Mark William Patterson (born 2 February 1974) is a former Northern Irish cricketer . ^[1] Patterson was a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium . He was born in Belfast , Northern Ireland.

Patterson made his List A debut for Ireland against Sussex in the 1995 Benson & Hedges Cup . He made eight further List A appearances for Ireland, the last of which came against Sussex in the 1996 NatWest Trophy . ^[2] Patterson took 14 wickets in List A cricket for Ireland, which came at an average of 34.57, with best figures of 3/48. ^[3] While playing against Surrey in the 1996 Benson & Hedges Cup at Woodvale Road , he impressed enough for Surrey to invite him over to England for a trial. ^[4] He made his debut for Surrey in August 1996 in a first-class match against South Africa A . ^[5] On debut he took figures of 6/80, ^[6] which were at the time the best bowling figures for a Surrey player on debut. ^[4] He spent much of the next couple of seasons playing for the Surrey Second XI, ^[7] as well as playing in the MCCA Knockout Trophy for the Surrey Cricket Board . ^[8]

During this time he played for Northern Ireland in the cricket tournament at the 1998 Commonwealth Games , making a single List A appearance during it against Barbados , ^[2] claiming the wicket of Adrian Griffith as Barbados ran out winners by 176 runs. ^[9] He later made his second and final first-class appearance for Surrey in the 1999 County Championship against Nottinghamshire . ^[5] In his two first-class matches, he claimed a total of 10 wickets at an average of 16.30. ^[10] Patterson also made fifteen ICC Trophy matches for Ireland between 1997 and 2001. ^[11] In 2002, he joined Bedfordshire , making his debut for the county in the MCCA Knockout Trophy against Cambridgeshire . He played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 2002 to 2005, making 22 Minor Counties Championship and nine MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances. ^{[8] [12]} He played his first List A match for the county in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy against Hertfordshire , which Bedfordshire won, with Patterson following this up by playing in the 2nd round against the Netherlands , which Bedfordshire also won. Both matches were played in 2002. His final List A appearance for Bedfordshire came against Sussex in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy . ^[2] In his three List A appearances for the county, he took 5 wickets at an average of 22.00, with best figures of 3/39. ^[3]

His brother, Andrew , was also a first-class cricketer and played for Ireland.His son(Benji Patterson) is a world class fullback for st joseph's college and felixstowe rugby club.

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• Mark Patterson  at ESPNcricinfo