a month, but died on 24 May 2006, following a fall down the stairs at his home.[1] He was survived by his wife Susan of 38 years and their two children Joanna and Hugh and three grandchildren.[1]