Mark_Weedon_(cricketer)

Mark Weedon (cricketer)

Mark Weedon (cricketer)

English cricketer

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.

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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

  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    "Births". The Straits Times: 2. 28 October 1940.
  3. [3]
    Banham, pp. 259–60.
  4. [4]
    Wisden 1963, p. 355.
  5. [5]
    Wisden 1963, pp. 717–18.
  6. [6]
    "Cambridge University v Surrey 1962". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  7. [7]
    Johnson, Hans. "Was Winston Churchill to Blame for the Fall of Singapore?". Armchair General. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  8. [8]
    Hewitt, Anthony (1995). Children of the Empire. Kenthurst NSW: Kangaroo Press. p. 172. ISBN 0-86417-723-2.
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