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Mark Briers

Mark Paul Briers (born 21 April 1968) is a former English cricketer. He was born in Loughborough in Leicestershire. Briers represented Bedfordshire in the 1990 Minor Counties Championship where he made his debut against Lincolnshire. Briers represented Bedfordshire in five Minor Counties Championship matches that season, the last of which came against Suffolk. In 1991 Briers joined Durham and played in their final season as a Minor County. With Durham's promotion to first-class status in 1992, thereby gaining entry to the 1992 County Championship, Briers made his first-class debut against Somerset. Briers made his List-A debut in the same season against Sussex in the Sunday League. Briers played seventeen first-class matches for Durham, scoring 462 runs at an average of 17.17, including four half-centuries with a top score of 62*. Briers final first-class match came against Lancashire in 1993, with his final one-day appearance for the club coming in the same season against Middlesex County Cricket Club. After being released by Durham at the end of the 1993 County Championship, Briers proceeded in joining Cornwall, representing the county in twenty Minor Counties Championship matches between 1994 and 1996, the last of which came against Devon County Cricket Club. Briers was awarded with his Cornwall cap in 1995.…

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Mark Paul Briers (born 21 April 1968) is a former English cricketer. He was born in Loughborough in Leicestershire. Briers represented Bedfordshire in the 1990 Minor Counties Championship where he made his debut against Lincolnshire. Briers represented Bedfordshire in five Minor Counties Championship matches that season, the last of which came against Suffolk. In 1991 Briers joined Durham and played in their final season as a Minor County. With Durham's promotion to first-class status in 1992, thereby gaining entry to the 1992 County Championship, Briers made his first-class debut against Somerset. Briers made his List-A debut in the same season against Sussex in the Sunday League. Briers played seventeen first-class matches for Durham, scoring 462 runs at an average of 17.17, including four half-centuries with a top score of 62*. Briers final first-class match came against Lancashire in 1993, with his final one-day appearance for the club coming in the same season against Middlesex County Cricket Club. After being released by Durham at the end of the 1993 County Championship, Briers proceeded in joining Cornwall, representing the county in twenty Minor Counties Championship matches between 1994 and 1996, the last of which came against Devon County Cricket Club. Briers was awarded with his Cornwall cap in 1995.…

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  1. date of birth: 1968-04-21 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. release date: 1993 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of birth is "1968-04-21". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the release date is "1993". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369812606

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