John Mare

Who is John Mare?

John Matthew Mare was an English cricketer. Mare was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Paddington, London.

Mare made his first-class debut for Sussex against Surrey in 1870. He made 25 further first-class appearances for Sussex, the last of which came against Surrey in 1878. In his 26 first-class matches, he scored a total of 616 runs at an average of 14.00. An opening batsman, he only passed fifty once, narrowly missing out on a century when he scored 97 against Kent in 1872.

He died in England on 11 December 1909, though the exact place of his death is not known.