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(Arthur) Hugh Fabling (6 September 1889 – 13 October 1972) was an English farmer who participated in a first-class cricket match in 1921 for Warwickshire as a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper.

Early life

Fabling was born at Grandborough, Warwickshire, son of Arthur Fabling, a farmer, life member of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, and breeder of shire horses, who in 1894 was noted to have "hunted for a good many seasons with the Warwickshire and Pytchley", it being further observed of him ("a first-class performer") that "there is no better horseman".

Cricket career

Fabling made a single first-class appearance for Warwickshire against Northamptonshire at the County Ground, Northampton, in the 1921 County Championship. Fabling was dismissed for a single run in Warwickshire's first-innings of 243 by William Wells, with Northamptonshire replying by making just 77 in their first-innings. Warwickshire made 268 in their second-innings, with Fabling being dismissed again by Wells, this time for 7 runs. Northamptonshire were set a victory target of 435 to win, but could only manage to make 266 all out, giving Warwickshire a 168 runs victory. This was his only major appearance for Warwickshire. He also played association football for Northampton.

Other endeavours

Fabling farmed at Grandborough, first when resident at Moat House, then at Castle Farm. He served in the Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars as a second lieutenant during the First World War.

Personal life

Fabling married Ellen Rhona (1900-1986), daughter of farmer Arthur Henry Pearce, of Stratford-upon-Avon, JP. They had twin sons; Desmond (1922-1974), who became a Major in the Royal Dragoons and served with the 14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse in India, married Fiona, granddaughter of Angus Campbell-Gray, 22nd Lord Gray. Fabling died 13 October 1972 at his home, Castle Farm, in the village of his birth.

References

1. General Index to the Second Series of the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, vols. I to XXV, 1865 to 1889, ed. Ernest Clarke, John Murray, 1890, p. 55
2. Shire Horse Stud Book, Shire Horse Society, 1918, p. 306
3. Annals of the Warwickshire Hunt from 1795 to 1895, from authentic documents, vol. II, Sir Charles Mordaunt, Bt, and Rev. W. R. Verney, Sampson, Low & Co., 1896, p. 278
4. "First-Class Matches played by Arthur Fabling". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
5. "Northamptonshire v Warwickshire, 1921 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
6. Bailey, Philip; et al. (1993). Who's Who of Cricketers (Revised and updated ed.). London: Hamlyn, in association with the Association of Cricket Statisticians. p. 336. ISBN 0-600-57729-5.
7. The London Gazette, 5 November 1915, p. 10922
8. Meeting Minutes, part 1, Warwickshire County Council, 1923, appendix
9. Country Life, vol. CXVII, issue 3043, 1955, collected issues 3040-3050 p. 1221
10. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 1643
11. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, 103rd edition, ed. Peter Townend, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1963, p. 1061

External links

• Arthur Fabling at ESPNcricinfo
• Arthur Fabling at CricketArchive

• 1889 births
• 1972 deaths
• People from the Borough of Rugby
• English cricketers
• Warwickshire cricketers
• Cricketers from Warwickshire
• Military personnel from Warwickshire
• British Army personnel of World War I
• Territorial Force officers
• Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry officers
• 20th-century English sportsmen