{{Short description|South African cricketer (1926–2000)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Neville Markham | image = | country = South Africa | fullname = Neville Evelyn Markham | birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|2|1|df=yes}} | birth_place = Mbabane, Swaziland Protectorate | death_date = {{Death date and age|2000|4|26|1926|2|1|df=yes}} | death_place = Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast | role = | family = Fish Markham (brother) | club1 = Natal | year1 = 1951-52 to 1956-57 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 23 | runs1 = 365 | bat avg1 = 14.60 | 100s/50s1 = 0/2 | top score1 = 78 | deliveries1 = 3800 | wickets1 = 62 | bowl avg1 = 25.90 | fivefor1 = 2 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 6/77 | catches/stumpings1 = 17/0 | date = 12 December 2021 | source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/neville-markham-46300 Cricinfo }} '''Neville Evelyn Markham''' (1 February 1926 – 26 April 2000) was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket for Natal from 1951 to 1957.<ref>{{cite web |title=Neville Markham |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/neville-markham-46300 |website=Cricinfo |access-date=18 January 2025}}</ref>
Markham was a right-arm fast bowler and useful tail-end batsman. He took his best first-class bowling figures of 6 for 77 on his debut in 1951–52 against Western Province.<ref>{{cite web | url-access=subscription |url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20023.html| title = Natal v Western Province 1951-52| publisher = CricketArchive| access-date =12 December 2021}}</ref> His highest score was 78, also against Western Province, in 1955–56, when he also took 3 for 29 and 3 for 43 in an innings victory for Natal.<ref>{{cite web | url-access=subscription |url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21888.html| title = Natal v Western Province 1955-56| publisher = CricketArchive| access-date =12 December 2021}}</ref> His older brother Lawrence, known as "Fish", played one Test match for South Africa in 1949. Both brothers were born in Swaziland Protectorate, and died in Pietermaritzburg a few months apart.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fish Markham |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/fish-markham-46173 |website=Cricinfo |access-date=18 January 2025}}</ref>
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