Christopher Marks

For the Greek American film director, film producer, and screenwriter, see Christopher André Marks.

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.

Chris Marks

Personal information
Full name	Christopher Peter Marks
Born	(1946-07-17) 17 July 1946 (age 78) Hanley, Staffordshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1967–1969	Derbyshire
1971–1973	Staffordshire
FC debut	28 June 1967 Derbyshire v Indians
Last FC	10 September 1969 Derbyshire v Sussex
LA debut	13 May 1967 Derbyshire v Sussex
Last LA	11 July 1973 Staffordshire v Lancashire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 14 9 Runs scored 216 54 Batting average 11.36 6.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 39 19 Catches/stumpings 6/– 3/–
Source: CricketArchive, January 2012

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]

References

1. Christopher Marks at Cricket Archive