Mark Patten

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.