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Mark Cumming

Australian rules footballer (1872–1939)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ22017483 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mark Cumming (27 July 1872 – 10 March 1939) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The son of Robert Cumming, and Agnes Cumming, née Bennett, Mark Cumming was born on 27 July 1872. He married Augusta Emily Willaton (1875–1947) in 1912.

Editorial summary

“Mark Cumming” enters the record as australian rules footballer (1872–1939). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Mark, Cumming and Australian can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1872, 1939, 1875, 1947—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1872-07-27. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Mark, Cumming and Australian.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Mark Cumming” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Mark, Cumming and Australian provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q22017483. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1872, 1939, 1875 and 1947.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. 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.

How to read it

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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Questions for further research

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This entry incorporates text from “Mark Cumming” 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.