Country: | Scotland |
Fullname: | Mark Patten |
Birth Date: | 28 July 1901 |
Birth Place: | Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
Death Place: | Ashford, Kent, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Role: | Wicket-keeper |
Club2: | Oxford University |
Year2: | 1922 - 1923 |
Club1: | Scotland |
Year1: | 1922 - 1925 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 26 |
Runs1: | 407 |
Bat Avg1: | 11.97 |
100S/50S1: | –/2 |
Top Score1: | 58 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 37/3 |
Date: | 4 June |
Year: | 2019 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/25460.html Cricinfo |
Mark Patten (28 July 1901 - 2 May 1996) was a Scottish first-class cricketer.
Patten was born in the West End of Edinburgh in July 1901. He was educated at Winchester College, before going up to Christ Church, Oxford.[1] While studying at Oxford he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Middlesex at Oxford in 1922.[2] Patten played first-class cricket for Oxford on seventeen further occasions, with his final appearance coming in 1923.[2] Playing as a wicket-keeper he scored 169 runs and took 26 catches and made two stumpings.[3] In addition to playing first-class cricket for Oxford University, he also represented Scotland in four first-class matches between 1922 and 1925, as well as appearing in four first-class matches for the Free Foresters between 1926 and 1929;[2] for the latter he scored 178 runs at an average of 35.60, with a high score of 58, one of two half centuries he made for the Free Foresters.[3] He died in May 1996 at Ashford, Kent.