Arthur Faber

Arthur Henry Faber (29 February 1832 – 27 November 1910) was an English first-class cricketer, headmaster and clergyman.

Arthur Faber
Personal information
Full nameArthur Henry Faber
Born29 February 1832
Fort St. George, Madras Presidency,
British India
Died27 November 1910(1910-11-27) (aged 78)
Warmsworth, Yorkshire, England
NicknameSt. Fabian[1]
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1832Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 101
Batting average 33.66
100s/50s 1/–
Top score 100
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 November 2019

The son of Charles Edward Faber (for whom Mount Faber in Singapore is named after), he was born at Fort St. George in British India in February 1832.[2] He was educated in England at Winchester College,[1] before going up to New College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford in 1853.[3]

Faber graduated from New College in 1853, after which he remained as a fellow until 1865.[2] In 1862, he made a second appearance in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of the North against the Gentlemen of the South at Lord's,[3] during which he scored a century when he made exactly 100 in Gentlemen of the North first-innings.[4] Faber became the headmaster of Malvern College in 1865, a position he held until 1880. Having taken holy orders, he served as the rector of Sprotbrough, Yorkshire after leaving his post at Malvern.[2] Faber died in November 1910 at Warmsworth, Yorkshire.[1]

References
  1. "Wisden - Obituaries in 1910". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  2. Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. p. 443.
  3. "First-Class Matches played by Arthur Faber". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  4. "Gentlemen of the South v Gentlemen of the North, 1862". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
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