| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mark Patten | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 July 1901 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 May 1996 (aged 94) Ashford, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1922–1925 | Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| 1922–1923 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 4 June 2019 | |||||||||||||||
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.