Christopher Marks
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| Full name | Christopher Peter Marks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 July 1946 Hanley, Staffordshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium pace bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1967–1969 | Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971-1973 | Staffordshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 28 June 1967 Derbyshire v Indians | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 10 September 1969 Derbyshire v Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| List A debut | 13 May 1967 Derbyshire v Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last List A | 11 July 1973 Staffordshire v Lancashire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Christopher Peter Marks (born 17 July 1946) is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1967 to 1969 and for Staffordshire in the one-day game.
Marks was born at Hanley, Staffordshire. In 1964 he joined Derbyshire, and began playing in the Second XI. In the 1967 season he made his first class debut in a match against the touring Indians, and his first County Championship match came a fortnight later against Gloucestershire. During Derbyshire's 1968 season, Marks was a frequent player with the team and he carried on into the 1969 season also playing second XI matches. In 1970 he joined Staffordshire and played one-day matches for the side in 1971 and 1973.
Marks was a right-handed batsman and played 21 innings in 14 first class matches with an average of 11.36 and a top score of 39. He played one one-day match for Derbyshire and eight for Staffordshire. He was a right-arm medium-pace bowler and bowled 18 balls in the one day game for Staffordshire.[1]