{{Short description|Australian cricketer (1938–2024)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{use Australian English|date=January 2017}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Neil Marks | image = | country = | fullname = Neil Graham Marks | birth_date = {{birth date|1938|9|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|1|27|1938|9|13|df=yes}} | death_place = | batting = Left-handed | bowling = | role =
| club1 = New South Wales | year1 = 1958/59 and 1959/60 | clubnumber1 = | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 10 | runs1 = 568 | bat avg1 = 47.33 | 100s/50s1 = 2/3 | top score1 = 180* | hidedeliveries = true | wickets1 = | bowl avg1 = | fivefor1 = | tenfor1 = | best bowling1 = | catches/stumpings1 = 6/0 | date = 30 January 2024 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/6487.html Cricinfo }}
'''Neil Graham Marks''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (13 September 1938 – 27 January 2024) was an Australian cricketer.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/6487.html |title=Neil Marks |accessdate=7 January 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> He played ten first-class matches for New South Wales between 1958/59 and 1959/60.<ref name="CA">{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5977/5977.html |title=Neil Marks |accessdate=7 January 2017 |work=Cricket Archive}}</ref>
In the 2019 Australia Day Honours Marks was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to cricket.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/2003423|title=Neil Graham Marks|website=honours.pmc.gov.au|access-date=27 January 2019}}</ref> He died on 27 January 2024, at the age of 85.<ref>{{cite news |title=Vale Neil Marks OAM |url=https://www.cricketnsw.com.au/news/3869407/vale-neil-marks-oam-1938-2024 |access-date=30 January 2024 |agency=Cricket NSW |date=28 January 2024}}</ref>
==Books== * ''Tales from the Locker Room'' (Ironbark Press, 1993) * ''Tales for All Seasons'' (Harper Sports, 1997) * ''Australian People, Australian Tales'' (HarperCollins, 1999) * ''Great Australian Cricket Stories'' (ABC Books, 2002) * ''Tales from the Sports Field'' (ABC Books, 2005) * ''Tales of the Century'' (Barker College, 2008)
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==External links== * {{ESPNcricinfo|id=6487}}
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