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Malcolm Clark (cricketer)

South African cricketer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ104833808 ↗
Source-derived summary

Malcolm Edward Clark (24 July 1929 – 24 January 1974) was a South African cricketer. He played in six first-class matches for Eastern Province from 1950/51 to 1956/57.

Editorial summary

“Malcolm Clark (cricketer)” enters the record as south African cricketer. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Malcolm, Clark and cricketer can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1929, 1974, 1950, 1956—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1929-07-24. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Malcolm, Clark and cricketer.
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Why this record matters

“Malcolm Clark (cricketer)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Malcolm, Clark and cricketer provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q104833808. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1929, 1974, 1950 and 1956.

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Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Malcolm Clark (cricketer)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.