George Nisbet Marten (20 June 1840 – 25 August 1905) was an

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er. The son Thomas Powney Marten, he was born in

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at Ghazeepoor. He was educated in England at Harrow School, before going up to Pembroke College, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, Marten was commissioned as a

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in the

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in March 1861. A year after graduating from Oxford in 1863, Marten made his debut in

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for the

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against

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at Lord's, while in 1865 he appeared for the

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against the Gentlemen of Middlesex. Four years later in 1869, he made two final appearances in first-class cricket for the MCC against

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at Lord's, and

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. Marten scored 50 runs in his four matches, with a high score of 26. He was promoted to the rank of captain in the Hertfordshire Militia in March 1866. By 1872 he had emigrated to Australia, where he lived on the Branscombe Plantation near

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. He later returned to England with his wife, Annie. He was a justice of the peace, and was by profession a banker. Marten died at Crowborough in June 1905. His uncle, George Marten, was also a first-class cricketer.

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