Mark Weedon (cricketer)
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| Full name | Mark John Hayley Weedon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 October 1940 Singapore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-pace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Mary Hayley Bell (aunt) Hayley Mills (cousin) Juliet Mills (cousin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1961–1962 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 26 May 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mark John Hayley Weedon (born 28 October 1940) is an English former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1961 and 1962.
Weedon was born in Singapore after his mother had been evacuated from Hong Kong, where his father, Martin Pryce Weedon, was a captain in the Middlesex Regiment.[1][2] His parents were separated and estranged during the Second World War, and later made new marriages.[3]
He attended Harrow School before going up to Magdalene College, Cambridge.[4] He played one full season for Cambridge in 1962, when he took 36 wickets with his medium-pace bowling and was noted for his perseverance.[5] His best bowling figures came in the opening match of the 1962 season when he took 5 for 67 against Surrey.[6]
After receiving an MA from Cambridge, Weedon earned an MBA from Harvard and began a career in business as a consultant and executive.[citation needed]
Weedon married Julie McLeod in 1971, and they have three children.[citation needed] He is a cousin of the actresses Hayley Mills and Juliet Mills. Their mothers were sisters.[7][8]
References
- ^ Tony Banham, "The Evacuation of British Women and Children from Hong Kong to Australia in 1940", PhD thesis, University of New South Wales, 2014, p. 84.
- ^ "Births". The Straits Times: 2. 28 October 1940.
- ^ Banham, pp. 259–60.
- ^ Wisden 1963, p. 355.
- ^ Wisden 1963, pp. 717–18.
- ^ "Cambridge University v Surrey 1962". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ Johnson, Hans. "Was Winston Churchill to Blame for the Fall of Singapore?". Armchair General. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ Hewitt, Anthony (1995). Children of the Empire. Kenthurst NSW: Kangaroo Press. p. 172. ISBN 0-86417-723-2.
External links
- Mark Weedon at ESPNcricinfo
- Mark Weedon at CricketArchive
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- Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge
- English cricketers
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- Harvard Business School alumni